Most activities associated with the meeting take place in one of two
locations:
- Scientific sessions and special lunches will take place in
the suite of lecture theatres in the School of Mechanical
Engineering. The conference office and press room, as well as a
number of small rooms for splinter meetings and job interviews,
are located in the basement of Mechanical Engineering.
- The Avon Room in the University Centre (a short walk from
Mechanical Engineering) is the main lunch venue, and also the
location for posters, displays, and most internet access
facilities.
Further details and maps can be found here.
Registration takes place through these web pages, and payment is
made at the time of registering, by credit or debit card. Day and
week rates are available. The registration fee rises after
February 28th, and registration will close on March 14th, or
earlier if we reach capacity. Students can register for
half-price, and a discount is available for members of the RAS,
IoP and BAA. Those wishing to stay in University accomodation
(places are limited to 100 attendees) will pay for this as part of
the registration process.
The registration fee covers tea/coffee (in Mechanical Engineering)
and a daily buffet lunch (in the Avon Room), as well as the
welcoming reception on Monday night.
A number of special lunches will take place for those interested,
at no extra charge. However, you are asked to express your
interest in these at registration time, to allow for catering
arrangements. The conference meal
is an optional extra, and is available at a sponsored price
for students presenting posters or talks at the meeting. Access to
all these events will be via your badge, which you should collect
at the registration desk (along with your conference pack) on
arrival. Please wear this badge at all times.
The registration desk will be located in the Avon room throughout
the meeting. It will be open 4.00pm-8.00pm on Monday and then
8.30am-6.00pm during the rest of the week.
Please note that refunds will not be possible (other than in
exceptional circumstances) after March 23rd, and in the case of
Chamberlain Hall bookings, after February 28th.
A wireless network will be in operation in the Avon Room
throughout the meeting, and a number of terminals will also be
available here, and in Mechanical Engineering.
Wireless Networking supplied by Daconi: http://www.daconi.co.uk
Internet Cafe PCs supplied by DCS: http://www.dcsplc.co.uk
Abstracts for poster and oral presentations should be submitted at
registration time, for the most appropriate parallel session.
These will then be evaluated by the session organiser. Abstracts for
talks should be submitted by 14th February, but will be considered
until 28th February at the discretion of session organisers. Poster
abstracts must be submitted by February 28th. The final programme
of talks and posters will be available by mid-March.
Overhead projectors and computer projectors will be provided in
all lecture theatres. Further details will be posted on this web
site at a later date.
The poster session is an important feature of the meeting, and has
been allocated a plenary slot (in addition to lunchtime viewing
each day). All posters with student first authors will be entered
in the RAS poster competition. Time will also be set aside in each
parallel session, to allow the authors of a subset of posters to
present a 1 minute "advert" for their poster. Further details
about the poster session will be available later.
If you have questions which are not addressed elsewhere in these
web pages, please direct them to the appropriate contact.
