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March 2002
Annual General Meeting, Norwich,
25-27 March 2002
Dear Colleague,
Thank you for registering for this year's Annual
Meeting.
Please find enclosed your meeting booklet and accompanying information.
Five late breaking abstracts (L1 and L5) are included. May I remind
you to bring the abstract booklet to the meeting; there will not
be sufficient spare copies to supply delegates with another copy.
Please note that those delegates wishing to claim CME (Continuing
Medical Education) for the meeting are asked to sign in daily.
A maximum of 1 hour for Monday, 6½ hours for Tuesday, and
4½ hours for Wednesday may be claimed for the BSID meeting
itself.
1. Travel
Please find enclosed details of routes to the University of East
Anglia at Norwich in the information for visitors leaflet. All
the conference programme and accommodation will be on the main
campus, except the Annual Dinner which will be at Norwich City
Football Ground. Ample car parking will be available on campus.
Luggage may be left in cars or in a luggage store (a classroom
will be designated for this purpose from Monday - Wednesday).
2. Local arrangements
Badges must be worn at all times and will be required for entry
into the lecture theatres and for meals. Local arrangements have
been co-ordinated by Dr. Clive Grattan and are as follows:-
Sunday 24 March
- You can check into your accommodation
in Nelson Court from 2.00pm onwards. Please report to the Conference
Office which is open until 9.00pm. After that time collect your
key from the Porters Lodge.
- On Sunday evening a good choice of menu is available
in the Sports Park Café until 9.00pm. This is situated
5 minutes from Nelson Court. There is a 50p entrance fee.
Monday 25 March
- Registration and collection of
room keys from 9.00am-7.00pm in the Foyer of the Lecture
Theatre block, and from 7.00pm-8.00pm in the Gallery of the
Sainsbury Centre. Delegates arriving after 9.00pm will need
to pick up keys from the Porters Lodge.
- Breakfast from 8.00am in 'The Diner'.
- Buffet lunch in the Large Common Room
in Union House.
- Joint meetings with the British Photodermatology
Group (BPG) in the morning and Skin Club ("Allergy")
in the afternoon will be held in Lecture Theatre 2 (floor below
Theatre 1).
- Educational session from 6.00pm-7.00pm
will be in Lecture Theatre 2.
- Welcome reception in the Gallery of the
Sainsbury Centre from 7.00pm-8.00pm with drinks (sponsored by
Syngenta)
- Buffet supper in the Sainsbury Centre
from 8.00pm. Bar extension applied for.
Tuesday 26 March and Wednesday 27 March
- Registration
and collection of room keys will be from 7.45am-5.00pm on Tuesday
and from 8.15am-1.30pm on Wednesday outside Lecture Theatre
1 in the Lecture Theatre block.
- Breakfast will be from 7.30am-8.30am in the Sainsbury
Centre.
- Buffet lunches will be in the Large Common Room
in Union House.
- Delegates may check into their accommodation
in Nelson Court after 3.00pm and check out before 9.30am.
- For those attending the Conference Dinner (sponsored
by Aventis) on Tuesday (7.30pm for 8.00pm) by Delia Smith's
Canary Catering in the Top of the Terrace Room at Norwich City
Football Ground, tickets will be issued in your registration
pack. A bar extension has been applied for. Transport will be
provided.
- Guest speakers: Dr. Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck and
Dr. Jonathon Pines have kindly indicated that they would be
happy to meet informally with delegates during the meeting.
For further information please contact Nick Reynolds.
3. Registration
A registration form was included with the last newsletter. Please
note that pre-registration is essential and that it will not be
possible to register on the day.
4. Projection facilities
Electronic Powerpoint projection will also be available this year
for the BSID meeting. Authors are advised to bring their presentation
pre-loaded onto their own laptops with a backup copy on CD/Zip.
An audio visual technician will be available to assist and there
are 4-way switches in the lecture theatre so that laptops can
be connected prior to the session. The data projection system
is compatible with Apple Macs. Single slide projection will be
available and glass mounted slides are recommended.
5. Posters
Posters will be presented in the Large Common Room in Union House.
As previously advised, the space provided will be 6 feet wide
by 3 feet high (180cm wide x 84cm high). Please put your poster
up before the start of the first session and leave it up until
the end of the meeting. The poster boards are cloth covered suitable
for Velcro attachment (Velcro spots are suggested). The poster
room will be open from 9.00am till 10.00pm on Monday 25 March
for delegates wishing to put their posters up prior to the main
meeting. Viewing will be from 8.00am till 11.00pm on Tuesday,
and 8.00am-1.00pm on Wednesday.
6. Joint Meeting with the
British Photodermatology Group (BPG) and Skin Club
As previously circulated there will be joint meetings with the
BPG and Skin Club in Lecture Theatre 2. The BPG meeting will be
from 10.00am to 1.00pm. The Skin Club meeting will be from 2.00
to 5.30pm. Separate registration is required for the BPG and Skin
Club meetings and I strongly encourage you to attend.
As in previous years there will be a number of prizes for the
best oral and poster presentations during the BSID meeting. I
wish you an interesting and enjoyable conference.
Best wishes
Yours sincerely,
Nick J. Reynolds
Chairman
Enc: Booklet
UEA visitors information leaflet
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