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AHUA Autumn Conference 2010, Lancaster University

Dear colleagues

Arrangements for the AHUA Autumn Conference to be held on Friday 17 September are gathering pace.

I am pleased to announce Dr James Wilsdon as our keynote speaker. James is Director of the Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society. He became Director of SPC in September 2008, after time at the think tank Demos, first as Head of Strategy then as Head of Science and Innovation. He has researched and published widely on science and innovation policy, sustainable development, emerging technologies and the globalisation of research.

We will also be welcoming Richard Armour, who was unable to deliver his presentation on International Options and Opportunities at the April Conference due to the ash disruption.

We have the traditional "guilty secrets" sessions on topical issues and you can attend two from a choice of four.

The timing of the programme has been scheduled to facilitate the maximum use of trains to get here and away. Booking is simple. Please book your place by registering on-line through the following link:-

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/conferences/AHUA/ahua-form.html

A number of options are available. You can arrive the night before, with or without dinner, and stay in the 4 star Lancaster House Hotel (across the road from the conference venue) or sample the delights of modern student living, either in one of our award-winning eco-townhouses (next door to the venue) or in an en-suite study bedroom in Cartmel College. (If none of these options appeal, there are other hotels a few miles away in town.) Alternatively, you can come as a day delegate. If you wish to stay on for the weekend, we have arranged a discount with Lancaster House Hotel and its sister hotels in the Lake District.

Please click on the following links for accommodation information:

Lancaster House Hotel (Number 49 on the campus map)
Eco Townhouses (Number 48 on the campus map)

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact either me or Gill Bartlett, my PA.

I look forward to seeing you here in Lancaster in September.

All the best

Fiona Aiken
University Secretary
Lancaster University
01524 592021
g.bartlett@lancaster.ac.uk