Dear all,
The time has come to start thinking about practicalities for the conference
- we are looking forward to seeing you here in the North-East of England
and hope to make your journey and stay both restful and yet stimulating!
To that end we have posted our conference schedule, the core of which
is a series of fascinating papers. We apologise for the lengthy email,
but we hope that you will find all the information useful.
We would also like to take the opportunity to remind you that you
can book decent accommodation to suit your price range here
or follow this link directly… www.conferencebookings.co.uk/delegate/NGIBEFOREDEPRESSION.
Please note that hotels will start to release any unsold rooms from
22nd May onwards, so you do need to make your bookings as soon as
possible.
You can also register (if you haven't already) by downloading
a booking form here, or you can send emails to our administrator
Gilly Gosling about the
financial side of booking and registration and she will take your
bookings by email as well.
The University of Northumbria website has plenty of information about
how to get here in a variety of modes: follow
this link for more information.
For the University
of Sunderland.
We will be in the Lipman Building on the Newcastle City Campus (in
the city centre) for the Northumbria part of the conference, and will
gather there at the foyer on the first day for registration in the
Foyer and transport to Sunderland (if you are not making your own
way there already).
The Sunderland part of the conference will be held at the Media Centre
on the University's Tom Cowie campus at St. Peter's.
For general tourist information
You will note that we have several 'extracurricular' activities planned,
most of which are included in the conference price - like the Reception
Buffet at the beautiful National Glass Centre, and a visit to and
wine reception at our Art Exhibition, 18th Century Blues: Exploring
the Melancholy Mind, at the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead (10 minutes
on the coach from Northumbria) ( see Exhibition
for a preview of some of the major artworks)
.
The conference dinner is at the Lord Mayor's Mansion House in Newcastle,
but has to be booked as well as the conference fee - see
the booking form.
We are planning a trip to Hadrian's Wall on Sunday 22nd June including
transport and the guiding services of an award winning Blue Badge
guide Jan Williams. Please let us know as soon as possible whether
you wish to come on this trip as we need to know if there are sufficient
numbers to run the trip before June.
Please do direct any queries to Clark
or Gilly (depending on
your question!).
We look forward to seeing you soon.
All best wishes,
Clark and the Conference Committee
