Venue
The Conference venue is Senate House, University of London and the adjacent main Buildings of Birkbeck, University of London at Malet Street, and the Institute of Education, London. View the location for the conference by downloading the map of the Bloomsbury area and transport links. The addresses of the venues are:
The tutorials will take place at the London School of Economics campus on Thursday the 9th of December 2010. The host of the Tutorials is the Department of Statistics, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. View the location for the Tutorial Venue by downloading the map of the LSE area and campus. For further information please consult the Tutorials.
The registration will be open from Thursday afternoon 9th December 2010 and take place at the Crush Hall of Senate House.
The paper presentations will take place at Birkbeck (Malet Street), Senate House and on Friday the 10th at the Logan Hall of the Institute of Education (IoE) as well (see map). The list of rooms and their capacity is listed in the Book of Abstracts. On Friday some parallel sessions might also take place in the Senate House. Due to health and safety regulations the maximum capacity of the rooms should be respected. The opening ceremony will take place at the Logan Hall of the IoE. There will be no signs indicating the location of the lecture rooms, and therefore we advise that you visit the venue in advance.
The opening, keynote and closing talks will take place on Friday at the Logan Hall of the IoE and on Saturday and Sunday at the Beveridge Hall of Senate House. The poster sessions will take place at the Crush Halls of the IoE and Senate House. The posters should be displayed only during their assigned session. The authors will be responsible for placing the posters in the poster panel displays. The maximum size of the poster is A0. Chairs are requested to keep the sessions to schedule. Papers should be presented in the order they are listed in the programme for the convenience of attendees who may wish to go to other rooms mid-session to hear particular papers. In the case of a presenter not attending, please use the extra time for a break or a discussion so that the remaining papers stay on schedule.
The lecture rooms will be equipped with a PC and a computer projector. The session chairs should obtain copies of the talks on a USB stick before the session starts (use the lecture room as the meeting place), or obtain the talks by email prior to the start of the conference. Presenters must provide to the session chair with the files for the presentation in PDF (Acrobat) or PPT (Powerpoint) format on a USB memory stick. This must be done ten minutes before each session. The PC in the lecture rooms should be used for presentations. The session chairs are kindly requested to have a laptop for backup. Please note that plugs /power outlets of the UK differ from those in the rest of Europe and beyond. We cannot provide adapters, so please do not forget to take your adapters if needed.
The coffee breaks will last 45 minutes each (beginning 15 minutes in advance of the times indicated in the program). These will take place at Birkbeck MAL B02 and MAL B04 rooms, Senate House Crush Hall and MacMillan Halls. Coffee breaks will also be served at the Institute of Education Crush Hall on Friday 10th December. You must have your conference badge in order to attend the coffee breaks.
The Welcome Reception is open to all registrants and accompanying persons who have purchased a reception ticket. It will take place at the Senate House Crush Hall on Friday 10th of December, 20:00-21:30. Conference registrants must bring their conference badge and any accompanying persons should bring their reception tickets in order to to attend the reception.
The Working Lunch will be served at Birkbeck MAL B02 and MAL B04 rooms. You must have your Lunch ticket of the appropriate day in order to attend the lunch. People not registered for lunch can buy lunch at restaurants and cafes in close walking distance to the conference venue.
The Conference Dinner will take place at the Book Holiday Inn Bloomsbury on Saturday 11th of December, 20:30. The conference dinner is optional and registration is required. You must have your Conference Dinner ticket in order to attend the conference dinner.
By Tube the Nearest underground stations are:
By Air:
By Rail:
Euston, King's Cross and St. Pancras mainline stations are within
walking distance. The other London mainline stations are a short tube
or taxi journey away.
The participants coming from outside the UK and requiring visa information should visit the web site www.ukvisas.gov.uk, which is operated by the UK Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office. This site features an on-line Visa Enquiry Form enabling you to find out whether you need a visa or not. If you do need a visa it will provide you with links to the forms you need to fill out and contact details for your nearest British Embassy, High Commission or Consultate.
If you need a letter confirming your participation to the conference, then this can be provided. However it will only be issued after a registration and payment has been received, and there can be no exceptions to this. Please request your participation confirmation letter by sending an email with all details (name, affiliation, full address, email and tel) to Mrs Elizabeth Price, School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
