Meetings Page/Facility Manager Meeting 2010
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Following up the successful meetings in York (2008) and Manchester (2009), the next Microscopy Facility Manager Meeting will be in London, at Imperial College, in January 2010.
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Date, time and location
The 'Doodle Poll - meeting dates' showed that many people can only do the first week of January, so the definitive date will now be Thursday 7 (lunch time) to Friday 8 January 2010 (lunch time).
The meeting will be held in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College London, 5th floor of the Sherfield Building / room SALC 5 (see Fac_Man_Meeting_2010_directions.pdf or GoogleMap for details). Walk into the campus from Exhibition Road, just around the corner from the Science Museum, and walk around the Queen's Lawn (with the big tower) in the middle of the campus.
This is ~30 min by public transport from Euston and Kings Cross railway stations, 10 min from Victoria station, or a 25 min walk across Hyde Park from Paddington (slightly longer on the Circle Line). For time tables and other stations, see Transport for London (TfL) Journey Planner.
Accomodation in walking distance from the meeting location can be booked at discounted rates (starting from £69) through the Imperial College Hotel Accomodation website. Many affordable hotels can also be found on South Kensington Hotels, many of them actually cheaper than through the Imperial College website and also in walking distance, but you need to check distance (e.g. TfL) and quality (e.g. Tripadvisor) yourself.
Travel and weather update
Unlike most of the country, London had only minor snowfall, even today public transport in London works almost as normal - see Transport for London, TravelDirect (train) and BAA (airport) websites for updates. The weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow is also pretty good, with only minor snow predicted for the whole country, so it looks like the meeting can go ahead as planned.
Programme
=> volunteers to chair break-out sessions needed!
=> feedback is still very welcome! (m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk)
Thursday 7 January 2010
- 12.00-13.00 Arrival, sandwich lunch and registration for break-out sessions
- 13.00-13.15 Welcome, latest updates on programme
- 13.15-13.30 Introduction of participants
- 13.30-14.15 Short reports & discussions
- Paul Thomas, UEA: Multiphoton microscopes
- Peter Humphreys: STJ detectors
- ad hoc topics
- 14.15-14.45 Technical Report: James Francis (MediaCybernetics): "How to quantitatively test and compare cameras" (followed by practical demonstration during coffee break)
- 14.45-15.30 coffee (with practical demonstration on camera testing and information from companies)
- 15.30-15.45 Update BioimagingUK / Eurobioimaging
- 15.45-16.00 Introduction Break-out Sessions I (chaired by...):
- Training (?)
- High-throughput microscopy (Nick Barry?)
- In vivo imaging (Peter O’Toole)
- Funding & sustainability (Lucy Collinson)
- 16.00-17.20 Break-out sessions I
- 17.20-18.00 Summary of break-out sessions by session leaders, discussion
- 18.00-19.00 hotel check-in
- 19.00-late dinner
Friday 8 January 2010
- 9.30-9.45 Introduction to Break-out Sessions II (chaired by...):
- Software & Data (Paul Thomas)
- General facility access (?)
- Access to specialised, pre-commercial equipment
- High-resolution microscopy (?)
- Careers (Peter March)
- 9.45-11.00 Break-out sessions II
- 11.00-11.30 coffee
- 11.30-12.30 Summaries of break-out sessions + final discussions
- 12.30-13.30 lunch and option for FILM facility viewing
=> Doodle Poll: people's interests in topics
Registration
Online registration is now closed, if you still want to attend please get in contact with m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk
A list of participants is available on the registration page
