WITHERSDANE HALL, Imperial College at Wye, Ashford, Kent
21-22 July 2004
Organised by:
(formerly the British Chemical Signals in Vertebrates interest group)
This year's Workshop (XII) 21-22 July 2004, is to be held at Withersdane Hall,
Imperial College at Wye, Ashford, Kent
Our meetingss attract a wide variety of participants from one of the broadest
ranges
of disciplines of any conference. As always, the price is fully inclusive
of registration fees, accommodation and meals - including the Workshop Dinner.
Programme to date
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DAY 1 Noon - 12:55 registration 1:00pm LUNCH 2:20pm Welcome and Introduction Session One SMELL & MEDICINE SYMPOSIUM: chaired by Prof Tim Jacob (University of Cardiff) 2:30pm GUEST LECTURE Dr Mussadiq Shah - Olfactory acuity in patients with IPD 3:20pm Speaker 2 3:45pm Speaker 3 Dr Christopher Hawkes, FRCP, (Essex Centre for Neurological Science, Oldchurch Hospital) - Olfaction in Neurodegeneration and Aging 4:10pm TEA 4:40pm Speaker 4 - 5:05pm Speaker 5 5:30pm Speaker 6 - 5:55pm Speaker 7 - 7:00pm WORKSHOP DINNER |
DAY 2 Session Two Prof. R L Doty of the University of Pennsylvania Smell and Taste Center. 3:50pm Closing remarks, and departure. |
ALL-INCLUSIVE FEE for the 1.5 days covers the registration fee, accommodation, all meals including the Workshop Dinner on Day 1, and lunch on Day 2
| The popular Kentish venue of Withersdane Hall is situated within a short taxi-ride from Ashford's International Station. Withersdane has a range of seminar rooms, one of which could have been tailor-made for our meetings. All modern audio-visual equipment is available for speakers to use, and the bar area downstairs provides the most amenable of sites for a poster session. Possessing something of the nature of a stately home, Withersdane boasts beautiful grounds, with a small golf course, and various formal garden areas. Accommodation is in comfortable en suite rooms close to the meeting rooms and the dining room, and also the bar. This makes for a uniquely cosy atmosphere, which is ideal for our small, friendly Workshops. |
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BCSV Workshops have always been low-cost, informal events, yet have provided
an excellent talking shop for exchange of ideas, experiences, expertise and
also for fostering new collaborative enterprises. They have been very successful
in bringing together scientists from a wide range of disciplines and industry.
The perfumery and flavour businesses have always been represented, and industrial input has included presentations from manufacturers of electronic odour-recognition devices. Reflecting this, representatives from chemical sensor research are also numbered among the academic delegates and presenters.
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Delegates' interests have included Conventional and Complementary Medicine, Animal Behaviour and Conservation, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Anatomy, Psychology, Materials Chemistry, Electronic engineering, Computing (esp. artificial neural networks) and even Linguistics... |
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Speakers come from universities, industry, and the teaching profession, and the event provides a platform for up-and-coming scientists. These are usually postgraduates, but on one occasion a group of Year10 students did some valuable work on feral cat behaviour in response to a type of catnip extract, and the presentation was ably given by one of the pupils.