BZA Annual Meeting 2002

Heriot-Watt Conference Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
4-9th August 2002

Final Circular

INTRODUCTION

After a number of successful British Zeolite Association Meetings at Farringtons School, Chislehurst, Kent when Lovat and Elizabeth Rees retired to Edinburgh they were asked to organise a meeting based on the same format as the Chislehurst Meetings at the Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh. The first such meeting in Edinburgh in July 1996 was very successful so the BZA Committee requested Lovat and Elizabeth to organise another meeting in Heriot-Watt from the 8-13th August 1999. This meeting was equally enjoyable and so a tradition of holding the triennial meeting at Edinburgh has become established.The present meeting will be organised, as before, along Gordon Conference lines and will be limited to approximately 120 scientific participants.

The Edinburgh Conference Centre at Riccarton is in a peaceful rural setting but is easily accessible by vehicle from the centre of Edinburgh (6 miles) and the Edinburgh By-Pass (0.5 miles).Edinburgh International Airport, which is served by scheduled national and international flights, is only a short distance away. The journey by taxi from airport to the Conference centre takes approximately 10 minutes. Edinburgh Waverley Railway station, in the centre of Edinburgh, is well served by Inter-City trains with regular hourly service from London, Kings Cross, journey time of 4 hours. The campus is served with a very frequent bus service from the City Centre, journey time 35 minutes. There are excellent sporting facilities on the campus but, unfortunately, no swimming pool. However, there are 53 golf courses locally. Lectures will be held in the mornings and in the evenings after dinner. Full exchange of ideas among persons who are actively interested in zeolites and related materials will remain the prime purpose of the meeting. The afternoons will be free for recreation, sight-seeing, reading or participation in discussion groups. Edinburgh offers glorious architecture in a beautiful setting. The New Town is Europe's largest area of Georgian architecture. Between the twelfth century Castle, historic home to the Scottish monarchs, and the Palace of Holyrood, the Queen's Scottish residence lies a medieval town of high tenements and winding, cobbled streets. Every year in August the world famous Edinburgh Arts Festival takes place, for more information on the Edinburgh Arts Festival visit the following web site at www.eif.co.uk

KEY DATES

28^th February 2002: Deadline for receipt of titles and abstracts for oral & poster presentations

31^st March 2002: End of "Early Bird" registration period

31^st May 2002: Deadline for receipt of titles and abstracts for recent research reports (posters)

30^th June 2002: Final payment date

ACCOMMODATION

The Conference Centre has a wide selection of first class accommodation. There are double and single de luxe rooms with en-suite facilities, TV and telephone; double and single rooms with en-suite facilities; study single and twin rooms with washhand basins. However, there are no large, family rooms available as at Farringtons School. Accommodation can be provided at the Conference Centre on Saturday 3rd August and participants can also remain at the Centre for one or more days after the conference to participate in the world famous Edinburgh Arts Festival, which runs from the 10^th August for three weeks.

One Z bed can be provided in en-suite double and twin rooms for a young child. Similarly a cot can be placed in the above rooms for babies but bed linen will not be provided for these cots. Older children can only be accommodated in separate study twin rooms at the prescribed fee.

MEALS

Good food and drink and fruitful discussions are complementary so high priority will be given to provide meals of a first-class standard. A cooked English breakfast, three course lunch and dinner will be provided. A banquet will be held on the Thursday evening. The registration fee covers all meals along with coffee during the morning break and tea in the afternoons.

BAR

A pay bar will be available in our own lounge every evening from 9.30 p.m. onwards. Bar facilities are available in the restaurant during lunch and dinner each day.

SHOPS and OTHER FACILITIES

The Conference Centre has a number of shops; stationery/newsagent, pharmacy, post-office and bank. There is also a gourmet restaurant with good wine-cellar.

There is ample space available for car parking. Seminar Rooms are available for meetings

SOCIAL PROGRAMME

An afternoon outing (1.30-6.00 p.m.) to the Burrell Museum in Glasgow will be arranged on Tuesday 6^th August. A spouse's programme will be arranged by Elizabeth and Lovat Rees at convenient times to explore the many historical sites in and near Edinburgh subject to demand. A ceilidh (traditional Scottish dancing) will be held on Monday evening, a whisky tasting and distillery tour will be held on Thursday afternoon and the conference banquet will be held on Thursday evening.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

Lectures will be held in the mornings from 9-12.30 and in the evenings after dinner from 7.30-9.30. Each morning session will start with an invited Plenary/Teach-in lecture, which will last for 90 minutes with a short break in the middle. After coffee, three 30-minute research papers (including discussion time) will be presented. In the evenings, four further 30-minute research papers will be presented. Further discussion will, hopefully, take place in the bar afterwards.

The invited speakers are (i) R. Howe, (ii) R Lobo, (iii) P Norby, (iv) P Ratnasamy, (v) A.M Rosseinsky, (vi) R Ruiz-Salvador, (vii) A Zecchina and (viii) J.S. Bradley

As there is only time for 26 research papers to be presented orally during the meeting other papers will be presented as posters which will be displayed throughout the duration of the meeting. Please note instructions for preparation of abstracts.

In order to protect individual rights and to promote discussion no information presented at the meeting can be used without specific authorisation of the individual making the contribution whether in the plenary or research lectures or in the posters and discussion. No reference may be made in the literature to any material presented at the conference. The recording of lectures and the photography of slides,etc are prohibited.

ABSTRACTS

Abstracts of plenary lectures and both oral and poster research papers will be given to each scientific participant of the meeting. To ease the secretarial burden please prepare a camera-ready abstract on one side of A4 to include authors name(s), affiliation(s), poster title (optional photo of author) and about 10 lines of abstract describing the work. If possible also submit the abstract on disk in Microsoft word format.

TIMETABLE

A self-service buffet supper will be available from 6.00 - 9.00 p.m. on Sunday 4^th August 2002

The conference will close at 12.30 p.m. on Friday 9^th August 2002 but lunch will be served at 1.00 pm.

The Banquet on Thursday, 8^th August 2002 is at 7.00 for 7.30 p.m.(N.B. Only children 12 years or over allowed at the banquet. "Baby-Sitters" can be arranged for children under 12 years)

The detailed ITINERARY of the Conference, including full lecture programme, is now available by following this link

APPLICATIONS

Please return the Registration Form and cheque in Pounds Sterling (bank handling charges will be charged against participants who do not submit cheques in Sterling ) made payable to "The BZA 2002 Meeting" by 31st March 2002 to qualify for the "Early Bird" rates to

Dr. Craig Williams
School of Applied Sciences
University of Wolverhampton
Wulfruna Street
Wolverhampton
WV1 1SB

Tel: +44(0)1902 322737
Fax: +44(0)1902 322680
E-mail: c.williams@wlv.ac.uk

The final date that any registrations will be accepted is 30^th June 2002

Please mark envelope "BZA 2002 Meeting" on top left-hand corner. Details of programme, travel arrangements, maps, etc. will be posted to all registrants by the end of May 2002.

STUDENT CONCESSION*

The British Zeolite Association has some funds available to help Post-Graduate students who are members of the BZA, who are currently studying for a higher degree and whose research is concerned with the properties and/or application of zeolites or related materials. Students wishing to attend the meeting under this reduced registration fee must complete the appropriate sections of the application form and submit the form, with fee, by 28th February 2002. If more students apply than can be covered by the available funds preference will be given to students who are presenting a poster at the meeting.

In additional to the reduced registration fee applicants from UK Educational Establishments will, also, receive some help with their travel expenses if these exceed £25 for the return journey. Money provided under this scheme will be paid at the meeting but proof of travel expenditure will be required. It is expected that students will make every effort to reduce travel costs by, for example, sharing a car, where three or four students are coming from any one establishment.

FEES

The fees below are for "Early Bird" registration, if your registration is after the 31/3/02 then an additional charge of £50 is applicable.

† If spouse is a scientific participant add £60 to the quoted fee.

* See section on Student Concessions.

REGISTRATION FORM

May be downloaded here