Cambridge%20Collaboration%20Meeting%208-11%20Jan%202004

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Cambridge Collaboration Meeting 8-11 Jan 2004
Emmanuel College Cambridge
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Background
Cambridge

• Cambridge University is relatively small town NE
  of London
• within 2 hours of all major airports
  (LHR,LGW,STN)
• The town is dominated by the University

Cambridge University

• Cambridge University is widely regarded
• as the UKs top University
• Consists of 33 separate Colleges founded
• over the last 800 years

Emmanuel College

• Located at very centre Cambridge
• A number of historic buildings sited in
• large and very beautiful gardens

Wren Chapel (1666) as seen from the Porters Lodge
e.g. Sunday Times University Guide (The Sunday
Times is like a UK version of the National
Enquirer just bigger)
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Historic Connections
Emmanuel College

• Founded 1583 by Sir Walter Mildmay (chancellor
• to Queen Elizabeth I) a man with Puritan
  sympathies

The US Connection

• Of the first 100 university graduates that
  settled in
• the colonies of New England 1/3 were from
  Emmanuel
• Cambridge, Massachusetts, was named after an
• Emmanuel preacher
• Another Emmanuel man John Harvard, gave his
• name to the 1st US University

nowadays visiting scholars from Harvard are
given special rights they are granted the
opportunity to make a substantial donation to
the college
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Facilities
Plenary Sessions

• will take place in the Queens building
• Excellent lecture theatre for
• about 120 people
• Currently investigated
• installation of wireless LAN

Parallel Sessions

• Many other rooms available
• but will need to book these soon

Coffee/Chill out room

• Coffee will be available in the Old Library
  (wireless?)

Registration Fee

• Small registration fee (reduced rate for Grad.
  students)
• - estimate 25

I have applied for a Research Grant to cover
the costs of room hire for academic
presentations
Committee Summaries deprecated the speakers
may have to cover the additional costs.
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Entertainment Program

• Cambridge has many Pubs/Cafes/Bars/Restaurants -
  all
• located within easy walking distance of the
  centre of town

Plus (provisional plans)

• Wednesday 7th Evening reception/
• registration in the Old Library

• Thursday 8th (?) Evening, graduate
• student tour of the highlights and
• (if desired) lowlife of Cambridge

• Friday 9th Collaboration Dinner
• in the Emmanuel Hall

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Practicalities

• Web site up by the end of the week
• - Ill email minos_all
• Please register as soon as possible !
• - I need a good estimate of numbers
• Book Hotels early !
• - the Undergraduate Hoard turns up on
  Saturday
• 10th (many with parents in tow)
• A list of hotels/BBs will go up on the web
• Some undergraduate-style rooms (no en suite
• facilities, etc.) will be available
  (probably only for
• the intrepid graduate student)
• I can promise that Cambridge is a beautiful and
  historic town which is easy to explore on foot

BUT in January I cant guarantee the weather !
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• Hope to see you in Cambridge in January