Thursday, August 11, 2011

Registration Deadline Extended for the BAVS 2011 Conference (8/24/2011)


BAVS 2011 Conference: Composition and Decomposition
1-3 September 2011, University of Birmingham



To account for holiday times and Bank Holidays, registration for the BAVS 2011 Conference has been extended to Wednesday 24th August. The Conference website is here:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/events/bavs.aspx

There you'll find the Conference programme and Delegate Information (downloadable) with details of arrival arrangements, accommodation, travel, WiFi. We expect to be able to post Conference abstracts of all papers within the next few days. All this information will also be in your Conference packs.

For those delegates arriving on Wednesday, we are arranging an informal meeting on Wednesday evening – drinks and a meal (pay as you go) – at the Selly Soak, 556 Bristol Road, in Selly Oak, at 7pm on Wednesday 31st August.

A Google map of Conference locations (including the Selly Soak) is here:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=212294809852835789335.0004aa36166af9aef5daf&msa=0&ll=52.450308,-1.929646&spn=0.013234,0.036306

You can register via our online shop here:
https://www.bhamonlineshop.co.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=333&deptid=17&catid=3

Categories of registration:
Standard registration (at full or PG rate) with accommodation includes all meals from morning tea/coffee on Thursday to afternoon tea/coffee onSaturday, including the Friday night reception in the Muirhead Tower, plus accommodation (en suite, with breakfast) on Thursday and Friday nights. This registration includes the Conference dinner on Friday night.

Standard registration (at full or PG rate) without accommodation includes all meals from morning tea/coffee on Thursday to afternoon tea/coffee onSaturday, including the Friday night reception in the Muirhead Tower, but not campus accommodation. This registration includes the Conference dinner on Friday night.

Day registration at full or PG rate include morning & afternoon tea/coffee and lunch on the day/s of registration, including the Friday night reception in the Muirhead Tower, but NOT accommodation or evening meals. This registration does NOT include the Conference dinner on Friday night.

For delegates opting for the Day rate for Thursday and/or Friday, evening meals can be purchased separately by the registration deadline:
Dinner: Thursday night £15
Conference dinner: Friday night £35

All delegates must be financial members of BAVS. Registration for the 2011 BAVS Conference does not include membership of BAVS. To arrange membership subscription, please click on this link: http://www.bavsuk.org/membership.htm

We look forward to greeting delegates on Thursday, 1st September. The first event is a welcome for postgraduate students at 11:00, followed by Professor Tucker's opening keynote at 12 noon.