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Outline Timetable of Dates
Friday 28th February 2003 300 word abstract to be submitted
Friday 14th February 2003 Booking Form to be submitted
Friday 14th March 2003 Payment of Invoices - last possible date
Friday 15th April 2003 Submission of 8 page draft paper
Thursday 22nd May 2003 Conference Commences



The conference will commence at 2.00pm on Thursday 22nd May 2003 and finish at 5.00pm on Saturday 24th May 2003. Registration will be from 12.00pm on the opening day of the conference.



Papers should be of no more than 25 minutes duration (circa 8 pages). Responses to Papers should be of no more than 10 minutes duration. Work-in-Progress presentations should be of no more than 15 minutes duration. The time allotted to workshops will considered on an individual basis. Other forms of presentation will be considered on request.

Abstracts are to be submitted by Friday 10th January 2003. These should be emailed either as an attachment or in the body of an email to both Peter Day and Meg Barker. Attachments may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats. You will be notified within 10 days of submission as to whether your proposal has been accepted for presentation.

Both the 300 word abstract and the draft paper will be available on this website before the conference commences. Papers will initially be available in downloadable .pdf format; if time permits, they will also be available in Word format as well.



All conference papers will be published in an ISBN eBook with the Inter-Disciplinary Press.

Selected papers will go forward for inclusion in a hard copy ISBN themed volume(s) in the 'At The Interface/Probing the Boundaries' series published by Rodopi.



The conference will be staged at:

Mercure Budapest Metropol Hotel,
Rakoczi ut 58.
1074 Budapest
Hungary
Tel: +36 (1) 462-8100
Fax: +36 (1) 462-8181

The location of the venue can be found on the map provided in the accommodation section.

Please do not contact the hotel with questions about the conference. All inquiries about the content of the conference should be directed to Peter Day and Meg Barker. All inquiries about arrangements for the conference should be directed to Dr Rob Fisher.



The conference registration fee is £150.

This includes;

  • conference registration fee
  • Thursday pm coffee break with snacks
  • Friday morning coffee break with snacks
  • Friday buffet lunch with drinks
  • Friday afternoon coffee break with snacks
  • Saturday morning coffee break with snacks
  • Saturday buffet lunch with drinks
  • Saturday afternoon coffee break with snacks
  • a copy of the eBook
  • a copy of the themed volume

All costs - registration fee and hotel accommodation - must be paid by Friday 14th March 2003.




Delegates must complete, sign and return the conference booking form by Friday 14th February 2003 at the latest. On receipt of a booking form, an invoice will be drawn up and sent to you; the invoice must be settled by Friday 14th March 2003. It is the responsibility of delegates to ensure that payment is made by this date. Failure to receive payment will result in your booking being cancelled.

Alternatively, you may send payment with your signed and completed forms. This is the easiest and quickest method for ensuring a confirmed place at the conference.



There are a numbers of ways by which payment can be made;

  • cheque, in pounds sterling (gbp). Cheques must be drawn against a bank with headquarters in the United Kingdom.
  • Travellers Cheques, in pounds sterling (gbp) made payable to 'Learning Solutions'.
  • International Money Order in gbp sterling
  • Western Union Transfer
  • Bank Transfer - but only on condition that the payee accepts ALL bank charges
  • Invoice of Institution - a fax number must be provided

All payments MUST be received by Friday 14th March 2003. It is the responsibility of the delegate to ensure that payment is received by that date. Cheques should be made payable to 'Learning Solutions' and sent, with the booking form, to

Dr Rob Fisher
c/o Learning Solutions
Priory House
149b Wroslyn Road
Freeland
Oxfordshire. OX29 8HR
United Kingdom

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