Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology

Energy Research Two-Day Conference

Thursday 3 and Friday 4 April 2014, The Open University, Walton Hall,  Milton Keynes.

Conference venue and times

The meeting will start at 1.30 pm on Thursday 3 April and will close at 4 pm on Friday 4 April. It will be held in the Michael Young Building on the Open University’s Walton Hall Campus in Milton Keynes.(Directions)

Confirmed invited speakers

Roger Bentley  (Unversity of Reading)
Rui Carvalho (University of Cambridge)
Leon Di Marco (FSK Technology Research)
Rupert Gammon (De Montfort University)
Zofia Lukszo (Technical University of Delft)
William Nuttall (The Open University)
Stan Zachary  (Heriot Watt University)

Contributed talks

Subject to availability on the programme, participants are invited to offer short contributed talks (20 minutes). Please give a title (and, if possible, your abstract) on the registation form.

Dinner

There will be a conference dinner on the evening of Thursday, 3 April  to which all participants are invited, although non-confirmed speakers and participants will need to pay for their own dinner, which is expected to be £9.95 plus drinks for the special  banquet night option on the menu. The dinner will be held at the Purple Mango Indian Restaurant, which is within walking distance of the OU campus,  the Hilton Hotel and  the Accenture conference centre.

Registration is now closed. All enquiries to the organisers.

Registation will be open until Thursday 27 March.  There is no charge for attending the meeting; Refreshments and lunch on the Friday willl be provided free of charge to all registered particpants. Single-day registration is possible for those unable to attend on both days. Registration page is here.

Accommodation

Information on accommodation options close to the university is available here.

Parking

Parking (subject to availability) is free of charge on the Walton Hall Campus.  For more details see Getting Here.

Support for PhD students and early career researchers 

A limited fund is available to assist with the costs of PhD students and early career researchers who wish to attend the meeting – please give details of your funding request in the box at the bottom of the registration form.

2013 One-Day Energy Research Conference

The 2013 One-Day Energy Research Conference was held on 6 March 2013 and attracted 50 participants.  Website is here.

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