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Manchester, UK
Venue
Manchester Business School
The University of Manchester
Booth Street West
Manchester
M15 6PB, UNITED KINGDOM
Transportation, Accommodation and Maps
We look forward to welcoming you to the UK local Chapter for the SLActions conference 2010, November 18-19 at Manchester Business School.
If you have not visited MBS before, you will find this link useful for maps and directions: http://www.mbs.ac.uk/aboutus/mbs-campus.aspx. There are many links to maps, directions for public transport, parking and the MBS hotel services. Also, you can get customised directions by entering your town or postcode in the appropriate box.
Four main buildings now comprise MBS (see main map on link above), so please ensure you come to Manchester Business School West, for registration. The workshop venue is in the Harold Hankins building but registration and the MBS hotel are in MBS(West).
In addition to MBS hotel services, there are other hotels within easy walking distance at a range of prices. For a list of other hotels see:
http://www.europeanrailguide.com/destinationguides/manchester/manchester_oxford_road_train_station.php
http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-3142-ibis-manchester-city-centre/index.shtml
If you arrive by train at Piccadilly Station, it will take about 20
minutes to walk from there or a short taxi ride. Outside the lower level of the station and across the road from the taxi stand is a bus stop from which the 147 bus will take you to Oxford road stops for the University, You can get off either the new Manchester Aquatics Centre, MBS East is the next building along on the corner at the road junction, (you will see the Phoenix Pub on the opposite corner, the Northern College of Music is on the same junction), cross the roads and turn right at the junction and walk down the opposite side to the Music College until you come to the end of the MBS building where the main entrance is situated.
If you miss that stop, the next stop is just under the bridge.
It is a slightly shorter distance from Oxford Road station, if your train stops there. Many buses down Oxford Road are available from the stop just across the road from Oxford Road station or a little further down outside the BBC building. Get off just before or just after the "bridge" above the Phoenix Pub (see above). Alternatively, walk straight down Oxford Road away from the town centre, passing the BBC building and MMU, until you come to the road junction just after the Manchester Aquatics Centre and MBS East, the Northern College of Music is on the same junction. Turn right at that junction and follow the directions above.
If you come by car, follow the directions to the Booth Street West multi-storey car park, which offers 24 hour parking and is accessible
between 6.00am and midnight. From the airport, the taxi should cost
you between £15-£20, depending on time of day, or trains depart
regularly from the airport to Manchester central stations.
Registration
SL Actions MBS Physical Chapter Registration:
The registration fee is 55 GPB before 20th October 2010 and 65 GBP thereafter; this does NOT include meals or accommodation. Please note that the conference runs for two days on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th November and as the conference is held simultaneously world-wide, the local time of the formal part of the conference is Thursday 14:00 to 20:00 and Friday 09:00 to 18:00.
We will meet all attendees at the reception desk at the MBA West Building, a mobile phone number will be supplied to attendees for directions if needed.
We will provide some tea/coffee/orange juice and light refreshments during this time on both days. Lunch is available in the MBS restaurant at subsidised prices and there is a good coffee bar where sandwiches and snacks can be bought. If attendees wish, we can go as a group for dinner after the conference to a local Chinese restaurant just 10 minutes walk away.
Provision for presenters to make their presentations at the conference in Second Life will be available. Between 13.30 and 15.00 we will run an informal session, opportunities for rehearsal and a tour of the MBS SL island (normally by invitation only) with a look at some of the facilities we are building for research using the SL platform.
The conference room is also available for special sessions, workshops or ad hoc meetings that anyone may wish to hold at other times over the two days, whether inworld or not.
Payment is by cheque or credit card. Any queries, please email me in the first instance kathy.keeling@manchester.ac.uk
If you wish to pay by credit card, please telephone Emma Griffiths on +44 (0)161 275 6477, who will take your registration.
If you wish to pay by cheque, please email me kathy.keeling@manchester.ac.uk for the registration form and send it back with a cheque for 55 GPB (before 15th September; £65 afterwards) made out to Manchester Business School to:
Emma Griffiths
Divisional Assistant
Marketing, International Business & Strategy Division
Room 3.30, MBS West Building
Manchester Business School
The University of Manchester
Booth Street West
Manchester, M15 6PB, UK
Please note: Cancellations/Changes and Refunds: Fees for late arrivals and early departures will not be refunded. Fees will be refunded, less a £20.00 processing fee, if cancellation or change resulting in a refund is received in writing no later than October 25th, 2010. After that date, fees are non-refundable. All refunds will be processed after the conference. Substitutions are allowed at no charge. Registration confirmation/receipt and further information will be e-mailed (and mailed on request).
Workshops
Coordinators
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