LONDON 2009

Vibrant and ever-changing, there is always something to see and do in London, our location for the first leg of the RAMIRI Symposium.

We are delighted that Imperial College will be hosting the plenary conference during the 15-17 July 2009. Based in South Kensington, the venue offers easy access from London Heathrow airport and excellent transport links around the capital. South Ken is also home to a number of major London attractions: the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the Science Museum, which will also be the venue for the Symposium dinner on 16 July. Entry is free to all of these attractions. The Royal Albert Hall and Hyde Park are only five minutes' walk away, and there are regular buses into High Street Kensington, Notting Hill and Oxford Street. The Piccadilly, Central and District tube lines connect South Kensington to all areas of London.

Delegates will arrive on 15 July and check in to the Kensington Hotel, which is within easy walking distance of Imperial College. There is no charge for delegates requiring accommodation for the nights of 15 and 16 July. Sir Roy Anderson, Rector of Imperial College, will welcome you to Imperial and to London on the evening of 15 July within the stunning surrounds of the College's main entrance, designed by renowned architect Norman Foster.

The main conference day on 16 July will take place within the Royal School of Mines building, and will be followed by dinner in the Science Museum next door.

Early in the morning of 17 July, delegates will check out of their rooms and be taken by coach to Oxfordshire to visit UKAEA-Culham (home to the Joint European Torus) and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (home to Diamond Light Source and ISIS).

A coach will then take delegates to Reading (for express coach connections to Heathrow and Gatwick airports, and Oxford) or London St Pancras (for connections to UK rail services, Eurostar and trains to Luton airport). For more information on getting back from the conference, please click here.