CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Conference Help Desk and Registration
The registration and help desk is located in Quayside at the bottom of the Central Services Building. The desk is open at the following times:
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Wednesday | 11.00 – 17.00 |
| Thursday | 08.30 – 17.00 |
| Friday | 08.30 – 14.30 |
For any queries please call the conference organiser Catherine McGlynn on 07814 148 642
The local organising committee will be happy to provide you with information on the conference and we also have a team of student helpers who will be at different locations on campus throughout the event. Look for blue t-shirts with the Huddersfield logo.
Accommodation and Meals
Delegate accommodation is located at Aspley Hall on Firth Street. Check-in is available in normal office hours (09.00 – 17.00) and check out should be completed by 10.00. Any late arrivals will be checked in by security staff. There may be a delay before the intercom is answered but they are there! The security team can be contacted on 07852 734 318. Please note that there will be no clothes hangers in the wardrobes. However, bedding and towels will be provided.
We will have facilities to store luggage on campus before check-in and after check-out. Please ask at the registration desk for details.
Packed lunches are available to all delegates from Quayside, which is also where refreshments are available during tea and coffee breaks.
Evening and morning meals are only available to residential delegates. Breakfast and the Wednesday residential dinner are served in Café on Third at the bottom of the Central Services Building. You will need to present one of the tickets given to you at registration to receive your meal. Breakfast is served on Wednesday morning for those with Tuesday night accommodation reserved (including delegates of the postgraduate conference) and on Thursday and Friday morning for other residential delegates. Please go to Café on Third between 0730 and 0930.
Conference Dinner
The conference dinner will take place on Thursday evening at the Cedar Court Hotel. Coaches will be leaving for the hotel between 18.00 and 18.15 from the Wakefield Road Car Park and will return delegates to campus at 23.00. For those delegates who wish to carry on socialising after the meal, bars near the university with a late licence include the Warehouse Bar on Zetland Street, Bar MyMou on Queen Street and Revolution and the Flying Circus Bar on Cross Church Street.
Wine Receptions
We are grateful to Oxford University Press and Willan Publishing for their support for our wine reception which takes place on Wednesday evening in Quayside at 18.15-19.30. On Thursday afternoon Sage will be offering wine at their stand during the final refreshment break at 3.15-3.45. We would also like to inform delegates that Routledge have kindly provided a cream tea for delegates interested in attending their special panel discussion on Wednesday at 16.45-18.15
Exhibition Stands
We hope you will take time to visit our many exhibition stands at Quayside.
Computing Facilities
Delegates can ask for a log on when they register to make a wireless connection on their own computer or to make use of a Huddersfield computer in one of our PC suites.
Transport and Parking
Huddersfield Train Station is only ten minutes walk from campus. A free bus travels regularly between the two locations and taxis are available outside the station. Parking is available at Wakefield Road Car Park. Delegates should contact Catherine McGlynn at criminologyconference2008@hud.ac.uk to reserve a space.
Rooms for Plenary and Parallel Sessions
Plenary sessions will take place in CWS/10 in the Canalside West Building. Parallel Sessions will take place in Canalside East (CE), Canalside West (CW), Lockside (LS) and the Firth Street Building (FS).
Guidance Notes for Delegates Presenting Papers
You must observe a strict limit of twenty minutes when presenting your paper to ensure that all panellists are able to present and that the audience has time to ask questions.
Chairing
Please check the programme for sessions which you are chairing. If you are unable to chair the session you have been allocated, please endeavour to find someone else to take your place during the conference before contacting the organising committee.
Emergency Number
Please contact Catherine McGlynn on 07814 148 642. She will be available for the duration of the conference on this number. Before the conference Catherine can be reached on 01484 47 28 86.