44th Annual Conference, Tantons Hotel, Bideford, Devon 3rd to 6th January, 2006 (Details of the previous meeting, held at the Kilbirnie Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall can be found here) The Ussher Society 44th Annual Conference was held at the Tantons Hotel, Bideford, Devon (3rd-6th January 2006). The 4-day conference, expertly organised by Sally Cornford, comprised field trips and two days of presentations, incorporating a joint session with the South West Regional Group of the Geological Society. The main presentation days were Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th of January - oral and poster presentations covered many areas of geology, geomorphology, engineering geology and environmental geology, typically relating in some way to South West England. The Scott Simpson lecture was given by Professor Wolfgang Franke on the subject of "The Variscan – The United Plates of Europe" and the joint half-day session with the SW Regional Group of the Geological Society took place on Thursday afternoon based around the theme of "Case histories in Earth investigations". The schedule for the Bideford 2006 meeting was (please click the date on the left for further details):
Downloads First Circular (includes conference booking form and contribution to scientific programme form) Second Circular (includes timetable)
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