Welcome to the next SBNS meeting

 

My colleagues and I at Addenbrookes Hospital have great pleasure in welcoming you to Cambridge where we will be hosting the SBNS Spring meeting in March 2010. The venue we have chosen is Queens’ College, which has modern conference facilities but still retains its historical charm, beauty, and tradition.  Queen’s College sits astride the picturesque River Cam with its two halves joined across the famous Mathematical Bridge.

 

The College also has excellent in-house accommodation; delegates and sponsors can take a trip down memory lane and relive their student days by taking advantage of the affordable student accommodation on offer. Most of the rooms overlook the River Cam or the College Courts, are centrally heated and comfortably furnished with ensuite facilities.

 

The Lifelong Learning Session at the start of the meeting will be on Vascular Neurosurgery and will cover all aspects of the speciality followed by a Q & A session aimed at consultants and trainees. We also have a great line up of invited speakers for the guest lectures, one on each of the three days.  There will be clinical focus sessions, breakfast, and evening seminars. The focus of the meeting will of course be your contributions, so please don’t forget to submit your abstracts in a timely fashion. There will be Free Papers sessions on each of the three days on various neurosurgical topics.

 

In addition we will be welcoming the British Paediatric Neurosurgery Group who will be holding their meeting on Tuesday pm and Wednesday am allowing their members to participate in the remainder of the SBNS Meeting.

 

The Welcome Reception on Wednesday evening will be held at Duxford Air Museum where delegates and sponsors will have the opportunity to socialise and dine under the wings of Concorde.  Weather permitting, we will be greeted with a short Spitfire flying display. The Evening Satellite meeting, sponsored by Forth Medical, will also be held at the Museum’s conference centre. 

 

The Gala Dinner on Thursday evening will be held in the magnificent Kings College Dining Hall where delegates and sponsors will have a unique dining experience while listening to their world famous Choral Scholars. The bar within the dining hall will remain open until 1 pm so there will be plenty of time to socialise after the meal and then stroll back at your leisure.

 

The meeting is open to all those who work with neurosurgical patients at any level, and no matter which area of neurosurgery you specialize in I am confident you will find the meeting varied and informative.  Hopefully the event will  also be a great opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues.  While you are in Cambridge why not extend your stay and visit the many attractions this historic town has to offer, and maybe try your hand at punting on the Cam in the spring sunshine!

 

We look forward to seeing you in March.