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>>Loughborough Friends and Alumni celebration April 9th to 11th 1999 >> >>By early March, around 200 Friends and Alumni from the UK and abroad had >>already registered for the Friends and Alumni (F&A) Celebration in the >>Department of Human Sciences at Loughborough University. Over 200 more are >>expected and the event is moving towards becoming a sell out in some areas >>(e.g. Saturday Evening Dinner with a maximum of 400 places). The occasion >>has been stimulated by the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the subject >>'Ergonomics' and marks the establishment of the Department in 1960 and its >>success in nearly 40 years of Ergonomics, 35 years of Human Biology and 25 >>years of Psychology. >> >>Registration will begin in the James France Exhibition area at 5.0 pm (to >>9.0pm) on Friday 9th April. Transport will be arranged for those who wish to >>travel from the Ergonomics Society in Leicester to the celebration. This >>will be free of charge for those holding Ergonomics Society Annual >>Conference registration badges which can also be exchanged for a badge only >>registration at the F&A celebration allowing entrance to the exhibation, >>lectures, tours etc but not a registration pack. For those who wish to >>register and receive the pack, it will cost £20 and includes a >>celebration bag, >>commemorative bottle of wine and T-shirt with embroidered logo as well as a >>programme and other memorabilia and information. The Friday Evening will be >>concluded in the bar of the Elvyn Richards Hall in the University. >> >>Saturday will begin at 9.0am with registration and at 10.0 am there will be >>a brief opening ceremony involving previous Heads of Departments including >>the first, Professor Will Floyd, the Dean of the Faculty of Science and the >>Vice Chancellor. The event will include an extensive exhibition, lectures >>from internationally renowned speakers, panel discussions, tours of the >>laboratories and more. In the evening there will be a formal dinner (@£20 >>per person) which will be concluded by a lecture by Professor Rainer >>Goldsmith who will present his experiences and scientific studies of human >>physiology and psychology from his many expeditions to the Antarctic. Sunday >>will be more of the same with eminent speakers from within and outside of >>the Department as well as tours of the internationally renowned >>laboratories. A number of international experts have indicated that they >>will attend the celebration in conjunction with the meeting of ISO TC 159 >>'Ergonomics' that will be held in Loughborough on 12th to 14th April. >>Members of that Technical Committee are invited to reserve places on the >>event by sending an email to me at the address below. >> >>It will be possible to Register at the event on the Friday evening, Saturday >>or Sunday. If you are interested in attending the Saturday dinner it would >>be better to register as early as possible. Make a reservation of a place by >>stating what you would like in an email to me on [log in to unmask] >>Further information can be obtained from Mrs Mary Hewitt, Department of >>Human Sciences, Loughborough University, Leics, LE11 3TU, UK. Fax. 01509 >>223940 or >>Tel. 01509 223037 or email [log in to unmask] or visit our web site >>on http://humsci.lboro.ac.uk/celebration >> >>The Department is delighted that so many prestigious Ergonomists have >>registered for the event and thanks those who have agreed to participate in >>discussions and give presentations. We look forward to seeing our friends >>and Alumni again on 9th to 11th April. >> >>Professor Ken Parsons >>Head of Department >> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%