Invitation Programme 29th & 30th March 2011 and Registration Form Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, Scotland No Mind Left Behind
Social Brain 3 An international conference See The Bigger Picture on autism, ADHD and other early onset neurodevelopmental disorders
Over 50 experts from around the world debate the issues and argue the case for concern
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Key Dates Register before the 3rd January 2011 and pay less
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 30th November 2010 Deadline for Early Bird registration: 3rd January 2011 Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 12th January 2011
Welcome Given the success of our previous conference Social Brain 2 – See The Bigger Picture in 2006 (also held at GRCH) we decided it was time for another joint venture. Continuing with the ‘Social Brain’ concept, that of two strands; Science and Reality, this time we have given the conference the unifying title of No Mind Left Behind. More than 50 of the world’s leading experts within the field of social communication and learning difficulties, all contributing their This fantastic service is included in the time for free, will be speaking at the two delegates fee and will be available for up day event. Lorna Wing, OBE, world famous to a year after the conference. for her outstanding contribution to If you can’t attend No Mind Left Behind in the understanding of autism, will be giving person, then you can participate by signing the Opening Keynote Lecture, Professor on as a Virtual Delegate and get access to Pierre Magistretti from the Brain Mind Institute the event anyway. in Lausanne, will be talking about The Everchanging Brain in another keynote See page 8 for more information on our and the stand up comedian Pelle Sandstrak, Virtual Conference. who’s book ’Mr Tourette and I’ is being made No Mind Left Behind will be a wonderful into a Hollywood film, will be taking us into opportunity for health and education the complex world of Tourette syndrome. professionals, specialists, parents and And then there are 49 other experts to listen to. carers, for all of us, to share and increase our knowledge and understanding of all Wanting, as we do, to push boundaries and kinds of minds. seek new frontiers, we have engaged Swiss IT company Klewel (who count UNICEF, We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow, Nestle and European Broadcasting Union amongst their clients) to record the two day conference for us. Sophie Dow and Christopher Gillberg
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GALA DINNER AT THE ARCHES Glasgow & Social Events Glasgow is not only Scotland’s largest city but also its cultural capital and one of the most dynamic cities in Europe. It is second only to London in the UK, when it comes to shopping and is of course surrounded by some of the world’s best golf courses. Lonely Planet recently said of the city: ‘Glasgow is regenerating and evolving at a dizzying pace. It’s Victorian architectural legacy is now swamped with cutting edge style bars and world class venues.’ Precisely. You can see why we have chosen to return to Glasgow with No Mind Left Behind.
Exhibition & Sponsorship Welcome Drinks Reception We have a menu of sponsorship items and exhibition space options to suit every budget, prices start from as little as Glasgow City Council will be hosting a £200 and we are delighted with the response so far! Welcome Drinks Reception for all our delegates on Tuesday 29th March, 18.00 in the Glasgow In addition to this, there are four levels of sponsorship Royal Concert Hall. packages; Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Sponsorship packages offer benefits such as complimentary exhibition space, delegate registration packages and logo acknowledgements on our print and website. Gala Dinner – 29th March The evening will begin with a drinks reception Contact followed by dinner, during which you will be For exhibition and sponsorship enquiries, please contact intermittently entertained by carefully chosen acts. Jillian Hart our Exhibition and Sponsorship Manager, All somehow connected to No Mind Left Behind. Phone: +44 (0)141 331 0123 Fax: +44 (0)141 331 0234 We have been given a very generous price per Email: [email protected] person by The Arches and so are able to offer you 2 glasses of wine upon arrival and a two course dinner Accommodation with half a bottle of wine for £52.50 excl. VAT. The event will be a great opportunity for you to meet Accommodation has been reserved in various price and network with fellow delegates in a wonderful categories throughout Glasgow at preferential rates setting and a totally relaxed atmosphere. per room per night. The range of rates is shown on the registration form. Please visit the website for full The Arches is within walking distance to all our information on hotels, including the payment and chosen hotels, so no need for taxis. cancellation forms. Registration & Payment We have tried to make the registration process as DAY REGISTRATION FEES simple as possible. If you are unable to attend the full conference we are Registering on-line is preferred, see www.mindroom. pleased to be able to offer you a Day Registration fee of org/nomindleftbehind, but if you would like to register £305.50 for Professionals and £152.75 for Parents. by post you are of course most welcome to do so. Please note that the VAT on the Day Registration fee will Please fill in the Registration Form on page 9 and send increase to 20% on 4th January 2011. it to our No Mind Left Behind Secretariat at the address Payment: Payment should be made in advance of the on the form. conference by one of the following methods: Register before 3rd January 2011 and pay less. • M astercard/Visa. Please note that all fees paid by credit card will be charged in pounds sterling. For overseas Professionals £395.00 delegates the exchange rate used will be that at the Parents £150.00 time of the transaction. No other credit cards can be accepted. Registration fees on or after 4th January: • C heque or bankers draft, in pounds sterling only, drawn Professionals £495.00 on a UK bank and made payable to Congrex UK Ltd/NMLB 2011 Parents £245.00 Cancellation: Notification must be sent in writing to the All prices exclude VAT. - NB : Rate changes on 4th January 2011 Conference organisers. Cancellations will be accepted until 3 January with a refund of all fees except an Registration includes: administration charge of 25%. No refund can be given • Entry to all sessions for cancellations received on or after 4th January. • All conference documentation including book of abstracts Substitutions of attendees can be made at any time. • Virtual Conference Confirmation and Joining Instructions:Confirmation of • Welcome reception registration will be sent to delegates whose payment has • Lunch been received. In addition, joining instructions to assist • Tea and Coffee (morning and afternoon) you with your visit to Glasgow will be sent out by email approximately 3-4 weeks prior to the conference.
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Speakers Below is a list of our confirmed speakers, and in most cases the title for their specific talk, so far. It is still early days, so titles and timings may change, but not by a lot we hope.
Jackie Baillie, MSP, Scottish Parliament, Shadow Cabinet Secretary collaborative support for learning and organisational problems in for Health & Wellbeing gifted children’ Simon Baron-Cohen, PhD, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Martin Ingvar, MD, PhD Professor of Integrative Medicine, Osher Director of Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University Center for Integrative Medicine Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, ‘The social brain and fetal testosterone’ Sweden ‘Development of cognition, language and reading’ Margaret Bauman, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Marion Leboyer, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Genetic Medical School, US ‘Neuroanatomy of autism’ Team, INSERM, University of Paris and FondaMental, Paris, France ‘Genetics of autism’ Ina van Berckelaer-Onnes, PhD, Professor Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies Leiden University, Holland ‘The autism spectrum: Astri Lundevold, PhD,Professor in Neuropsychology, University one, five or hundreds of conditions?’ of Bergen, Norway “Diagnosing cognitive attentional and social problems in school age’ Eva Billstedt, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Gothenburg, Sweden ‘Outcome of autism Lotta Löfgren-Mårtenson, Associate Professor in Health and Society, spectrum disorders and ADHD’ sexological alignment, Malmö University, Sweden ‘May I? Sexuality and love and young people with intellectual disabilities’ Thomas Bourgeron, PhD, Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, Institut Pasteur, Paris ‘Genetics of autism’ Ann Maxwell, Founder Muir Maxwell Trust, Edinburgh, UK ‘Epilepsy Plus’ G Bryce, MD, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, UK Pierre Magistretti, MD, PhD, Professor, Director, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ‘Synaptic Plasticity Jan Buitelaar, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Child – The Everchanging Brain’ and Adolescent Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Holland ‘Psychopharmacology in early onset Anne McGuire, MP for Stirling, former Minister for Disabled People, neuropsychiatric disorders’ Scotland ‘What’s in five short years?’ The Government’s 2025 Vision vs the Mindroom 2020 Vision David Coghill, MD, Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Dundee, Scotland ‘Intervention in ADHD’ Carmela Miniscalco, PhD, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Div of Speech and Language Pathology, Gothenburg, Sweden Mary Coleman, MD, President and Medical Director, Foundation ‘Early diagnosis of autism’ for Autism Research, New York, USA ‘The autisms, the ADHD’s and medical syndromes’ Helen Minnis, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Glasgow, UK ‘Reactive attachment disorder: Bill Colley, Teacher, Educational Consultant ‘Mind the Gap: Building fact and fiction’ bridges, safety nets and infinite possibilities for Johnny ‘No-friends’ Brian Neville, MD, Emeritus Professor of Child Neurology, University Sophie Dow, Founder of Mindroom and mother of Annie 19, College, London, UK ‘The Social Brain, Autism and Epilepsy’ the inspiration behind Mindroom Agneta Nyden, MSc, PhD, Assoc Professor of Child and Adolescent Rob Doyle, MA, DDS, MD, Clinical Associate in Psychiatry. Psychiatry, ‘Development of attention and executive function’ Division of Paediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, US ‘Psychopharmacology in early Lena Nylander, MD, psychiatrist, Lund University Hospital, Sweden onset neuropsychiatric disorders’ ‘Autism spectrum disorders in the elderly: a clinicians view’ Elias Eriksson, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychopharmacology, Anne O’Hare, Honorary Professor, Child Life & Health, University of University of Gothenburg, Sweden ‘Neurotransmitter control Edinburgh, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, of cognition, attention and empathy’ Edinburgh ‘How do we measure empathy in young children?’ Elisabeth Fernell, MD, PhD, Neuropaediatrician, Karolinska Institute, Christine Puckering, University of Glasgow, UK ‘Triple P – Mellow Stockholm, Sweden ’Early diagnosis of autism’ parenting: what are they good for?’ David FitzPatrick, MD, Honorary Consultant and Professor in Clinical Maria Råstam, Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetics, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh ‘Annie’s syndrome’ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lund University, Sweden ‘Outcome of eating disorders: relation to ESSENCE’ Mohammad Ghazuiddin, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US ‘Affective and anxiety disorders in autism and ADHD’ Patricia Rodier, PhD, Professor of OB/GYN, University of Rochester, US ‘Where in the brain is autism?’ Christopher Gillberg, MD, PhD, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Gothenburg, Institute of Child Health, Matt Sanders, Professor of clinical psychology, Parenting and Family London and University of Glasgow, Sweden and UK ‘ESSENCE – Support Centre, University of Queensland, AUS ‘Triple P – Mellow Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical parenting: what are they good for?’ Examinations’ Pelle Sandstrak, Former funeral director and stand up comedian, Loretta Giorcelli, OAM, Dr and Specialist Educational Consultant now eminent lecturer on living with Tourette’s syndrome, his book Sydney, Australia ‘That’s not the Annie I know’ – teacher perception ‘Mr Tourette and I’ is being made into a film. Norway/Sweden vs parental perception Jenny Talbot, Prison Reform Trust, London UK Sam Goldstein, PhD, Affiliate Research Professor of Psychology at Eric Taylor, MD, Professor Emeritus of Child and Adolescent George Mason University, Virginia and Assistant Clinical Professor Psychiatry, King’s College, UK ‘Genetics of ADHD’ at University of Utah, US ‘Intervention in ADHD’ Lucy Thompson, PhD, Senior Public Health Researcher Public Health Michael Gordon, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Chief Clinical Child Resource Unit NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, UK Psychologist, State University of New York ‘Dismantling silos’ ‘Pre- and perinatal factors in ESSENCE’ Randi Hagerman, MD, Medical Director of the M.I.N.D Institute, Per-Hove Thomsen, MD, Dr Med Sci, Professor in Child and Sacramento, US ‘Fragile X problem with timing and coffee’ Adolescent Psychiatry, Research Director Aarhus University Hospital, Francesca Happe, PhD,Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, MRC Social, Denmark ‘The Tic-OCD spectrum: one, two or more?’ Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College, London Jeremy Turk, MD, Professor of Developmental Psychiatry & “Central coherence: to see or not to see the bigger picture” Consultant Child & Adolescent Neuropsychiatrist, Southwark Child Torey Hayden, Author and special education teacher and best selling & Adolescent Mental Health Developmental Neuropsychiatry Service author, US and Scotland South London & Maudsley Foundation NHS Trust ‘Fragile X problem with timing and coffee’ Agneta Hellström, Director, ADHD Centre Stockholm, Sweden ‘A collaborative approach to intervention in families with ADHD’ Phil Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Infant Mental Health, University of Glasgow, UK Title TBA Pat Howlin, PhD, Professor of Clinical Child Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London ‘The evidence base for intervention in autism’ Lorna Wing, MD, FRCPsych, OBE UK ‘Social instinct; the crux of the matter of autism’ Paul Hutchins, MD, Senior Staff Physician Child Development Unit, Senior Paediatric Consultant, Children’s Hospital Education Research Charles H. Zeanah, M.D. Sellars Polchow Professor, Tulane University Hospital, Westmead, Australia ‘Creativity, chaos and confusion – School of Medicine New Orleans, US ‘Maltreatment and fostering’
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Day 1 Tuesday, 29th March 2011 07.30-09.30 REGISTRATION
09:30-11.00 Main Auditorium Strathclyde Suite
09:30-09:40 Opening Session Social Brain 3 No Mind Left Behind S Dow, UK; C Gillberg, Sweden
09:40-10:10 KEYNOTE: Social instinct and autism L Wing, UK
10:10-10:35 KEYNOTE: Early symptomatic syndromes eliciting neurodevelopmental clinical examinations (ESSENCE) Don’t forget to visit our exhibitors during C Gillberg, Sweden the programme breaks!
10.35-11.00 COFFEE 10.35-11.00 COFFEE
11.00-12.40 EARLY DEVELOPMENT 11.00-11.20 Neurotransmitter control of cognition, attention, 11.00-12.00 Sexuality and love and young people with and empathy intellectual disabilities E Eriksson, Sweden L Löfgren-Mårtenson, Sweden
11.20-11.40 Development of cognition, language, and reading 12.00-12.40 That’s not the Annie I know M Ingvar, Sweden Teacher perception vs parental perception: The need for schools to understand the 11.40-12.00 Development of empathy impact of learning, attention and behavioural C Gillberg, Sweden differences on parents and families 12.00-12.20 Development of attention and executive function Loretta Giorcelli, Australia A Nydén, Sweden
12.20-12.40 Central coherence: to see or not to see the bigger picture Don’t forget to visit our exhibitors during F Happé, UK the programme breaks!
12.40-14.00 LUNCH 12.40-14.00 LUNCH 14.00-15.30 AUTISM SPECTRUM, ADHD, AND RELATED 14.00-15.30 That’s not the Annie I know (cont.) DISORDERS Loretta Giorcelli, Australia 14.00-14.20 The autism spectrum: one, five, or hundreds of conditions? I van Berckelaer-Onnes, The Netherlands
14.20-14.40 The Tic-OCD spectrum: one, two, or more? PH Thomsen, Denmark
14.40-15.00 Affective and anxiety disorders in autism and ADHD M Ghazuiddin, USA 15.00-15.30 KEYNOTE: The Social Brain, autism and epilepsy Don’t forget to visit our exhibitors during B Neville, UK the programme breaks!
15.30-16.00 COFFEE 15.30-16.00 COFFEE 16.00-17.30 STRESS, MALTREATMENT AND 16.10-17.10 CREATIVITY, CHAOS AND CONFUSION NEURODEVELOPMENT Collaborative support for learning and organisational problems in gifted children 16.10-16.30 Reactive attachment disorder: fact and fiction Paul Hutchins, Australia H Minnis, UK; G Bryce, UK 16.30-16.50 Assessing the impact of stress, maltreatment and neurodevelopmental problems in the population. P Wilson, UK 16.50-17.10 Modifying the HPA axis in maltreated children TBA
17.10-17.30 KEYNOTE: Maltreatment and fostering C Zeanah, USA 17.40-17.45 Summing up Day One C Gillberg, Sweden
18.00 Welcome Reception & Poster Exhibition 19.30 Gala Dinner at The Arches
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Getting It Together 11.20-17.10 Strathclyde Suite Under this title we look at the importance of collaboration across the board within the field of learning difficulties. Our speakers will have 20 minutes each to talk about their particular facet/interest/experience of Getting It Together. There are still a couple of speakers as well as titles to be confirmed and the order of programme might change a little, but not too much we hope.
Day 2 Wednesday, 30th March 2011
08.30-17.45
Main Auditorium Strathclyde Suite
08:30-09:00 KEYNOTE: The Everchanging Brain P Magistretti, Switzerland 09.00-10.50 DIAGNOSIS AND OVERLAP OF PROBLEMS 09.10-10.50 Mr Tourette and I 09.00-9.20 Early diagnosis of autism Pelle Sandstrak, Sweden E Fernell, Sweden; C Miniscalco, Sweden 09.20-09.40 How to tackle the problems of ADHD and ASD in epilepsy B Neville, UK 09.40-10.00 The autisms, the ADHDs and medical syndromes M Coleman, USA 10.00-10.20 Fragile X syndrome & FMRP: a key to other disorders and their effective treatment
R Hagerman, USA; J Turk, UK Don’t forget to visit our exhibitors during 10.20-10.30 Annie’s syndrome D FitzPatrick, UK the programme breaks! 10.30-10.50 Girls and Women with ESSENCE M Posserud, Norway 10.50-11.20 COFFEE 10.50-11.20 COFFEE 11.20-12.50 GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS 11.20-12.40 GETTING IT TOGETHER 11.20-11.30 Pre-and perinatal factors in ESSENCE Anne McGuire, MP, former Minister for Disabled L Thompson, UK People Scotland 11.30-11.50 Genetics of autism Bill Colley, Teacher, Educational Consultant T Bourgeron, France; M Leboyer, France; Mind the Gap: Building bridges, safety nets and infinite possibilities for Johnny-No-Friends 11.50-12.10 Genetics of ADHD E Taylor, UK ‘Out of Trouble’ Jenny Talbot, Prison Reform Trust 12.10-12.30 Neuroanatomy of autism M Bauman, USA ‘Autism spectrum disorders in the elderly’ Lena Nylander, MD, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden 12.30-12.50 Where in the brain is autism? P Rodier, USA Don’t forget to visit our exhibitors during the programme breaks! 12.50-14.00 LUNCH 12.40-14.00 LUNCH 14.00-15.00 SOCIAL COGNITION AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY 14.00-15.30 GETTING IT TOGETHER 14.00-14.20 The social brain and fetal testosterone S Baron-Cohen, UK ‘Dismantling silos’ Michael Gordon , Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York 14.20-14.40 Neuropsychological function in children with an autism spectrum disorder ‘A collaborative approach to intervention in A Lundevold, Norway families with ADHD’ Agneta Hellström, dir Stockholm ADHD Centre, 14.40-15.00 How do we measure empathy in young children A O’Hare, UK Sam Goldstein, US Title TBA 15.00-15.30 COFFEE Don’t forget to visit our exhibitors during 15.30-17.30 OUTCOME AND INTERVENTION the programme breaks! 15.30-15.50 Outcome of autism spectrum disorders and ADHD 15.30-16.00 COFFEE E Billstedt, Sweden; E Fernell, Sweden 16.00-17.10 GETTING IT TOGETHER 15.50-16.10 Outcome of eating disorders: relation to ESSENCE M Råstam, Sweden; ‘Epilepsy Plus’ Ann Maxwell, Muir Maxwell Trust 16.10-16.30 The evidence base for intervention in autism P Howlin, UK Torey Hayden, Author and Special Education Teacher, US and UK 16.30-16.50 Intervention in ADHD S Goldstein, USA; D Coghill Title TBA Jackie Baillie, MSP, Scottish Parliament, Shadow 16.50-17.10 Psychopharmacology in ESSENCE Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing J Buitelaar, The Netherlands; R Doyle, USA 17.10-17.30 Triple P – Mellow parenting: what are they good for? M Sanders; C Puckering, UK 17.30-17.45 CLOSING SESSION
Summing up Day Two S Dow, UK; C Gillberg, Sweden
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Virtual Conference Considering the outstanding scientific programme for No Mind Left Behind we wanted to spread the information from the conference way beyond the two day event. Swiss IT company Klewel will record the conference for us. The very clever and user friendly software, which also provides a search mechanism among presentations, gives the delegates a flexible three dimensional event – visual, audio and slides – and offers the opportunity to use the material to suit each delegate and their particular • No more downloading of power point purpose and interest. presentations • No more frantic note taking during lectures This fantastic service is included • Check facts and figures at your leisure in the conference fee for all attending • Show your friends and colleagues your delegates and will be available for up favourite lecture to a year from the 1st April 2011. • Ideal for CPD and in-house training days You will be able to access No Mind Left Behind Virtual at any time on-line via a special link hosted by Klewel. No Mind Left Behind Virtual Simply type in your personal password Virtual Conference fee £450.00 excl. VAT and away you go. One Day Virtual Conference Fees If you can’t attend No Mind Left Behind in person, then you can participate by Social Brain 3 Strand £250.00 excl. VAT signing on as a Virtual Delegate and See The Bigger Picture Strand £250.00 excl. VAT get access to the event anyway. Call for Abstracts Call for Abstracts for Poster Presentation Critical Dates Call for Papers Deadline: 30 November 2010 Early Bird Registration Deadline 3 January 2011
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Electronic submission of Abstracts is preferred. If you are unable to submit electronically then please contact the Conference Secretariat immediately.
All abstracts accepted will be published in a special From the conference website you can access your abstract book. Personal Page by using your password included in the Abstracts should be submitted to the Conference email received upon submission. Secretariat as soon as possible and must arrive no 2) You can only present ONE abstract. later than 30th November 2010. 3) The abstract should clearly state the purpose, methods Abstracts received after that date will not be considered. and results of the study. Statements such as “results will be Your abstract should be no longer than 2,000 characters. discussed” or “data will be presented”, will not be accepted. Please read the following guidelines carefully before 4) Abstracts will be reproduced as submitted. preparing your abstract. 5) Format and layout instructions; Please type your abstract Abstracts which have not been prepared in accordance in English, with the title using upper and lower case letters. with these instructions will not be considered. 6) Type of presentation: There will be a poster exhibition. 1) Electronic submission is preferred 7) Co-authors: Please provide details on the abstract – If you need technical support please email submission form. [email protected]. An acknowledgement of receipt of your submission 8) Poster size: 120cm x 90cm wide. will be sent to your email address directly after the 9) Notification of acceptance/rejection will be dispatched completed submission. only to the main author on or before 12th January 2011. If you do not receive the email, please contact the Authors must register with the Conference before Conference Secretariat. Changes to abstracts can only 26 January 2011, otherwise the abstract will not be be accepted until the deadline, 30th November 2010, included in the Abstract Book and the Final Programme. by using your Personal Page.
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29th & 30th March 2011 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland The registration prices listed below include VAT at the prevailing rate of 17.5%. Please note that from 4th January VAT increases to 20%. Registration Form Please type or print in BLOCK LETTERS and return with your payment to: Congrex UK Ltd, 4B 50 Spiers Wharf, Port Dundas, Glasgow, UK, G4 9TB Please complete one form per delegate. Please photocopy this form Tel: +44 (0)141 331 0123 should you require extra copies. Fax: +44 (0)141 331 0234 Email: [email protected]
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