Social Programme

Registration to ICFI05 will be possible from 17:00 to 19:00 in the Snappers Bar on the first floor of the Charles Wilson Building (park side). This is the same place that we will frequent for coffee and lunches throughout the conference. You will be welcomed to the conference with some nibbles and a glas of wine.

The Conference Banquet will be held on Wednesday evening at the National Space Centre. We will depart by bus from the University to arrive at the Space Center in Leicester at 19:00 for a welcome drink. The dinner will be served at 20:30 giving the opportunity to before to explore the space centre's galaries.

The National Space Centre won national Specialist Visitor Attraction of the year award in 2003 and provides a spectacular voyage of space and man's attempts to understand and traverse it. The centre is also a research base for University staff from our Space Research Centre and was mission control base for the UK's first mission to another planet: the Beagle 2 Mars Probe.

Leicester is renown for its multi-cultural environment and its large Asian population. This shapes the cities cultural and culinary side significantly. Leicester has also one of the most fantastic markets in the UK.

No visitor to Leicester should leave without having a "curry" in one of the many Indian Restaurants. The programme committee dinner will take place in an Indian restaurant. More details will become available closer to the conference.