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3rd Global Conference
Making Sense of: Health, Illness and Disease

Monday 5th July - Friday 9th July 2004
St Catherine's College, Oxford

The conference will commence at 2.00pm on Monday 5th July 2004 and finish at 4.30pm on Friday 9th July 2004. Registration will be from 12.00pm on the opening day of the conference. It is anticipated that no formal programme will run on the middle Wednesday of the conference in order to allow for an organised cultural programme.

Please note: the Steering Group wish to gently point to the fact that the aim of the conference is an emphasis on dialogue with the issues raised by the conference as a whole and engagement with the people attending the conference. These two elements are essential to the inter- and multi-disciplinary nature of the event. The Steering Group feel it is essential that delegates should be present for at least the majority of the conference so as to facilitate the exchange of perspectives for which the conference strives, and which any publication should clearly demonstrate.

A 300 word abstract should be emailed to the Joint Organising Chairs - Prof Peter L Twohig and Dr Robert Fisher by Monday 22nd March 2004. Abstracts may be submitted before that date. You will be notified within 10 days of submission whether your proposal has been accepted or rejected.

Delegates who have their proposals accepted will submit an 8 page paper by Friday 28th May 2004; all conference abstracts and papers will be available on this web site before the conference commences.

At the conference, delegates will be given 20 minutes to speak to the main points of their paper and point to the significant themes and issues they wish to highlight and discuss further. 20 minutes is the absolute maximum time permitted for presenting.

All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be published as a set of conference proceedings/ reports in an ISBN eBook.

Selected papers will go forward for development into 15-20 page chapters for publication in themed ISBN hard copy volume. The book will be published by Rodopi publishers as part of the At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries series.

Editors for both the eBook and themed volume will be sought from those attending the conference.

Two themed volumes are in press from the previous meetings of this project.

The conference is being held at St Catherine's College, Oxford. Both single standard rooms, single en-suite rooms are available.

Full Board 24 Hour Rate: Standard Single Room
Accommodation in a single study bedroom
Tea and coffee making facilities in bedrooms
Full English Breakfast (6th, 7th, 8th, 9th)
2 course lunch (6th, 7th, 8th, 9th)
3 course dinner (5th, 6th, 8th)
Morning coffee and pastries (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th)
Afternoon tea and biscuits (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th)
£320

Full Board 24 Hour Rate: Standard Single En-Suite Room
Accommodation in a single study bedroom with bath/ shower
Tea and coffee making facilities in bedrooms
Full English Breakfast (6th, 7th, 8th, 9th)
2 course lunch (6th, 7th, 8th, 9th)
3 course dinner (5th, 6th, 8th)
Morning coffee and pastries (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th)
Afternoon tea and biscuits (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th)
£400
(very few ensuite rooms are available: we will work on a first-come-first-served basis).

Non-Residential 8 Hour Rate
2 course lunch
Morning coffee and pastries
Afternoon tea and biscuits
£23 per day

Booking for the hotel must be completed through the official conference booking form. Further details are available in the Venue Information section.

The cost for attending the conference is 135gbp. This includes;

• conference registration fee
• a copy of the eBook
• an edition of the hard copy themed volume
• access to the email discussion group and conference project initiative support materials.

All registration and accommodation costs are to be paid by Friday 14th May 2004.

There are a number of ways payment can be made.

Cheque
Payment can be made by cheque, in pounds sterling (gbp). Cheques must be drawn against a bank with headquarters in the United Kingdom. Cheques should be made payable to 'Learning Solutions' and sent, with the booking form, to;

Dr Rob Fisher
c/o Learning Solutions
Priory House
149b Wroslyn Road
Freeland
Oxfordshire. OX29 8HR
United Kingdom

We cannot and will not accept cheques in currencies other than gbp sterling.

Bank Transfer
Payment may be made using bank transfer. Please contact Dr Rob Fisher for bank details. If paying by this method, you must agree to pay all charges at the sending and receiving banks. Information about making the bank transfer will be available on the conference invoice.

Travellers Cheques
Payment may also be made using Travellers Cheques, in pounds sterling (gbp) made payable to 'Learning Solutions'.

By Invoice
You may request that an invoice be sent to you and/or your institution. It is your responsibility to ensure that the invoice is paid prior to the start of the conference.

By Credit Card
Payment may be made by credit card. Please note: a 4% surcharge is payable on payments made in this way (this is what the bank charges us). Visa and Mastercard only.

Payment may also be made using an International Money Order or Western Union transfer.

All fees are payable in advance. No delegate will be permitted entry to the conference if an invoice is still unpaid.