A range of visits are being organised for in-person participants in coordination with our local partners. If interested, make sure to tick the corresponding option during registration and we'll contact you with more information regarding these.
Free visit for all in-person participants on the Monday afternoon.
In-person participants will get the opportunity to visit the Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement's brand new First Light Pavilion which has just opened to the public. The stunning new building is at the heart of a £21.5m project to open up the inspirational heritage of Jodrell Bank to even more people. People will be able to see the brand new gallery, exhibition and space dome. The exhibition is based on panels of the original Lovell Telescope surface from 1957 and uses immersive ‘gaming’ technology and interactivity in a way that ensures that the exhibition is never the same twice.
Read more about the First light pavilion here.
Optional visit on the Thursday.
A unique visit to Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum (SIM). SIM traces the development of science, technology and industry with emphasis on the city’s achievements in these fields. The museum is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage and is on the site of the world’s first passenger railway station which opened in 1830, as well as being one of the largest science museums in Europe.
The visit will start with a welcome at 10am by Lauren Ryall-Waite, Head Curator for the museum, before participants browse a range of exhibitions from the textiles gallery to the Amazonia exhibit at their leisure. There should also be an opportunity to catch one of the fun interactive shows. At 12pm participants will then have a Question & Answer session with Lauren and Chris Keady, the museum's Head of Learning, before having an opportunity to lunch in the museum's café.
Transport will be provided at cost from the conference pickup points (see Accommodation and Transport). Departure will be around 9am, with a return around 2pm. Participants may alternatively choose to travel directly to the airport/train station from the museum.
Interested participants will be contacted closer to the event to confirm transport costs and participation.
Optional visit on the Thursday.
Located just 30min from Jodrell Bank, STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory is internationally recognised for world-leading scientific excellence in a diverse variety of fields, from nuclear physics to supercomputing. Daresbury employs some 500 staff, with scientists and engineers from both the university research community and industrial research base across the UK using its facilities.
Participants in the visit will get the chance to meet Daresbury’s Public Engagement team to discuss how they ensure the Lab’s science impacts people’s everyday lives and inspires the next generation of researchers. They will also get to visit some of the site’s cutting-edge facilities and learn about its activities including accelerator science, high-performance computing, data visualisation, and technology development for instrumentation and detector systems.
Transport will be provided at cost from the conference pickup points (see Accommodation and Transport). Departure will be around 9am, with a return around 2pm. Participants may alternatively choose to travel directly to the airport/train station from the Lab.
Interested participants will be contacted closer to the event to confirm transport costs and participation.