The Annual International Meetings of the ESR Spectroscopy Group of
the Royal Society of Chemistry
With fourty successful past conferences to their credit, the ESR
Spectroscopy Group of the RSC have established a prestigious Annual
International Meeting which is generally held in the spring of each year at a
University within the UK. We are also one of the oldest special interest groups
within the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The meetings cover the applications and theory of EMR
spectroscopy in a wide range of scientific displines, from physics, chemistry
and biochemistry to biology and the earth and medical sciences. Thus the meeting
enables scientists with very different interests, but held together by their
common passion for the application of EMR spectroscopy, to meet, to talk, and to
exchange views and ideas. This is a major strength for the conference in a world
where science disciplines have become more and more specialised. As a basis for
the Meeting we invite lectures from a distinguished group of Plenary Lecturers
with divers specialities.
The meeting usually runs from a Sunday until the following
Thursday, either just before or just after the Easter Holiday. Delegates arrive
on the Sunday afternoon for registration, sometimes a lecture, and an evening
reception. They leave after lunch on the following Thursday. The general format
of the meeting consists of a series of plenary lectures of 50 minutes duration
followed by 5 to 10 minutes of question and comment.
The
plenary lecturers are
carefully chosen by the Committee who invite established and renowned scientists
to describe and discuss their work, putting into perspective the important
recent developments in their fields of interest. The plenary lectures are
followed by shorter talks of 20 minutes duration given by the other delegates.
Posters displaying delegates current research work are welcomed, are displayed
during the week, and are the subject for a special poster discussion.
In addition to the plenary lectures and talks, the Conference is
also the occasion for the annual award and presentation of the Bruker Lecture,
sponsored by
Bruker
Biospin.
We actively encourage postgraduate and postdoctorate students,
sometimes by providing bursaries, and always by giving discounts to attend our
meetings so that they can meet and listen to these World experts. We also
encourage these students to present their own work during the Meeting. To this
end
Jeol UK have generously
agreed to sponsor the Jeol Student Lectures. A prize is awarded for the best
oral presentation by a young scientist at the conference. The competition is
restricted to 2nd and 3rd year PhD students and postdoctoral fellows in their
1st year of research.
The conference has a lively Social Program with several
receptions, usually an afternoon excursion on the tuesday afternoon, and a
Conference Banquet on the Wednesday.;
