West of England Branch

Chairman	Secretary	Vice Chair & Treasurer	Publicity Officer
Garrod Musto	Dr Alison P Hooper	Edward Glennie	Richard Browne

Forthcoming events

8th October 6pm
Presidential Address
It will be held at Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queens Building Bristol University

6.00 to 6.30pm informal gathering with refreshments.
6.30 to 7.00pm Discussion about the proposed merger between IMA and LMS.
7.00pm to 8.00pm Presidential address

Access to Queens Building, Faculty of Engineering, is indicated in the maps below. Queens Building is no.20 on the map. It can be approached from both ends on foot but only from University Walk (the NW end) by car. There is no problem in parking a car in U/Walk after 1700.
<http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/maps/precinct.html>
<http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/maps/walking.html>

21st January 6pm
Joint meeting of the West of England IMA branch with WORDS, the regional OR society branch.
The meeting will be at UWE, and the talk will be given by Prof. Jeff Griffiths.
Prof Griffiths was President of the UK Operational Research Society for a two year period starting January 2006. He is the UK representative on the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), a group consisting of 47 nations.

Arrival time of 17.00 when drinks and light refreshments will be served.
The talk will be 18.00-19.00, details to follow.

Monday 27th April 2009 7pm,
Joint meeting of West of England IMA branch with the British Association for the Advancement of Science and St Mary Redcliffe Journey into Science.
The meeting will be held at St Mary Redcliffe Church, Redcliffe Way, Bristol

Mathematics & Modern Cryptography - Mathematics and Security in the Digital Age
By Richard Pinch (Cheltenham).

There will be a £1 entry fee to cover costs.

In addition to these there are a number of other talks and meetings planned throughout the region.

As a relatively new reformed branch, we are keen to host events in other venues throughout the region, and are currently exploring the possibility of hosting a joint venture with industrial partners in the Swindon area.

The branch is working with several members in the Devon and Cornwall area to host a meeting at Exeter University, later in the year. It is hoped that Professor Chris Budd will deliver the talk which he gave at the inaugural meeting of the branch on 3 June 2008

Also if there are any members in the Dorset and Southampton area who would be keen to help host an event, please contact the Chair of the WoE branch, Mr Garrod Musto,
email : GJM@kingswood.bath.sch.uk