On 10/13/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 13/10/2007, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 13/10/2007, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
Why leave London for the sake of leaving London? The UK is a small country and is very much centred on London. London has the best connections to other places within the UK and is the most connected place on an international level (re. flights). The Greater London Area contains almost a quarter of the population of the UK.
Most UK cities other than London would require train journeys or internal flights within the UK for those flying into the country.
Mostly an issue of giving us more options. It is possible that some of those unis might have something of particular interest to us
It might be worth a little investigation of alternatives, but unless there is a really good reason to go to a particular place, I think we should stick to London.
The prime consideration for an international conference for me is proximity to a major airport (the second being trying to keep costs as low as possible). London is far and away the best connected city in the UK, but it has the disadvantage of being quite expensive. The only city in the UK which offers a reasonable connection point (without having to take a further mode of transport) is Manchester - see http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/ukairports/index.php. My previous attempt to find a good venue in Manchester didn't come to much, but I think there are now other options, which I will investigate and report back.
Cheers, Cormac