It gives me particular pleasure to be able to announce UKNOF17, which will be taking place in Edinburgh, the city I grew up in, and is our first UKNOF meeting outside of England :-)
This will be on Tuesday 7th September, and is being hosted at the new Informatics Forum at the University of Edinburgh: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/informatics/about/location Registration is now open, please complete the form at: http://www.uknof.org.uk/uknof17/register.php We are still at this point looking for speakers and presentations, if you would like to submit or suggest something suitable, please contact <[email protected]> ASAP. At this point we have one sponsor confirmed, and another provisional, but would still be interested in further sponsorship, potentially including for social event(s) before/after the meeting - please contact me if interested. Note that the meeting is only a few days after the Edinburgh International Festival, so accommodation is expected to be at a premium. To this end, we've arranged a block of rooms at a nearby hotel, the Ibis: http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-2039-ibis-edinburgh-centre/index.shtml In order to book one of these rooms, you need to call the hotel on (+44) 0131 240 7000, and quote contract number "125641", together with the group name "UKNOF". Please note that the deadline for booking rooms in this block is *next Friday 6th August*. Finally, I have been asked by the Royal Society of Edinburgh to draw your attention to their "Digital Scotland" consultation, which is available at: http://idea.ed.ac.uk/Digital-Scotland.pdf on which they would welcome comments and suggestions. More information will follow as we firm up the agenda and logistics. Look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh in September ! Keith
