The Annual General Meeting (AGM): in previous years, the AGM has been held on the same day as the Conference, usually during the lunch-hour. This year the AGM is a separate event; it is being held online on Thursday 21st November and you will need to book separately for it using this link.
Identification Help Table/John Poland’s Vegetative ID Tables: please bring along any specimens you find difficult to identify and challenge some of the best botanists in the country!
Getting to the Conference: the Conference is being held in the Flett Lecture Theatre, on Floor 1 of the Red Zone in the Natural History Museum. The nearest Underground station is South Kensington, on the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines. For detailed instructions, please see the museum's website: www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/getting-here.html
Please use the Museum entrance on Exhibition Road, which will be open from 10am onwards. Do not use the Cromwell Road entrance and do not join a queue of people waiting to enter - these queues are for visitors to the rest of the Museum. Instead, make your way straight to the front of the queue on Exhibition Road and once inside the Museum, look for a member of the NHM Visitor Team or a BSBI volunteer. Explain that you are booked in to attend the BSBI Botanical Conference and you will be directed to the Flett which is on Floor 1 of the Red Zone (marked in red on the map here).
Please note that the NHM reserves the right to search visitors' bags at the museum's entrance.
Filming and photographs: We plan to record the talks and upload them later to the BSBI YouTube channel – we would also like to film and/or photograph attendees listening to the talks and viewing the exhibits, so we can use the footage and images for publicity purposes. Please let us know when you book if you are happy/ do not wish to be included in any such footage or photographs. We also encourage you to take photographs at the event and will set up a folder where these can be shared.
Refreshments: Attendees can use the museum’s cafés and restaurants for refreshments or you are welcome to bring your own lunch.
After the meeting we have a private room booked in a nearby pub, the Hoop & Toy, so we can socialise over a drink and a bite to eat before we head home. If you’re planning to join us, and you would be very welcome, then you may want to allow for this when making your travel arrangements.
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Location
Natural History Museum, London