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50 years of Practical Immunology Delivery ESID 2020 Birmingham

City Time Trains per day Paris 4 hrs 27 mins 16 Brussels 4 hrs 2 mins 7

ACCESSIBLE BIRMINGHAM

Air – Birmingham Airport

• 140 direct flights from Europe and

beyond

• Daily flights from New York (JFK),

Delhi, Dubai, and all major European cities

• 50 airlines
• Train link to Birmingham – 8 minutes

Eurostar to Birmingham via London

• 82 minutes from Central London by train
• Most UK routes pass through B’ham
• Eurostar connections from Europe

Train

Visitor Attraction

Symphony Hall Repertory Theatre Birmingham Library Museums & Art Galleries Birmingham Royal Ballet Jewellery Quarter Canals

BIRMINGHAM – A WALKING CITY

Cosmopolitan, Friendly

Walking distance from ICC

0 mins 1 min 2 mins 6 mins 10 mins 10 mins 0 mins

Amenities Hotels Cafes Restaurants Shopping Culture Walking Distance 0-10 mins 0-10 mins 0-10 mins 5-10 mins 0-10 mins

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE (ICC)

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE (ICC)

World class facilities City centre location Walking distance to hotels, cafes, restaurants, shopping All of the ESID Congress located in one flexible, sociable, networking area

ENJOYING YOUR STAY IN BIRMINGHAM

Diverse world cuisine

• 5 Michelin- starred restaurants
• Street food
• Famous Balti curries
• Chinese Quarter

Over 200 restaurants within walking distance of the conference centre

EATING WELL KEEPING FIT

• Walking tours
• UK cycle network
• 5k Fun Run along

the canals

ENTERTAINMENT

• 3 Theatres
• Music Venues
• Cinemas
• Museums
• Art Galleries

Over 6,500 hotel bedrooms within walking distance of the ICC

Example hotel prices in October 2016

AFFORDABLE BIRMINGHAM

EATING OUT

Inexpensive restaurant meal € 9.46 - €17.74 Mid-range restaurant 3-course meal for 2 € 35.47 - €68.58

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SOME TIME OUTSIDE THE MEETING?

BIRMINGHAM

• The Jewellery Quarter
• Cadbury World
• Botanical Gardens
• National Sea Life Centre
• ThinkTank Science Museum
• The Staffordshire Hoard
• Aston Hall
• Coffin Museum

BEYOND

• Shakespeare’s Stratford upon Avon
• Warwick Castle
• Black Country Living Museum
• Ironbridge
• Cotswolds and Peak District
• Lichfield & Coventry Cathedrals
• British Motorcycle Museum
• Alton Towers Theme Park

LONDON – 80 minutes

PRACTICAL SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE

Bobby Gaspar Chair of the Scientific Committee

Andrew Cant UK Helen Chapel UK

Amos Etzioni Israel Sophie Hambleton UK Stephen Holland USA

Stephen Jolles UK Kaan Boztug Austria Eleonora Gambineri Italy Peter Arkwright UK Taco Kuijpers Netherlands Peter Lane UK Anna Sediva Czech Republic Mirjam van der Burg Netherlands Klaus Warnatz Germany Berne Ferry UK

ESID PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

FOR THE PUBLIC:

• PID public awareness exhibition and events
• Schools events
• Popular-science presentations

FOR DELEGATES:

• Science communication skills training
• Inspiration and ideas to take home with you

ORGANISING YOUR MEETING

David Edgar

President of the Irish Academy

• f Allergy

& Immunology

Peter Arkwright

Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Immunology

Sara Marshall

Head of Clinical Research, Wellcome Trust

Aarnoud Huissoon

Consultant Immunologist West Midlands Immunodeficiency Centre

Tomaz Garcez

Chair of UK Primary Immunodeficiency Network

Alex Richter

Senior Lecturer and Consultant Immunologist University of Birmingham

Susan Walsh

Director of PID UK

Dorothea Grosse- Kreul

UK Immunology and Nursing Group

Sofia Grigoriadou

Clinical Secretary. British Society for Immunology

Scott Hackett

Consultant Paediatric Immunologist West Midlands Immunodeficiency Centre

Richard Antrobus

Clinical Lecturer, University of Birmingham

Sarah Beck

Consultant Clinical Scientist West Midlands Immunodeficiency Centre

BIRMINGHAM PRACTICAL IMMUNOLOGY DELIVERY ESID 2020