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Annual Conference Programme - Thursday 16 April 2009
12:30-16:00 - Evaluating Change in Manchester City Centre (CMDC, the IRA bomb and this decade)
Field Visit - All KS
Professor Michael Bradford, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester
An escorted circular walking tour of the city centre, taking in Central Manchester Development Corporation (1988-96), reconstruction after the IRA bomb (1996), and recent developments in Spinneyfields, the Northern Quarter, Ancoats and New Islington. Participants (trios) will evaluate the regeneration and decide accommodation for two types of city centre dwellers. This Field Visit is partly subsided by a legacy from the late Professor William Balchin. Price: TBC
12:15-15:45 – The Association at Work
12:00-12:45 Arrival and tea/coffee/lunch
12:45-14:45 Association at Work
14:45-15:00 Refreshments
15:00-15:45 GA AGM
17:00-17:45 - Public Lecture
Further details coming soon.
17:45-19:00 – Awards Presentations and Wine Reception
The presentations, concluding with a complimentary wine reception, will include the long-standing GA Awards, recognising materials which make a significant contribution to school geography, the Frederick Soddy Awards, supporting school fieldwork and expeditions and also the GA will be recognising achievements of individuals who have made outstanding contributions to geography training.
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