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Organising Committee


Local Organising Committee

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Benjamin Gompertz

Conference chair

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Leah-Nani Alconcel 
headshot of Bence Bécsy
Bence Bécsy 

Website Lead

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Lily Beesley 

Exhibitors lead

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Clément Bonnerot 

Social events lead

Yasmin Davis

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Suhail Dhawan

NAMbassador coordinator

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Jenni French

Merchandise and branding lead

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Rachel Howe 

Programme lead

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Robert Massey (RAS)

RAS

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Sean McGee 
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Hannah Middleton 

Andrés Ponte-Perez

Madison Scott

Jessica Shaper

RAS

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Sam Tonkin

RAS

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Emma Willett 

Outreach and event lead

Scientific Organising Committee

  • Benjamin Gompertz (Birmingham, chair) 
  • Bence Bécsy (Birmingham) 
  • Malcolm Druett (Sheffield) 
  • Ian Harry (Portsmouth) 
  • Mark Hollands (Warwick) 
  • Darshan Kakkad (Hertfordshire) 
  • Andrew Kavanagh (British Antarctic Survey) 
  • Marianna Korsos (Sheffield) 
  • Maggie Lieu (Nottingham) 
  • Chris Nixon (Leeds) 
  • James Osborn (Durham) 
  • Christina Schoettler (Keele) 
  • Andrew Spencer (Glasgow) 
  • Rhaana Starling (Leicester) 
  • Fionagh Thomson (Durham) 
  • Aprajita Verma (Oxford) 
  • Emma Willett (Birmingham)