The Colour Group logo is based on NEWTON's experiment using a prism to break white light into its constituent colours MEETINGS FOR 2009-2010
provisional programme


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Programme details for the last year (2008-2009)


The table below lists the meetings scheduled for the year. 
Click on the Date for more details.
Please note that not all details are confirmed - for meetings later in the programme, please check the details again nearer the date.
Unless otherwise stated, admission to the meetings is free.

Meetings at the City University take place usually (but do check in right hand column of meeting list above) in:
    The Oliver Thompson Theatre
    Tait Building
    City University
    Spencer Street
    London, EC1
The OTT is reached via the main entrance in Northampton Square.

Day Date Time Topic Place
Wednesday 07 October 2009 14.00 hrs Colour Science in the Future
Mike Pointer and Robert Hunt
OTT, City University
Wednesday 04 November 2009 14.00 hrs Palmer Award Presentations
Holders of the Palmer Award for 2009 make their presentations to the Group and receive professional constructive feedback
AG22, College Building,
City University
Wednesday 2 December 2009 14.00 hrs The Colour of Success
Unfortunately this meeting has had to be cancelled
It is hoped the topic can be returned to at a later date


Wednesday 6 January 2010 10.00 hrs One-day Vision Meeting, Palmer Lecture & CRS Sponsored Lecture
Invited lecturer is Prof Donald MacLeod
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Ca, USA
see:  http://psy2.ucsd.edu/~dmacleod/res.htm
A registration fee is required for this meeting
Institute of Ophthalmology
Bath Street, London EC1

Wednesday

10 February 2010 14.00 hrs
Colour Deceits and Demonstrations
Colour Demos   Arthur Tarrant
The Visual Brain - the House of Deceits of the Sight    Prof C Kennard
Clinical Neurology, Oxford
OTT, City University
Wednesday 3 March 2010 16.00 hrs Joint Meeting
Newton Medal Lecture
and W S Stiles Memorial Lecture
Janos Schanda
Professor Emeritus at the University of Pannonia, Hungary
Do LEDs need a new colorimetry?
Qasim Zaidi
SUNY Distinguished Professor, State University of New York College of Optometry
Cortical decoding of shapes and colours: costs and benefits of expanding neural dimensionality
J Z Young Theatre
University College
Gower Street

Wednesday 7 April 2010

14.00 hrs
Exhibition and Lecture:  Chris Ofili
An introductory talk by an expert followed by refreshments and a chance to visit the exhibition
This event is open to all but to gain entrance you must book a place by email - see the meeting page for details
Tate Britain
Wednesday 05 May 2010 14.00 hrs Annual General Meeting (Members only)
Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of the Colour Group (Great Britain).  This will be held at the City University, London EC1 at 14.00 hrs
At 14.30 hrs (open to all) Dr Pete Vukusic from Exeter University will talk on aspects of animal colouring and irridescence
OTT, City University
Monday 28 June 2010 tba Colours & Textiles: A tour to the Manufacture  des Gobelins, Paris
A visit to the Gobelin tapestry workshop and museum in the morning and a meeting on Colour and Textiles: from past to future in the afternoon.  Registration necessary 
Gobelin, Paris
Wednesday
28 July 2010
12.30 hrs
Visit Newton's Birth Place & Royal Society Exhibition at Wooplsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire with special lecture for the Colour Group
Wooplsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire



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Last Updated 01 July 2010
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