The Colour Group logo is based on NEWTON's experiment using a prism to break white light into its constituent colours MEETINGS FOR 2010-2011



Programme details for the last year (2009-2010)



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Day Date Time Topic Place
Wednesday 20 October 2010 14.00 hrs Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Laser
A review of the history of laser development and of the current situation regarding laser  safety to followed by lab tours
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington
Wednesday 03 November 2010 14.00 hrs Designers that Colour
Colour is everywhere - how do you use it? In ceramics, jewellery, fabrics or other media?
Speakers will say what they do to generate a successful body of work
AG03, College Building,
City University, St Johns Street
Wednesday 01 December 2010 14.00 hrs WD Wright Award Presentations and Jules Davidoff (Goldsmith College) on
Mapping the countries of colour space
Topics from the WDW Awards cover colour naming, hue discrimination and gender differences - see abstracts on meeting page
NOTE VENUE
Room CG02, Tait Building, City University
Wednesday 12 January 2011 10.00 hrs One-dayVision Meeting, Palmer Lecture by Arne Valberg (Institutt for Fysikk, Trondheim) the CRS Sponsored Lecture by Rigmor C. Baraas (Buskerud University College, Kongsberg)
A registration fee is required for this meeting
Institute of Ophthalmology
Bath Street, London EC1
Wednesday 02 February 2011 17.30 hrs Turner Medal Meeting Bridget Riley will deliver the Turner lecture entitled:
Colour in Particular with reference to works by the artist and other painters
No space left - meeting booked out
Royal College of Art
Jays Mews enterance
Wednesday 02 March 2011 10.00 hrs An all-day meeting: Margaret Halstead Memorial Meeting: The Colour of Light
Including material on new light sources and colour rendering
Registration essential as space is limited
City University
Monday 14 March 2011 17.30 hrs W.S. Stiles Memorial Lecture Professor E.J. Chichilnisky (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California) The retinal receptive field at the elementary resolution of individual photoreceptors A V Hill lecture theatre, Medical Sciences Building, Gower Street, University College London
Wednesday April 2011 postponed Colour Group Art Exhibition
Members and others exhibit recent work in a gallery setting - postponed
 
Wednesday 04 May 2011 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) The retiring Chairman, Andrew Hanson, will address the meeting on Confounding Colorimetric Curiosities: current concerns for education in colour.
City University
Wednesday 1 June 2011 09.30 hrs The Embodiment of Life: The Legacy of Francisco Varela (1946-2001)
Francisco Varela was one of the most innovative and influential cognitive scientists of the last 50 years and this meeting celebrates his work.
City University
Saturday 25 June 2011 09.30 hrs A Phylogeny of Photoreception A meeting in honour of James Bowmaker
All Members are invited, but space is limited so reserve your place on the meeting page
University College Lonbdon, Gower Street
Thursday 30 June 2011 10.00 hrs NIGHT VISION – LIGHTING FOR RESIDENTIAL ROADS A one day symposium
Mesopically Enhanced Road Lighting ­ Improving Night Vision or MERLIN
Registration necessary
City University



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