Registration will be in the Common room next to the Gordon Theatre at the School of Systems Engineering.

Luggage can be left in the Common room while delegates attend the lectures in the Gordon Theatre (adjacent)

To permit young researchers to find others working in their field, to discuss their work, exchange ideas and to meet seniors in the field To encourage cross fertilisation between those working in robotics, and those working in Imaging, modelling, sensing, control & medical devices.

Medical Robotics. The area of Medical robotics is rapidly growing in importance. The conference will deal with 2 distinct areas; Robotic Surgery and Robotics in Rehabilitation, which have recently become of considerable importance due to the development of human-centred robotics as well as the increasing proportion of the World population who are elderly. The area of Robotic Surgery has been around for only 20 years but has recently become of increasing importance as systems become more cost effective and clinician friendly. The applications for orthopaedic joint replacement and for treatment of cancer of the prostate are particularly developed and relevant to an aging population. Robotics in Rehabilitation has had a recent resurgence due to its particular relevance in the treatment of stroke patients, as well as devices that can provide care for the elderly in their own homes.

Location: Gordon Theatre

1050 -11.05 Coffee SSE Common room

Students will be staying at Sherfield Hall but will have breakfast at near by St Patrick's.

Both are within a 15 min walk of School of Systems Engineering

Catch either bus 20/21 from the Railway station, exact change is needed (£1.70) The route will take you through the University Campus, you can either get off at the campus bus stop outside Whiteknights House, or at the first stop on leaving the campus which is marginally closer to the venue. From this second stop walk back onto the Campus, the school of systems engineering is then the closest building to this entrance.

If you need to park on campus please email with your full name, and the make, model and registration of your vehicle. I will arrange to either have a permit sent to you, or for you to collect the permit when you arrive.

The conference will be held at the University of Reading, main campus from 2pm on Tues 14th September until after lunch on Thursday 16th September.

The registration and lunches will be in the Common room of the School of Engineering. The sessions will be held in the adjacent Gordon Theatre. Accommodation will be in Sherfield Hall, dinner will be at St Patrick's.

Delegates can collect a key to their rooms from Sherfield Hall from noon on the 14th. Alternatively delegates can walk across to Sherfield Hall after the final talk on the 14th.