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Venue, posters, reception. The conference venue is Bush House, 30 Aldwych, WC2B 4BG (map). All talks will be held in the Bush House Auditorium BH(N)0, north wing, level 0. The poster session will be in the Bush House Arcade, directly adjacent to the Auditorium, and the reception will be held on the 8th floor.
Registration. Registration will also take place in the Arcade of Bush House (see image below). It is located on the ground floor, at the south (S) wing entrance to Bush House from the Strand. This entrance is immediately north of the church St Mary le Strand, not to be confused with the southeast (SE) wing entrance.
Wifi. You can use eduroam or the King’s College Wifi network called ‘The Cloud’.
Transport. Closest underground stations to the venue are Temple and Holborn. Many buses also serve the area. Note the underground metro in London is known as the Tube. You can use contactless payment for public transport or e.g. buy a weekly travelcard at the underground stations.
Lunch. Many refined restaurants can be found in the Covent Garden area (at least £20).
For around £10, locals often go to the following places: “The Crown” (warm sandwiches/meals and Portuguese pastries, 136 Strand), “Brunel Sandwich Shop” (211 Strand), the “King’s Food” Canteen (floor minus 1 of Bush House), the LSE “Garrick” canteen (Aldwych, north of Bush House) and “Route” cafe (hot meals, £10+, 146 Strand). There are also the standard chains: Wasabi (Japanese, 19 Kingsway), Leon (fast food, 73 Strand), Pizza Express (147 Strand), Pret a Manger (sandwiches/salads, 190 Strand).
For meals in the £5 range, the “King’s Food” canteen always serves jacket potatoes with baked beans. There is also the nearby “Greggs” (British bakery chain, 143 Strand) and there are meal deals (sandwich, snack, drink) at the nearby Tesco Express (125 Strand).
On Friday, there is the weekly Southbank Centre Food Market, which is about a 15-minute walk away across Waterloo Bridge from Bush House.
Conference dinner. Please note that registration for the dinner is now closed. The dinner will take place on Thursday at 18:00 at Brasserie Blanc, 60 Threadneedle St, London EC2R 8HP. Please bring your dinner ticket (it will be inside your badge if you registered for the dinner).
Nearby restaurants. There are many restaurants near the conference venue, offering a wide variety of world cuisines. Here are a few places we have been to and can recommend: Paro (Indian, right next to Lyceum Theatre), Masala Zone (Indian, Covent Garden), Punjab (Indian, Seven Dials), Fatt Pundit (Indochinese, Covent Garden), 50 Kalo (Neapolitan pizza, Trafalgar Square), Vasiniko (Neapolitan “pizza contemporanea”, Covent Garden), Rossodisera (Italian, Neal Street), Shoryu (Ramen, Covent Garden), Din Tai Fung (Taiwanese dumplings, Covent Garden), Chamisse (Lebanese, 55 Grays Inn Road), Wahaca Southbank (Mexican, near Waterloo).
Tourism. A small selection of the options easily reachable from the conference venue: Trafalgar Square, the Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, the British Museum, the London Eye, St Paul’s Cathedral, many parks (e.g. St James’s Park and Hyde Park), art galleries (e.g. National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain, Tate Modern) and theatres.
Other info. The emergency numbers in the UK are 999 and 112.
Work/discussion rooms. We have booked four rooms with desks and whiteboards in southeast wing (SE) of Bush House from Monday to Friday, 16:00 to 19:00, to work and/or discuss. The room numbers are BH(SE) 1.05, 1.08, 2.02, 2.03. You are also free to use the chairs and desks in the lobby areas near the rooms.
In case there is not enough space in these rooms, we have also booked two rooms in the northeast (NE) wing of Bush House, Mon-Fri, 16:00-19:00, with room numbers BH(NE) 2.01,2.03. However, note that this wing of Bush House can only be accessed from Aldwych.
