The 2008 ‘Evening with Brian’ & 60th Anniversary Cruise
Monday, July 7th, 2008
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $50 per attendee
[Not included with meeting registration, no
discounts apply]
Reservations due by June 20th, 2008, limited seats available
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In honor of the 60th anniversary of Inter/Micro, the Celebration (an elegant four season charter boat from Shoreline Sightseeing) has been reserved for our annual ‘Evening with Brian’.
The boat will leave from Navy Pier at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 7th, 2008.
Brian will begin his lecture, Inter/Micro: The First Sixty Years at 7:30 p.m. with time to enjoy the open bar and the sunset on Lake Michigan from the top or bottom deck of the boat.
Evenings Presentation: Inter Micro – The First Sixty Years
Since its foundation by Dr Walter McCrone in 1948, Inter Micro has developed into one of the most high-level and sociable conferences in microscopy. Those attending represent academia, industry and major institutes. Each year delegates are regaled with new techniques, revolutionary discoveries, unexpected technical developments and novel inventions. The fields range from the automotive and space industries to medicine, cell biology and mineralogy. A continuing theme is the use of the microscope to diagnose the nature of matter and to solve the most recalcitrant of problems. Particle and fiber identification remains at the heart of each meeting. Brian first spoke at Inter Micro in the 1960s and in tonight’s illustrated presentation he looks back at some of the informal events and official celebrations that have marked out this unique meeting – truly the friendliest meeting of microscopists anywhere in the world.
About the Speaker:
Brian J Ford is a leading authority on the microscope, a best-selling author world-wide, and has presented top TV and radio programs. Professor Ford’s research is widely quoted in journals and encyclopedias, and he is a popular keynote lecturer around the globe. In recent weeks his lecture tours have taken him to China and Japan, and (in the USA) to California and Georgia. He is former Fellow of the Open University, Fellow and President of Past Students at Cardiff University, Visiting Professor at Leicester University and an Associate of Caius College, University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Biology and President of the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research. He has lectured in Chicago for over 30 years.