BTS Lectures and Dinner 2005

[Mark Pennell]

The BTS Lectures and Dinner 2005

Please note: We have moved the venue for 2005 from The Hilton Hotel to

The Aztec Hotel & Spa
Almondsbury
Bristol

This is just across the road from this years venue. It offers us better facilties and this will enhance your visit to the 2005 BTS Lectures and Dinner.

Here is a breakdown of the event, may be subject to a few changes but ensecially this should it!

Venue: Aztec Hotel & Spa Almondsbury, Bristol, England http://www.shirehotels.co.uk
Date: 26th FEB 2005
Ticket price (per person): Lecture and Dinner £35.00
Ticket price (per person): Lectures Only £16.00
Time: 11.45am
Lectures to start: 12.00 noon
Lectures to finish: 5.30 pm approx
Meet up in Dining room Bar: 7.00pm
Dinner to start: 8.00 pm

The 2005 BTS Lectures will be by: (subject to change)
Start: 12.00 noon
Ray Hale & Carl Portman - Welcome to the BTS
Thomas Ezendam & Sjef V Overdyk - African Theraphosids
Ray Gabriel - Tarantulas of Panama

Tea and coffee served in the conference cafe with a selection of cakes, biscuits and fruit bowl.

Andrew Smith - History of Theraphosids

Special Guest Lecture By Volker von Wirth - Systematic/Phylogeny and keeping of Asian Theraphosidae
Finish 5.30pm

Meet 7.00pm, Dinner at 8.00pm until late (or until you drop).
In the evening we shall be having a sit down hot fork buffet, if you would like to stay for the dinner, of which I am sure you will, there may well be a few surprises in store.

Full details on the main BTS site look under Dinner and Lectures
Regards
Mark and Kim Pennell

[Kim Pennell]

Lectures & Dinner 2005

Hi All

Just to let you all know there will be another announcement at the AES on Saturday regarding the lectures. We have another well-known person who has agreed to do a lecture, as with all the others this one is most definitely not to be missed, especially if you have your Brachypelma tanks labelled with their Latin names!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards
Kim

[Mark Pennell]

HOT NEWS

NEWS! FLASH .......>>>>>> Updated Lectures

Start: 12.00 noon
Ray Hale & Carl Portman - Welcome to the BTS
Thomas Ezendam & Sjef V Overdyk - Travels in South Africa - South African theraphosids
Ray Gabriel - Tarantulas of Panama.
NEW! -Stuart Longhorn
Relationships of Brachypelma spp. From DNA:
Consequences for CITES law and captive breeders

Special Guest Lecture by Volker von Wirth
Systematic/Phylogeny and Keeping of Asian Theraphosidae
Finish 5.30pm

After dinner talk by
Andrew M Smith - History of Theraphosidae

Stuart is flying in from his new job in the USA to give this lecture, it will reveal important news on the DNA testing of Brachypelma's get those re labelling kits ready dudes. One not to be missed.

Those who have reserve spaces must contact us soon to confirm or pay. We are almost fully booked now. So if your going to come along let us no ASAP.

Mark and Kim Pennell
subject to future updates and changes

[Michael Mullen]

would i be able to book a place and send the money on thanks michael

[Mark Pennell]

Yes - contact Kim

email address on the lectures pages

Or book online at the BTS E-Store. I suggest this is done ASAP. We are technically fully booked and are having to increase capacity.

Regards
Mark

[Mark Pennell]

Just to let you all know we now only have a few places left for the forthcoming Lectures on Saturday February 26th.

If anyone who has not reserved a place and would like to do so, then please
do so asap, as payment needs to be in by 21st Jan.

I would like to thank all of you who have already paid and to those of you
who have yet to get your cheques to me, please do so by the 21st Jan.

Mark and I are both looking forward to seeing you all on the 26th Feb, I am
sure a good time will be had by all!

Kim and Mark Pennell