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Institute of Food Research, main organiser of NetSci08
John Innes Centre
University of East Anglia
University of Notre Dame
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GSK
CREEN - Critical Events in Evolving Networks
Combase - a combined database for predictive microbiology


The Venue

NetSci'08 was held at the Conference Centre of the Norwich BioScience Institutes , located on the Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.

Finding the Conference Centre

By Air

Norwich International Airport is 30 minutes drive from the Conference Centre. The airport provides links to over 70 European and 400 international destinations via the international hubs of Schiphol and Manchester airports. There are direct links to various UK destinations.

Stansted International Airport is an hour and a half by road, or 2.5 hours by train, from the Conference Centre. Stansted provides links to UK destinations and various European hubs for onward international connections.

Both Gatwick Airport and Heathrow Airport (London) have good train (via London), coach and road links to Norwich.

By Road

Norwich has good road links to the rest of the UK. Average journey times are:
  • London 2.5 hours
  • Cambridge 1.5 hours
  • Birmingham 3 hours

From the A47

  • Take the A47 Southern Bypass towards Norwich (East) until the B1108 Junction
  • At the junction with the B1108 branch left (signposted Norwich) and at the roundabout take the 1st exit signposted Norwich, University
  • Turn right at the traffic lights - Norwich Research Park is signposted
  • The Auditorium is located on the right (John Innes Centre)

From the A11

  • Stay on A11 until you reach the Thickthorn Services roundabout
  • At the roundabout take the 2nd exit A47 (signposted Swaffham)
  • At the junction with the B1108 branch left (signposted Norwich) and at the roundabout take the 3rd exit B1108
  • At the next roundabout take the 1st exit, signposted Norwich, University
  • Turn right at the traffic lights - Norwich Research Park is signposted
  • The Auditorium is located on the right (John Innes Centre)

See Multimap website for road map
See Google Maps for road map

By Train

Norwich has a fast direct link to London with an average journey time of 2 hours with trains at half-hourly intervals. There are links to the Midlands and the North via Peterborough. For services to Norwich please see the Rail Information sites: