We’re excited (and very relieved) to finally be ready to open booking for the 2010 conference.

This year’s conference will include a dazzling smorgasbord of open space, inspiring workshops including some longer in-depth sessions (a draft list of the choice of workshops will be appearing here shortly), skill shares, project shares, networking, entertainment, all your meals, lots of meaningful fun and frivolity, and hopefully you!

We're holding it at the very impressive ex-agricultural college of Seale Hayne, (recently purchased by the Dame Hannah Rogers Trust) just down the road from Totnes. We really struck lucky with this place after our two earlier location hiccups - lovely buildings, loads of room, fantastic catering facilities, woods and gardens, enough accommodation for everyone. And it's on a mainline station, so although it's kind of a long way away from just about everywhere, it's really accessible.

Registration opens on Friday June 11^th at 19.30

The conference programme itself begins on Saturday morning June 12^th at 10.00

The programme finishes on Monday June 14^th at 13.00, followed by lunch

Friday night will be an informal mixing time with an open bar, so turn up on Friday night to meet old friends and make new ones.

• Tickets for the 2 ½ day event are £130
• There’s an Early Bird discount price of £115 till end of day May 16^th
• All meals for the 2 ½ days are included in the price
• Accommodation is extra – details below

This year we have capacity for around 350 participants. That’s about the number that congregated in London last year for our 2009 conference, so if you want to make sure you get a place, you’d better get your skates on!

We can offer several options for accommodation on campus at Seale-Hayne to meet different budgets.

• Single room – solo (includes bedding and towel for one): 2 nights - £50, Fri/Sat/Sun - £75 (£25/night/room)
• Single room – 2 friends sharing (includes bedding and towel for one): You pay the “single room – solo” price and your pal won’t need an accommodation ticket. A cosy little arrangement - your pal gets the wooden floor, so will need to bring a sleeping bag and mat. 2 nights - £50, Fri/Sat/Sun - £75 (£25/night/room)
• 4-bed shared room (includes bedding and towel for each person): Swap “tales of transition” into the wee hours. Male only and female only rooms: 2 nights - £40, Fri/Sat/Sun - £60 (£20/night/person)
• Dorm style shared room: Space on the floor in one of Seale Haynes myriad rooms. Bring your own towel , sleeping bag and mat and relive your student backpacking days. Male only and female only rooms: 2 nights - £20, Fri/Sat/Sun - £30 (£10/night/person)
• Tent: Pitch for tent, bring your own tent & equipment. There are c. 15 level pitches on site, with overspill going ½ mile down the hill (toilet and showers available in both locations): 2 nights - £10, Fri/Sat/Sun - £15 (£5/night/tent)

We have a limited number of tickets at concession prices for the unwaged. To apply for a concession please e-mail transitionconference@googlemail.com.

The only way to reserve a place is to pay for it. That goes for both the conference and the accommodation. See below for payment details - you can pay either online or with a cheque (UK only). We request that you resist the temptation of calling us up and asking for a reservation – just check this page http://www.transitionnetwork.org/conference-2010-uk on the website to see if we still have tickets.

Buy your conference ticket here via Paypal, Visa, AmEx, Mastercard, Solo or Switch.

When Eventbrite accepts your payment, your place at the conference is secured – you will receive a confirmation e-mail.

Payments – cheque (UK only)

To purchase a ticket by cheque (UK only) please make out your cheque to: "Transition Network", and send it along with your contact details, the number of tickets you want and your accommodation choice to:

Transition Conference 2010

Transition Network

43 Fore Street

Totnes

TQ9 5HN

Your place will only be reserved once we have received your cheque. We will notify you via e-mail or phone.

Seale-Hayne is 3 miles outside of Newton Abbot. The postcode is TQ12 6NQ. Newton Abbot is accessible by rail, coach and road. Newton Abbot train station is 3 miles away from Seale-Hayne. We will also set up shuttle transport for key train arrivals. Taxis cost approx £10 each way. Parking is available at the venue and will be charged on the gate at £10/car. See here for cycling and walking maps and more detailed travel info: www.transitionnetwork.org/conference-2010-uk.

On Friday night, there’s no food available at Seale-Hayne so don’t arrive with an empty stomach! The bar will be open, so expect lots of chatter and tales aplenty as transitioners get reacquainted and make new friends.

On account of unforeseen venue changes and budget constraints, we’ve yet again failed to create a child-friendly event this year. No promises, but we’ll do our damnedest to sort this out for 2011.

Should you need to cancel your ticket please contact us at transitionconference@googlemail.com.

• Cancellations received by end of day May 23^rd will be reimbursed 100%
• cancellations received between May 24^th and end of day May 31^st will be reimbursed 50%
• cancellations received after May 31^st will not be reimbursed
  
  

Press protocol

Members of the press are very welcome to participate in or observe all and any aspect of the conference, as long as they sign up (by email or at the conference) to the following protocol:

• All press must register through the normal channels, paying full price and (contact Kristin at transitionconference@googlemail.com for your press pass).
• All press must state which publication (or freelance) they represent on their signup form
• All press must make themselves known to a Transition Network person on arrival
• Transition Network will provide press with an identifiable badge with name and publication
• Press must wear the badge at all times
• Any press person engaging a conference participant in conversation must explicitly convey whether the conversation is on the record or off the record
• All participants will be told that if they feel uncomfortable talking to the press that it is their responsibility to express that (politely) before the conversations start
• Dress code for conference - if you're in a suit, you'll be the only one :¬)