IARF Congress 2014 registration form

Please use the form in the link below to register if you have any problems with the automated registration.

Simply download and fill in the form, and email to hq [at] iarf.net.

IARF-Congress-2014-offline-registration-form

We will then invoice you through PayPal. 

For this payment you will not need a PayPal account – only a credit or debit card..

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 For registration by post (payment by cheque), please download, print out, fill in, and post this form:
IARF Congress 2014 offline registration form CHEQUES (PDF 2 pages)

Hotels near Birmingham university campus

Recommended off-campus accommodation for IARF Congress 2014

• Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre

1 mile from Selly Oak Railway Station (which is a 15-minute walk from campus, and 5 minutes by train to city centre)
Set within 10 acres of peaceful gardens and woodland, former home of the famous chocolatier and Quaker, George Cadbury…

• Plough and Harrow Hotel 

3-star historic, 5-minute taxi drive from campus, city centre & New Street Station

• Awentsbury Hotel  

2-star Victorian house set in quiet grounds in Selly Park; 15 minutes walk to campus

• Paragon Hotel

Impressive Victorian hotel in the vibrant Irish Quarter, 10-minute walk from city centre & New Street Station. Offers traditional home-cooked food and free Wi-Fi

• Menzies Hotels Birmingham City – Strathallan

4-star modern, 5 minutes’ drive from Birmingham city centre & New Street Station

Congress 2014 – post-Congress visit, Belfast

Organised for after the Congress closes:-

(You can indicate your interest on the registration form, and we will contact you by email with further details). 

1. Peace-making in Northern Ireland

   A four-nights visit to Northern Ireland to learn about the peace process there, at Larne near Belfast. 
   Cost: £200, payable in advance at this page. 

   Peacemaking in Northern Ireland  (PDF two pages – itinerary with links)

   Flying to Belfast immediately after Congress ends, on Wednesday 27 August, returning on Sunday 31 August (four nights).
   Numbers are limited to 15.

   Your flight booking:  The cost of the flight is not included in the £200 tour fee. You will have to book your own flight, and to Belfast International (by EasyJet) rather than Belfast City Airport (by FlyBe), as Belfast International Airport is closer to your destination of Larne.

   The optimal flight from Birmingham is the EasyJet 19:50, arriving Belfast International at 20:55 
   Optimal return flight on Sunday 31 August is the EasyJet 16:35 from Belfast International, arriving Birmingham at 17:35 
   Price approximately £60 (at 16 June 2014).

Coaches to and from Birmingham

The most convenient way to get to Birmingham from London Heathrow airport (LHR) is by coach, from Heathrow Central Bus Station (CBS), using the main national coach operator, National Express.
They have a desk at the CBS which will help put you on the correct bus (and change your ticket for the next one if you miss the bus you’re aiming for).

The Central Bus Station is open 24 hours a day and there is a Travel Centre open from 06:00 to 22:30.

Tickets for all coaches can be bought from the Travel Centre, or booked in advance with the operator.
You may also be able to buy a ticket from the bus driver, subject to availability.
However – IMPORTANT NOTE: You will arrive during a Bank Holiday (national holiday) weekend, so coaches may be fuller than usual.

So we recommend that you book in advance, using this National Express page:

 http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/airport/heathrow-airport/index.html

(for your Birmingham destination, choose “Coach Station”)

Where to catch your coach depends on which of the five LHR terminals you arrive at:

Terminals 1 and 3: All coach services call at the Central Bus Station, which is a short walk from the terminals and has lifts, escalators and moving walkways to help with the journey.
Terminal 4: Coaches arrive and depart from Stops 13 and 14 outside the terminal, at Arrivals level.
Free transfers to the Central Bus Station from Stop 7.
Terminal 5: Coaches arrive and depart from Stops 13-16, outside the terminal at Arrivals level.
Free transfers to the Central Bus Station from Stops 8 and 9.

 On arrival at Birmingham Coach Station, please find a taxi and ask for University Edgbaston campus, and specify your lodging (either Conference Park, or The Vale,  Mason Hall).

Congress 2014 Evening Visits to Faith Centres

Please see this itinerary:

IARF Congress 2014 – Worship Centres Visits programme (PDF 3 pages)

Announcement of 34th World Congress, 2014

“Challenges for Religious Freedom in the digital age”

Sun 24 to Weds 27 August 2014

University of Birmingham,
United Kingdom

Announcement flyer (PDF)

 
Updates  (also on Twitter and Facebook Friends and Event pages)

Information to date on the Congress

33rd World Congress Video Report

Video report from Congress

Slideshow of 2006 Congress

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