The 2000 Convention took place on Saturday 30th September, at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Didcot in Oxfordshire.
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Programme
| 08.30hrs. | Open to traders (Access is available beforehand if required but no FAS members will be available until 08.30hrs). |
| 09.00hrs. | Open to public |
| 10.00hrs. | Dr Richard Harrison (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory): “The SOHO Mission” |
| 11.00hrs. | Coffee break |
| 11.30hrs. | Dr Bob Owens (National Museum of Wales): “Kuiper Belt Objects” Nik Szymanek (Havering AS): “CCD Imaging” AGM |
| 13.30hrs. | Lunch |
| 14.30hrs. | Professor Phil Charles (Oxford): “Towards the Event Horizon” |
| 15.30hrs. | Tea break |
| 16.00hrs. | The Ken Marcus Memorial Lecture: Professor Mike Edmunds (Cardiff): “Sir Isaac Remembers…” |
| 18.00hrs. | Close |
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