1. UK Regional Co-Chair Report 2004 Dave Taylor

2. Last Years activities BCA Spring Meeting BCA Spring Meeting York University 15 th – 17 th April 2003 York University 15 th – 17 th April 2003 Bede User Meeting Bede User Meeting Cambridge University 12 th June 2003 Cambridge University 12 th June 2003 23 rd Durham Conference 23 rd Durham Conference 15 th – 18 th September 2003 15 th – 18 th September 2003 BCA Industrial Group Forum 2 BCA Industrial Group Forum 2 London 13 th & 14 th November 2003 London 13 th & 14 th November 2003

3. BCA Spring Meeting - York 16 th – 17 th March 2003 16 th – 17 th March 2003 –Shorter 3 day meeting still packed with science! New ICDD Booth New ICDD Booth ICDD Bursary awarded to ICDD Bursary awarded to – J PrakashaReddy National Chemical Laboratory, India

4. BCA Spring Meeting – York in April

5. ICDD Bursary student PrakashaReddy National Chemical Laboratory, India

6. BCA Spring Meeting - York John Faber – Plenary Lecture John Faber – Plenary Lecture ICCD's PDF-4 Databases: Search Indexes, Full Pattern Analysis and Data Mining –To be published in Crystallography Reviews –With a free copy to all BCA Members! Workshop on Phase Identification Workshop on Phase Identification –Instructors: John Faber & Dave Taylor –Included a hands on PC Session David RendleDatabase Use in Forensic Analysis David RendleDatabase Use in Forensic Analysis

7. Bede User Meeting Cambridge University 12 th June 2003 Cambridge University 12 th June 2003 "The Powder Diffraction File (PDF): Recent Developments and Data Mining. 30 minute presentation "The Powder Diffraction File (PDF): Recent Developments and Data Mining. 30 minute presentation –Advertised by Bede in 'Pharmaceutical Technology Europe', at the BCA meeting and the ACHEMA exhibition Cancelled due to lack of support!

8. 23rd Durham Conference on X-ray Analysis This was the last Durham conference! PANalytical are reviewing training objectives in support of their UK customer base.

9. BCA Industrial Group Forum 2 London 13 th & 14 th November 2003 London 13 th & 14 th November 2003 This two day meeting was well received by delegates. It included parallel Pharmaceutical sessions and a Ron Jenkins Memorial Lecture

10. Introduced by Steve Norval, ICI plc Gordon Cressey Presented: New developments in powder diffraction at the Natural History Museum: applications using fast detectors and high brightness sources I am grateful to ICDD member Steve who stepped in as a last minute replacement for me to introduce the lecture.

11. A few familiar slides were slotted into Steves introduction!

12. Coming Year BCA Spring Meeting BCA Spring Meeting Manchester 5 th – 8 th April 2004 Manchester 5 th – 8 th April 2004 BCA Industrial Group meetings BCA Industrial Group meetings 10th June 2004 Introduction to Powder Diffraction, Manchester. 10th June 2004 Introduction to Powder Diffraction, Manchester. 24th June 2004, Pharmaceutical SIG 24th June 2004, Pharmaceutical SIG 4th November 2004, Autumn Meeting, DIY Crystallography, London 4th November 2004, Autumn Meeting, DIY Crystallography, London

13. BCA Spring Meeting - Manchester 5 th – 8 th April 2004 5 th – 8 th April 2004 Young Crystallographers satellite Young Crystallographers satellite Exhibition Open Evening on Monday Exhibition Open Evening on Monday Lonsdale, Bragg, and Hodgkin Lectures Lonsdale, Bragg, and Hodgkin Lectures Meeting theme – catalysis – Meeting theme – catalysis – –Jim Kaduk - Plenary lecture. Instrument Calibration - How to be a Star! Instrument Calibration - How to be a Star! ICDD Bursary to: ICDD Bursary to: – CARLOS LLEDO-FERNANDEZ – Durham £230 covers registration, accommodation & food!

14. Manchester Exhibitors Beevers Miniature Models Bruker AXS Ltd Crystal Impact Gbr DataCentric Automation/Hamilton GB Ltd Douglas Instruments Ltd Fluidigm Europe Genomic Solutions HiltonBrooks Ltd International Centre for Diffraction Data International Union of Crystallography MarResearch Molecular Dimensions Ltd Nextal Biotechnologies Oxford Cryosystems Oxford Diffraction Ltd Oxford University Press PANalytical Ltd Perkinelmer LAS Rigaku/MSC

15. Making it happen Co-chairs rely on the valuable support of ICDD staff to help promote ICDD in the regions. Thank you and keep up the good work.