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The 8th Biennial Australasian and New Zealand Scientific Glassblowing Symposium

The Participants theme this year is a Perfume Bottle

There will be Presentations for:
Best Scientific Piece
Best Technical Paper
Best Workshop

Accomodation: Sky City Hotel Auckland Group Booking Form attached

Venue: Sky City Convention Center Auckland

 

Generously supported by Schott NZ Ltd and the following
Group of Companies.

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Sky City Hotel Auckland

Click here for the Accomodation Booking Form

We have chosen Sky City Hotel as the venue for the 8th Australasian Scientific Glassblowing Symposium. Located in central Auckland it is only a short walk from the waterfront and Viaduct harbour.

The Symposium itself will be conducted mainly at the Sky City Conference Center attached tothe hotel by airbridge.

We have made a booking for a number of rooms for which we have negotiated a very reasonable tariff. The rooms are deluxe single or twin and the tariff is NZ$185.00 plus GST per night.

Goods and Services Tax in New Zealand is 12.5%. Participants should deal directly with the Hotel using the group booking form attached and faxing to hotel registrations.

www.skycityauckland.co.nz

 

 

www.auckland.ac.nz

www.che.auckland.ac.nz

 

 

 

	Mike Wadsworth Chemistry Department University Of Auckland m.wadsworth@auckland.ac.nz
	Alistair Mead Chemistry Department University Of Auckland aj.mead@auckland.ac.nz
	Chris Utton Chris Utton Glassblowing utton@xtra.co.nz

 

 

Symposium Format 30th Oct - 1st Nov 2008

 

Venues

Thursday and Saturday:		Skycity Convention Centre
Friday:		Chemistry Dept University of Auckland

 

Programme Content

Technical Papers

• Keynote Address:    The Avogadro Project
  Polishing perfect spheres to redefine the Kilogram.
  Presentation by a staff member from the Australian Centre for Precision Optics.

• An update on Annealing :                               Dan Wilt        Wilt Industries Inc.,       
• Large curvature quartz bends                        Keith Holden     Glasscraft Scientific Glassblowing
• The fabled Necrodegradometer                     Mike Wadsworth     University of Auckland
• The Project                                                      Alistair Mead     University of Auckland
• Development of techniques to                        John Penno      Technical Glass Products
  manufacture a production item 
• A Road Map to a Scientific
  Glassblowing Qualification                             Dennis Clair     Allirra Glassblowing

Abstract:                                  
Scientific glassblowers have the opportunity to be assessed to a Certificate Three, Four, Diploma or Advanced Diploma  in the Laboratory Operations Training Package PMLO4.
This paper  highlights the necessary procedure to achieve these outcomes.

 

Workshops

• Workshop Tour                                Chemistry Department   University of Auckland
• Short Fat Dewars                             Mike Wadsworth
• Homebuilt Oxy Generator               Chris Utton
• Photo Resist Sandblasting               Steve Newcombe
• Sealing a vapour tube on a              Dennis Clair
  large Soxhlet extractor 

 

Outside Visits

• Gaffer Coloured Glass    Possibly the world’s premiere manufacturer of
                                            coloured glass for glass artists and beadmakers.

• Wrightways Studios         Restorative artists for almost anything you can think of.

• Large Glass Sculpture Tour

 

Further Papers and Presentations can still be considered, as the above Content will be worked into a Timetable over the next couple of months.

 

We would encourage all our members who have been involved in a unique or interesting project over the last couple of years to consider submitting their work as a technical paper or workshop.

 

Click here to download the registration form.

It is anticipated that the Symposium Package will be very similar in cost to previous Events.

This will include: morning tea, afternoon tea and lunch on Thursday and Friday, the Society Official Dinner on Friday night and morning tea on Saturday.

Included also will be transport to venues, the commemorative Polo Shirt and Trophies should you win one!

 

	www.aucklandtourism.co.nz
	www.viaduct.co.nz
	www.tourism.net.nz
	www.aucklandnz.com

 

 

Just an example of the many and varied things to do around Auckland. We'll plan an itinerary dependant on numbers.

 

The Scientific Glassblowing Society of Australia and New Zealand appreciates the support of Schott New Zealand Ltd, and the following group of Companies.

 

www.bsgglass.com.au	www.wiltindustries.com
glasslab@xtra.co.nz	www.sigmaaldrich.com ira.mautner@sial.com
tpg.glass@xtra.co.nz	allirra@iinet.net.au

 

 

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