BCA Spring Meeting 2002 University of Nottingham Monday 25 March to Thursday 28 March 2002

The conference is opened with the plenary session and there are four speakers covering aspects of "New Methods in Structure Solution and Phasing". The lectures will cover the latest in solving molecular structures from single crystals to polycrystalline materials. There will be four speakers:

• Carmelo Giacovazzo (Bari) - Wide Range Direct Methods: from Powders to Proteins
• Kevin Cowtan (York) - An Overview of Crystallographic Computing Methods Development Worldwide, Reviewing the Current State of the Art, and Introducing Upcoming Developments
• Bill David (RAL) - Drugs, Polymorphs and Powder Diffraction
• Lynne B McCusker (ETH Zurich) - Structure Envelopes and their Use in Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction Data