THE MONA SYMPOSIUM (2014)
Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry
Mona, Jamaica
25th Meeting
General Information

1.        TRANSPORTATION
Your bus will display a Mona Symposium poster.

Sunday January 5
Transportation to the Mixer will leave the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel and Liguanea Gardens at 6:40 and 6:50 p.m. respectively for the Chemistry Department, UWI Campus.
Bus will leave the Mixer at 10:00 p.m. for Liguanea Gardens and Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

Monday January 6
Bus will leave the Pegasus Hotel and Liguanea Gardens at 8:20 and 8:30 a.m. respectively for the Mona Campus.
Bus will leave the Reception at the Phillip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at 9:45 p.m. for Liguanea Gardens and Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

Tuesday January 7
Bus will leave Jamaica Pegasus Hotel and Liguanea Gardens at 8:30 and 8:40 a.m. respectively for the Mona Campus.
Bus will leave the Chemistry Department at 6:15 p.m. for Liguanea Gardens and Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

Wednesday January 8
Bus will leave Jamaica Pegasus Hotel and Liguanea Gardens at 7:30 and 7:40 a.m. respectively for Chemistry Department, Mona Campus.
Buses will leave the Chemistry Department at 8:00 a.m. for Lyssons Beach, St. Thomas.
Buses will leave Lyssons Beach, St. Thomas at 4:00 p.m. for UWI Campus and then Liguanea Gardens and Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

Thursday January 9
Bus will leave Jamaica Pegasus Hotel and Liguanea Gardens at 8:30 and 8:40 a.m. respectively for the Mona Campus.
Bus will leave the Chemistry Department at 4:30 p.m. for Liguanea Gardens and Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.
Bus will leave the Mona Visitors' Lodge and Liguanea Gardens at 6:35 and 6:45 p.m. for the Conference Dinner at Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.
Bus will leave the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel at 11:30 p.m. for Liguanea Gardens and the Mona Visitors' Lodge.

2.        SOCIAL PROGRAMME
Sunday January 5
Informal Mixer, Lawns of the Chemistry Department, UWI. 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Registration for the conference may be done then or on Monday morning (8:30 - 9:30 a.m.)

Monday January 6
Opening Ceremony, Department of Chemistry, UWI. 9:30 a.m.
Coffee. 10:00 a.m.
Trip to Castleton Gardens. The bus for this trip leaves the Chemistry Department at 10:30 a.m. and will return to the Mona Visitors' Lodge at about 2:00 p.m.
Reception, Philip Sherlock Center for the Creative Arts, UWI. 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday January 7
Tour of the campus followed by shopping and lunch. The bus leaves the Chemistry Department at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday January 8
Trip to Lyssons Beach, St. Thomas

Thursday January 9
Conference Dinner at the Pegasus Hotel, 7:00 -11:30 p.m. Cocktails, 7:00 - 7:30 p.m.
There will be a cash bar after cocktails.

3.        LUNCH
Snacks and drinks will be available at the Mona Visitors' Lodge Bar and Coffee Shop Monday to Thursday. The Bar and Coffee Shop operate a chit system and books of chits may be purchased there.
Lunch may also be purchased at Juici Patties, or Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) located on Campus. Cash or credit cards (VISA, MasterCard) are accepted.

4.        CONFERENCE PHOTO
The conference photograph will be taken at the start of the Lunch Break on Tuesday

5.        SPEAKERS MAKING POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
Participants who will be making presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint software are strongly urged to go to the Chemistry Resource Centre so that their files may be put on the local network (Chemistry Department Intranet). This will allow for a smoother flow from one presenter to another. These files will be deleted after the presentations.

6.        INTERNET ACCESS (E-MAIL FACILITIES)
WiFi is available in and around C5 (MonaConnect) and PC's will be made available in the Chemistry Resource Centre (located near to the lecture hall).

7.        FURTHER ASSISTANCE/ INFORMATION
Please do not hesitate to ask a member of the Organising Committee or any UWI, Mona participant.

Thanks for making it to the Mona Symposium. Have a wonderful conference!






THE MONA SYMPOSIUM
NATURAL PRODUCTS & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY


The Symposium DOES NOT provide transportation from your hotel to the airport at the end of your stay. However, if you return this completed form to Dr. Roy Porter by 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday January 7th, we will have your airline reservation confirmed. We will also inform you of those participants at your hotel who will be leaving the island at a time close to yours. In this way you may be able to share taxis.

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