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VenueThe 9th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology will be held at the Imperial College, South Kensington Campus in London, UK. The Psychosocial Academy training workshops will be held in the Skempton Building while the Congress is held primarily in the Sherfield and Huxley Buildings.Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, an independent constituent part of the University of London, was founded in 1907. Situated in South Kensington, London's scientific and cultural heartland, it was formed from the merger of the Royal College of Science, the City and Guilds College and the Royal School of Mines. Famous names associated with the College include: T H Huxley, one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century; the author H G Wells; Sir Alexander Fleming and Sir Ernst Chain, discoverers of penicillin (jointly awarded the Nobel Prize); W E Dalby, internationally renowned railway engineer; W H Perkin, inventor (at the age of 18) of the first aniline dye, mauveine; Patrick Blackett, physicist and Nobel Laureate; Denis Gabor, inventor of holography and Nobel Laureate; and Lord Penney, mathematician, atomic scientist and former Rector of the College. General Directions to get to Imperial College, South Kensington Campus from Airports, etc. Directions from South Kensington Underground stop to Imperial College (5 minute walk) |
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