It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the unexpected death of Jenny Forster Davidson, a friend, colleague and ISTR member. She was completing a 25km walk in London on Saturday 24^th August to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust when she collapsed and could not be revived.  Jenny was the Health and Safety Advisor at the British Antarctic Survey for over seven years, and some of you may have met her at the York conference in 2022.   Her friend and colleague at BAS, Elaine Fitzcharles said that "Jenny  was dedicated to making work a safer place, always thinking of others before herself. She was a lover of the outdoors and spent her time off walking, hiking or climbing, often to raise funds for charities close to her heart"

If you would like to make a donation in Jenny's memory, the family have kept her Just Giving page open: https://www.justgiving.com/page/jenny-forster-davidson-summer-walk.   ISTR have made a donation in her memory.  If you would like to sign the book of condolence, this is available here - Jenny Forster's Kudoboard | Kudoboard 

Registration for the 2024 Autumn Symposia, 2-021 November 2024 is now open. Early bird rates available for ISTR Members until 2 August. 

Please head to the Event page for more information. 

Our partner organisation, the European Biosafety Association are holding their annual conference in May 2024 in the beautiful city of Antwerp.  See the EBSA website for more information.

Please note Septembers CL3 Workshop is proving very popular and is now fully booked with a long waiting list. 

Abridged minutes of the February 2023 EC meeting now available to view here

Abridged minutes of the November 2022 EC meeting are now available to view here

The abridged minutes of the July and September 2022 Executive Committee meetings are now available to view.

As shared through the HASNET email system recently, the ISTR Executive Committee is pleased to announce the location and dates for our upcoming flagship event, the Autumn Symposium.

With a theme of ‘travel and transport’ - the symposium will take place on Wednesday 23rd & Thursday 24th of November at the National Railway Museum in York.

The event will be held in person for the first time since 2019 and include plenty of opportunities to reconnect, or connect with new colleagues. We also plan to have a livestream option available for those who won’t be able to attend in person. More details including times, topics and speakers will be announced in the next few weeks. For now though, please save the date!

Find out more about the National Railway Museum and how to get their on their website.

We’re moving (virtually)… the ISTR registered address (our virtual office) has changed, our new address is:

ISTR, 124 City Road, LONDON, EC1V 2NX

You may need to advise your accounts department of this change for their records and for future payments. All other contact details remain the same and unchanged.

The abridged minutes of the EC meeting held on 23rd May are now available to view