Registration

If you are an academic attendee you can register for this event for free.

Admittance to this event is for registered and authorised attendees only. Unfortunately we cannot permit access to visitors or allow non-registered persons to enter the meeting. Registration will close on Friday 5 December.

If you are not an academic and are from a commercial organisation, you will need to pay to attend this event as a sponsor, further information can be found on the Sponsorship/Commercial attendees page.  

By agreeing to the terms and conditions of booking you have agreed to abide by the Code of Conduct set out for all attendees at RMS Events.

If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact the event organiser Kate Wooding.

Venue and Travel

Flow Cytometry Facilities Meeting 2026 will take place at the Victoria Gallery & Museum, Ashton Street, Liverpool L69 3DR.  


Train: The nearest train stations are Liverpool Lime Street and Liverpool Central.

Walking: Google maps states an 18 minute walk from Liverpool Lime Street train station to Victoria Gallery & Museum.  It is an uphill walk from this route.

Bus: From the city centre, buses 14 and 79 go up Brownlow Hill around every 5 minutes. The buses leave from the side of the Adelphi Hotel at the bottom of Brownlow Hill and stop outside the Victoria Gallery & Museum at the top of Brownlow Hill. Find out the best way to get here by using the Merseytravel journey planner or by calling Merseytravel on 0871 200 2233.

Car: There is no on-site parking but several Pay and Display car parks are nearby. For further information see the venue's website.

Plane: The nearest airport is Liverpool airport.

Accessibility

Detailed information on accessibility at the Victoria Gallery & Museum is on the Access Able website. If you have any questions or accessibility requirements you would like to inform us of, email [email protected].

Accommodation

Please note accommodation is not included in your registration.

There are a number of budget hotels in the area, including:

Meeting Dinner

Registration includes a place at the meeting dinner on the evening of Tuesday 6 January.  You will be asked for your dietary requirements at the time of registration and whether you would like to attend the dinner. Please note that you may be asked several times to confirm your attendance at this dinner, as we would like to give as accurate a number to the restaurant as possible.

Attendee Information

Further information will be sent out to you, by email, nearer the time of the meeting.

The RMS are committed to reducing waste and making all of our activities more sustainable. With this in mind, we have reduced the amount of printing associated with our events, turning to online solutions, therefore, we will only be providing an electronic copy of the pdf meeting booklet, sent to you prior to the meeting. We will also not be producing any materials specifically for this event. Pens and notepads will be available at the RMS welcome desk.

There is no dress code for this meeting, or dinner.  

If, for health reasons, you would like to wear a face covering/mask at our event, we welcome anyone to do so if they wish.

The programme for this meeting will start with lunch on Tuesday 6 January and will finish with lunch on Wednesday 7 January. This will be an in person meeting and there will not be the opportunity to attend online.

Lunches and refreshments will be provided. A dinner will be available on Tuesday 6 January, this is included in your registration. If you do not wish to attend the dinner, please email [email protected] as soon as possible.

Every care will be taken to cater for any dietary requirements or allergens. Attendees must make the RMS aware of these requirements via the registration process. If you have any concerns, please contact [email protected].

Presenting at the Meeting

If you are giving a talk, please note your talk time and duration on the programme. A laptop with a data projector will be provided. Please bring your presentation on a memory stick. If you wish to use your own PC or Mac, please bring the appropriate connector to attach it to the data projector. If you have travelled from outside the UK please ensure you have a UK power adaptor.

You will need to be available during the break before your talk to load your presentation on to the AV system and to make sure it works.  This will enable the session to run smoothly and to time.

Photography at RMS Events

Taking photographs or video of the submitted or invited presentations is not permitted during this RMS event. Presentations at this event may contain unpublished work and the taking of photographs may discourage those with unpublished research from attending and presenting at this and future events.  Attendees that take photographs or videos of talks at this event will be asked to stop.

Official Photography

There may be a number of people taking official photographs to record this event and also to use in future promotional material for the RMS. If for any reason you do not wish to be included in these photos, please let your RMS event organiser know on the day of the event.

Code of Conduct

Please ensure that you have read and understood the RMS Code of Conduct prior to attending the event.