Meeting marks the retirement of Alan Leadbetter

Abstract

Throughout his career in scientific research and whilst at some of the major European research facilities, Professor Alan Leadbetter developed a strong rapport with the international scientific community, earning the respect, friendship and gratitude of many condensed matter scientists. Over sixty of these friends, colleagues and collaborators gathered at Cosener's cilities and Facilitating Science, was House, Abingdon from October 22–23, 1999 for an enjoyable and stimulating scientific and social event organized by the joint Neutron Scattering Group of the Institute of Physics and the Faraday Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry, with help and support from ISIS. This event, a conference aptly entitled “Science, Facilities and Facilitating Science,” wasarranged specifically to mark Alan's retirement as the British Directeur Adjoint at the Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble and to celebrate his career in science. The conference provided a lively and far-reaching overview of the current international status of research fields as diverse as physical chemistry, neutron scattering, synchrotron studies, nuclear and particle physics and μSR.