Booking is now open for the BIOS 50th anniversary conference ‘The Global British Organ, taking place in Oxford, 9th-11th April 2026.
The conference will be based at Wadham College, Oxford, a seventeenth-century foundation located in the heart of Oxford’s “dreaming spires”.
Details of the sessions can be found on the main conference page https://bios.org.uk/the-global-british-organ-2/
Booking
Because of the multiple options, booking is only by completing the booking form. It can be a semi-online process as the PDF document at the link below can be completed while the form is open on your computer. Text information can be typed on-screen, tick boxes completed with an ‘X’, and the completed form then saved to your computer. It can then be printed and posted, or emailed directly to meetings@bios.org.uk.
Alternatively, the form can be downloaded, printed and then completed by hand and posted. Any special dietary or accommodation access requirements should be entered on page 3 and also noted in any covering email.
Payments should preferably be bank transfers to:
- Account name: British Institute of Organ Studies
- Sort code: 52-30-44
- Account no: 05097169
It is essential to include a reference of your surname. If you are paying from a non-UK account, you will also need the IBAN reference of GB64NWBK52304405097169 and the BIC code of NWBKGB2L. Ensure bank charges are pre-paid.
Attendees unable to pay either by cheque drawn on UK bank or bank transfer can pay by card using the link https://bios.org.uk/donate-to-the-npor/. This is not encouraged as it costs BIOS significant card processing fees on these larger amounts. If you have no other option, select ‘One-Off’, the amount ‘Other’, and enter the total to be paid. Using the ‘Write a note option’ enter BIOS50 as a reference. Gift Aid is not applicable to a conference booking. Cheques (drawn on a UK bank account) can be posted to the meetings officer at the address at the end of this form. For all single bookings, please fill out a separate form for each person attending.
To access the booking form click the button below or enter the link below it into your browser.
https://bios.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/BookingGBO2026_g.pdf
All bookings should be confirmed and paid by Friday 13th March. Late bookings for day attendance may be possible but it is unlikely that college accommodation can be secured.
Thanks to the BIOS committee for all their work in putting this together
Many thanks also to the BIOS special projects fund and to the Champniss Foundation for their financial help with the conference.
For everything other than bookings, the conference email address is 50@bios.org.uk