AFPP 2026 Delegates Information

We’re very much looking forward to welcoming all delegates to Manchester very soon. We have around 130 registered this year – we’re a very international group with a diverse range of interests represented on the programme. Delegates should, by now, have received all necessary information by email. For ease of reference, key information is repeated below. 

Programmes

You can download the following in .pdf format: 

Overview Programme Booklet

Full Abstract Book

Socials

For those who are joining us in the evening, we’ll be looking forward to continuing discussions at the following locations.

Monday, 5 pm: Drinks at Kro Bar, 325 Oxford Road, M13 9PG – Kro is on Oxford Road, on the opposite side from HBS and Samuel Alexander – 2 minutes walk.

Monday, 7 pm: Dinner at Jafra*, 34-36 Wilmslow Road, M14 5TQ. Jafra is in Rusholme, 10-15 minutes walk SSE from Kro Bar. Alternatively, any buses running in that direction will take you there for a £2 single ticket.

Tuesday, 5.30pm: Drinks at Lass O’Gowrie, 36 Charles Street, M1 7DB. The Lass O’Gowrie is 10-15 minutes walk; follow Oxford Road NNW in the direction of the city centre and look out for Charles Street on the right. (If you get to Oxford Road train station you’ve gone a little too far.)

Tuesday, 7 pm: Dinner at Little Yang Sing*, 17 George Street, M1 4HE. From the Lass O’Gowrie Chinatown is a further 10 minutes walk or less. Head left out of the pub, then left on Princess Street. After crossing Portland Street look out for a right turn onto George Street.

Wednesday, 1pm: Kim’s Kitchen, 49 Old Birley St, Manchester. M15 5RF. Kim’s is in Hulme, to the West of the university campus. From HBS turn right onto Higher Cambridge Street, which runs behind the building, then turn left onto Booth St West, follow the road, then the pedestrian footprint, all the way to the end. Kim’s is round the other side of the student buildings and big yellow cooperative housing project. (13 minute walk)

*Pre-payments required for Jafra and Little Yang Sing – you’ll have received details by email from afpp@manchester.ac.uk