Previous National Conferences NWR has held National Conferences once a year from the 1960s and they are open to all paid up members. The average attendance is circa 300 members. These conferences are organised by members who form a volunteer committee. Academic venues have traditionally been used to ensure a campus type atmosphere. The venues are researched and booked by the Marketing Co-ordinator in consultation with a venue agency and the Board of Trustees. The venues are selected up to two years in advance with the aim of moving the conference from the North through the Midlands to the South. This regular pattern allows different collections of NWR groups the chance to run a conference and also offers members from around the UK the opportunity to attend a National Conference reasonably accessible to them sometime in a three year period. 1967 Buxton 1st Conference (300 attended) 1970 London Switch to the Seventies 1971 Southport Stress 1972 Birmingham Population Growth 1973 Bromley   1974 Darlington Our Heritage 1975 Nottingham Women Working 1976 Bristol Population Explosion (1st National Group elected) 1977 Edinburgh Open mind 1978 Manchester Living or existing, who cares? 1979 Reading Realising human potential 1980 Bucks International Conference: Decades of Decisions - Destiny 2000 1981 Warwick What price progress? 1982 London The power game 1983 Newcastle A question of priority 1984 Sheffield '1984' 1985 Southampton Hatching and despatching 1986 Birmingham The other you 1987 Edinburgh Face to face with reality 1988 Nottingham Mind over matter 1989 Brighton Communication 1990 Warwick To boldly go into the '90's 1991 Lancaster Who's afraid of Leonardo? 1992 Keele Trading places/continental drift 1993 Southampton Freedom 1994 York Links in life 1995 Leicester Power - Who has it? Who wants it? 1996 Reading Winning through 1997 Edinburgh '...to see ourselves as others see us' 1998 Chester Other worlds 1999 Exeter Transition (end of National Group) 2000 Durham RUBY - Responsibility Unity-Balance You 2001 Nottingham Fast Forward to the 21st Century 2002 Guildford Colours 2003 York Exploring Diversity 2004 Swansea Women of the World 2005 Reading Nothing to declare but our Genius... 2006 Manchester Making a Difference 2007 Keele Midsummer Medley 2008 Bath Is the past our future?