Edinburgh is a handsome old city, built on the remains of two long-extinct volcanoes. It has many attractions, from the Castle, built on a volcanic plug, leading down the Royal Mile to the Palace of Holyrood and the new Scottish Parliament building.
It has a long academic tradition. Napier (discoverer of logarithms) lived in the Edinburgh area. It was the home of the Scottish Enlightenment. Charles Darwin studied here. Scott Russell observed the first recorded soliton wave in a canal outside the city. James Clerk Maxwell was born in Edinburgh, and studied at Edinburgh University. His birthplace now houses ICMS (joint organisers of this conference).
Attractions include:
Weather in July should be warm and sunny, but just might be cool and cloudy. In early July it will still be daylight at 10.30pm.