AN INTERNATIONAL conference on the life and work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel will be held in Swindon on the 200th anniversary of his death.

The meeting, which will be held at Steam on Saturday, September 15, is being organised by the University of Bath, English Heritage and Brunel 200 and aims to examine recent research on Brunel.

Professor of the history of technology at Bath University, Angus Buchanan, will be addressing the conference.

He said: "Coming at the end of six months celebrating the 200th anniversary of Brunel, this symposium provides an excellent opportunity to take stock and make an assessment of what we have learnt about him.

"I am confident that we will be able to present a fuller and more accurate analysis of his achievements than any that has been made before."

Speakers will include experts in civil engineering, the history of engineering and technology and the author Stephen Jones, who wrote Brunel in South Wales Volume 1: In Trevithick's Tracks.

Tickets cost £50 (£25 with student discount) which includes coffee and tea, lunch, a free copy of Brunel: in love with the impossible (RRP £17.95) and the English Heritage consultation document The Great Western World Heritage site: the genesis of modern transport, plus admission to the STEAM Museum exhibition.

For further information contact Marion Harney on 07796 68601.