If you are not an ASC or MRS member you may attend the first meeting at no charge, but will need to be a member to attend future events – you can take out membership during the meeting. Please bear in mind that some companies take out corporate membership so you may already be an unwitting member. If you have any doubts please contact us

Next Meeting

Thursday 14th October 2010
Quiz Night at The Captain’s Cabin, 4-7 Norris Street, London SW1Y 4RJ

The next ASC / MRS Evening Meeting will be a Quiz Night with rounds on technology, market research and general knowledge, as well as a few other surprise rounds.

You can either enter a team (maximum of six), or just come along and make up a team on the night. A trophy will be awarded to the winning team.

The bar will be open from 6pm and the evening includes two free drinks for everyone plus a food buffet.

The evening is free to ASC and MRS members. Non-members may attend one evening social meeting, but must then join one of the organisations in order to attend subsequent ones.

Full details:

Time: Doors open 6:00, quiz to commence at 6.30
Cost: Free to all ASC and MRS members (including drinks and food buffet)
How to book: Contact admin@asc.org.uk  stating your membership status (ASC, MRS, Non-member)

Future Meetings

To be announced

Previous Meetings

Thursday 19th August 2010 
Question Time – ‘Technology is killing the survey’

 The meeting covered areas such as  how things may be changing and whether these changes offer opportunity or risk to the future of the research industry.

The meeting was chaired by AJ johnson, ASC Committee and VP, Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange, with a panel consisting of  Mike Cooke, Global Online Director, GFK, Ken Parker, Chairman, Discovery Research, Peter Harrison, Innovation Manager, Brainjuicer, and Steve Taylor, Managing Director, W3DL.

Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Winter Warmer Quiz Night at The Captain’s Cabin

Rounds on technology, market research and general knowledge, as well as a few other surprise rounds. The quiz was won by Continental Research. They were presented with a trophy by AJ Johnson.

Wednesday 14th October, 2009:
Question Time – ‘The Future of Survey Research Software’

A panel of people representing the research industry respond to questions about survey computing posed by the audience.

Wednesday 17th June 2009 – Quiz Night

This was another Quiz Night, with rounds on technology, market research and general knowledge, as well as a few other surprises.

Wednesday 29 April 2009

Presentations by the 2008 ASC/MRS Technology Award Winner and Finalists

Wednesday 25 February 2009: Data Protection & Data Security

Wednesday 19th November, 2008: Quiz Night

Tuesday 23rd September, 2008: Open Source Software

Tuesday 19th February, 2008: ‘Winter Warmer’ Quiz Night

Wednesday 14th November, 2007

This event returned to the popular ‘Question Time’ format.

Wednesday 11th July, 2007

This was a Quiz Evening. The quiz consisted of a number of rounds, all with some sort of technology twist.

Wednesday 16th May, 2007

This event featured Research Reporter, the winner of the 2006 ASC/MRS Technology Award.

Wednesday 14th March, 2007: Question Time

A panel of people representing the research industry respond to questions about survey computing posed by the audience.

Tuesday 16th January 2007: Debate

This house deplores the rise of DIY research software that has the potential to damage the professional market research industry
Proposed by Greg Smith, Ipsos MORI and opposed by Peter Wills, founder and CEO of Snap Surveys.

Thursday 14th September 2006: On bicycles and bulldozers: freewheeling to success with technology-led change, presented by Tim Macer

Thursday 8th June 2006: Pulse Train present their Bellview Fusion software, which won the 2005 ASC/MRS Technology award.