The cost of flights from Bristol to Aberdeen are very expensive. As a consequence staff from UKOLN will be travelling from Birmingham and Exeter. Note that FlyBe and BMIBaby both fly from Birmingham to Aberdeen and BMIBaby had a number of very cheap flights when I checked yesterday.
If you fancy extending your stay and exploring this part of Scotland after the conference, note that the Bristol - Aberdeen flights come down in price considerably over the weekend.
I am catching the 12.00 FlyBe flight from Exeter on Monday 21st 0 and will probably be driving down from Bristol - if anyone would like to share a ride, please let me know - r.bristow@jisc.ac.uk or on 07825 823 282. I live in the Clifton area.