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Cambridge wins major international events bringing £1.5 million to local economy Meet Cambridge, founded and funded by the Cambridge Colleges, has supported three local organising committees through the services of its Conference Ambassador Programme to win bids against stiff competition from other international destinations. The association congresses are global events, which rotate between countries, often following a strict selection process. Following Cambridge’s success against Shanghai, the 16th Symposium of the International Neurotrauma Society – NeuroTrauma 2024 – will bring around 700 leading scientists from around the world to the city in August/September 2024. This meeting is considered the ‘Olympics’ of Neurotrauma and it is the first time the six-day event has been held in the UK. The second event is for The International Association of Music Libraries (IAML), which is organising a five-day event in July/ August 2023 to be attended by 400 delegates and including plenary sessions and social activities. IAML encourages and promotes the activities of music libraries, archives and documentation centres to facilitate projects in music bibliography, music documentation and music library and information science at national and international levels. The third successful bid is the International Organization For the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD) which will take place over four days in early 2023. With 115 delegates, the event will comprise plenary sessions and a gala dinner. Meet Cambridge assisted with venue-finding and site visits, as well as providing options for a local PCO. Judith Sloane, Head of Meet Cambridge said: “It is such welcome news that Cambridge has been selected for these high-profile international events against stiff global competition. Not only does it reinforce our city’s continuing appeal to associations,
it also signals confidence in a return to in-person meetings following the pandemic. “Cambridge’s unique scientific and academic clusters offer outstanding opportunities for collaboration and knowledge transfer; the impact of these events and the legacies that they will produce will have long reaching effects across the world, I’m certain. We are looking forward to welcoming the delegates over the next couple of years. “In total these three events will bring around 1,200 delegates here, staying for an average of five days with sessions and accommodation spread across both Colleges and hotels. We estimate that these congresses will have an economic impact of around £1.5 million for the city, in terms of spend on accommodation, meals, tours and shopping.
Cambridge Science Centre welcome MP, Daniel Zeichner The team at Cambridge Science Centre were delighted to welcome MP, Daniel Zeichner and his colleagues to the Centre. Daniel explored the exhibits and joined a session entitled ‘Built for Speed’ where communicators and visitors explored how machines work, why some go faster than others and how we build machines for speed. When asked about his visit, Daniel commented: “It is wonderful to see the Cambridge Science Centre open for family and schools visits once again. Cambridge is one of Europe’s most significant centres 26 connected
for science-based research and enterprise and so empowering future generations to pursue STEM subjects is absolutely critical to maintaining the region’s - and nation’s - position at the forefront of scientific enquiry and academic excellence. “Cambridge Science Centre do such great work in laying the foundations for science learning for our young people, and this is seen in the impact it has made on over 300,000 children that have been through its doors. The Centre offers a safe space for children to explore, have a go and get involved
with all things science, and I commend them for everything they are doing.” CEO, Helen Slaski said: “It was a great pleasure to welcome Daniel and team to our Centre. He shares our passion to reach new audiences and inspire children from our City and beyond with the excitement and fun STEM brings. Our team have worked exceptionally hard to reach children during the recent pandemic through various mediums and we will continue to do this as we start to return to ‘normal’.”
