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THE FORUM AT ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS EMEA
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Erasmus University Rotterdam, established in 1913, has seven faculties and focusses on four areas - health, wealth, governance and culture. Erasmus MC is the largest and one of the foremost academic medical centres and trauma centres in The Netherlands, while its economics and business school, Erasmus School of Economics and Rotterdam School of Management, are well known in Europe and beyond. In 2017, Erasmus University Rotterdam was ranked among the top 10 business schools in Europe by the Financial Times and, back in 2015, Times Higher Education ranked the university as 20th in Europe and 72nd in the world, with its social sciences as 40th, and clinical health as 35th in the world - highlighting its standing in education. The Forum at Erasmus University is based in the Van der Goot building. Located on the third floor, the venue is perfectly suited for conferences, lectures, presentations and business meetings for up to 190 people. As The Forum is used extensively, the Media Support Center at Erasmus University, which is responsible for advising on investment in new audiovisual equipment, recently recommended an overhaul of the facility, including the installation of a new conference system. Peter Hullegein, Co-ordinator / Planner at Erasmus University’s Media Support Center, takes up the story: “First and foremost, the system had to be user-friendly. The conference room is available both for commercial clients and for the university - it had to be easy to use for different type of users, some of whom have no, or