University of Manchester puts city on world stage with international conferences
August 2011
The University of Manchester is to host two major scientific conferences over the summer break - strengthening its bid to become one of the first choice venues for conferencing in the North West.
Next week (8th-12th August) the University will stage the Rutherford Centennial Conference on nuclear physics. It's being held to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the publication (in Manchester in 1911) of Ernest Rutherford's paper describing the discovery of the atomic nucleus. Hundreds of delegates from around the world will descend on the University for the conference which will include discussions on nuclear structure and astrophysics, hadron structure and spectroscopy, weak interactions and relativistic heavy-ion collisions. As well as the conference, delegates will be able to attend an exhibition of original apparatus, documents and papers at the Museum of Science and Industry and a conference dinner at the Grade II listed Whitworth Hall. The exhibition will be opened by Ernest Rutherford's great grand-daughter Mary Fowler. There will also be a series of public lectures in the evenings.
Meanwhile the University of Manchester has won its bid to host the 2011 European Aerosol Conference. Held from the 4th to 9th September, it's expected to attract 800 professionals from right across the continent to discuss the latest developments in aerosol science including aerosol based nanotechnology, aerosol chemistry and atmospheric aerosol and particle-lung interactions.
Both conferences will take place in University Place, the University's flagship conference venue which is able to seat up to 1000 delegates. It's great news for the University which, despite a fall in public sector business, has actually seen an increase in conferencing revenue this year.
Marketing Manager for conferencing at the University of Manchester, Layton Quinton says: "The University of Manchester is a perfect venue for these type of conferences. The city boasts a world class science and technology community and has a rich history and heritage in this field too not least with the work that was carried out by Rutherford in the early part of the last Century. "Couple this with quality conference facilities, dedicated staff and the proximity to the heart of a thriving international city, and the University is fast becoming a first choice venue."
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