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Glasgow Science Centre has record year for events
Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) is a powerful dynamo for events in the city. Its corporate events team has had one of its most successful years for business and corporate events since GSC opened 15 years ago. For 2015 and 2016, the team, headed up by Judy Rae, increased revenues by 17 per cent compared with the previous financial year. The centre combines business and corporate
events alongside themed dinners, giving delegates a science experience. Last year, the centre hosted a range of events such as the Scottish Labour Party Conference, the All- Energy Civic Reception, BAFTA Young Gamers, Marketing Society Star Awards, IPC Swimming
Industry event
16th All-Energy hailed as success T
he UK’s largest renewable energy event, All-Energy, held at Glasgow’s SECC, which
also focused on low carbon and sustainable solutions, atracted a total atendance of 6,726 from home and overseas. Some 400 exhibitors from 14 countries were represented on stands throughout the busy exhibition halls. For the first time in its
16-show history, All-Energy held a conference session devoted to ‘Sustainability and Energy Efficiency in the Food & Drink Sector’. Te 105-minute conference session, chaired by Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, took place in the Sustainable Cities Conference Teatre. It was sponsored by Shepherd
and Wedderburn and featured presentations by Willie Fergusson, Sector Manager, Retail, Food and Drink, Zero Waste Scotland; Rebecca Rickets, Senior Projects Manager, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce; Julie Hesketh-Laird, Deputy CEO and Director of
All-Energy’s ‘Sustainability and Energy Efficiency in the Food & Drink Sector’ session, chaired by Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
Operational & Technical Affairs, Scotch Whisky Association; Iain Lochhead, Operations Director, John Dewar & Sons; Fiona Chan, Sustainability Manager, Scotland Food & Drink; Alastair Macphie, Chairman, Macphie of Glenbervie; Suzanne Dawson, Head of Sector Relationships, Interface; and Professor John Currie, Head of the Scotish Energy Centre, Edinburgh Napier University.
Te conference, with more
than 460 speakers who between them spoke for 120 hours, covered every form of renewable energy generation and allied topics such as the grid and finance and funding, and looked at specific usage of renewable energy for sectors such as local communities and the farming community. It also looked at sustainable and smart cities and
low carbon solutions ranging from heat to transport; energy efficiency and energy management to local energy economies; energy storage to carbon capture and storage; and hydrogen and fuel cells to a nuclear power. Conference presentations are available at
www.all-energy.co.uk All-Energy will return to
SECC on 10 and 11 May 2017.
World Championships, Venturefest and World Gymnastics Closing Party and the BMW Series 7 Launch.
GSC has launched its new Corporate
Science products that integrate and combine entertainment, themes and experiences to elements of science. The centre is introducing three new dinner
offers: Science of Whisky; Food for Thought and Dine among the Stars, where the food and drink menus will have a scientific-related theme. With access to a talented pool of scientists, GSC can also offer a range of themed live demonstrations. “In 2015, we made a strategic decision to work and align GSC with companies and the
key economic growth sectors for Glasgow and Scotland to develop our core corporate business. By doing this, we were delighted to exceed our ambitious growth targets in the first year, which as a charitable organisation, has allowed us to invest back into GSC,’’ said Judy Rae. Events can be held across all three floors of
the science mall, where guests are able to explore the BodyWorks exhibitions, take a trip across the Universe with one of the Sky Pilots or burn up some energy in the interactive Powering the Future area. The 430m2 atrium is a flexible space with a capacity of up to 450 guests, while more intimate dinners for up to 70 guests can be held in the new Space Zone.
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