The UK Centre for Events Management at Leeds Metropolitan University is pleased to have recently hosted the fourth Global Events Congress, “Events and Festivals Research: State of the Art” at the University’s multiple award-winning venue, The Rose Bowl.

The congress brought together researchers from across the world and provided an opportunity to discuss the latest thinking on a number of key themes and for the delegates to broaden their horizons.. Topics for discussion included events in the context of social, cultural and economic policy, tourism, educational festivals, cultural exchange, legacies, events management and planning.

Glenn Bowdin, head of the UK Centre for Events Management said: “The Global Events Congress enabled the UK Centre for Events Management to share leading research and insights into global events with delegates from over 25 countries in our award-winning Leeds Met conference venues. Our delegates were impressed with the congress, our speakers as well as the city of Leeds and we thank our sponsors and supporters including Conference Leeds for their support.”

Nicola Lockwood, Business Tourism Manager for Conference Leeds, added:
“It’s a great privilege to host an event of this scale and we are delighted that it was such a success. The team has a wide range of experience in organising events like the Global Events Congress and we realise the importance of fine tuning every detail.”

The programme for the event included papers from more than twenty countries and an array of internationally renowned keynote speakers, including Professor Michael C. Hall, University of Canterbury in New Zealand; Martin Green, Head of Ceremonies for London 2012 Organising Committee and Alain Dupeyras, Head of Tourism OECD in Paris.

For further information about organising an event in Leeds and West Yorkshire call
0113 220 6351 or visit www.conference-leeds.com

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Editors’ Notes:
• Conference Leeds is the official convention bureau for Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield and Calderdale. The “super convention bureau” represents over 260 venues and 40 suppliers.
• Conference Leeds is supported by all the local authorities in West Yorkshire; Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale as well as Welcome to Yorkshire and the private sector. Yorkshire Forward, The Regional Development Agency, funds Welcome to Yorkshire, which is charged with improving the Yorkshire and Humber visitor economy.
• Conference Leeds is the driving force of Yorkshire’s business tourism industry. Key facts include:

- business tourism generates £777m to the economy of West Yorkshire each year. – 5.79 million delegates attend business tourism events in West Yorkshire each year. – Leeds is ranked the 5th most popular destination for the corporate market in the British Meetings and Events Industry Survey 2009.

About UK Centre for Events Management – The UK Centre for Events Management at Leeds Met is the longest established and largest centre in the World dedicated to events management education and research. The Centre has a dedicated team of academics from both research and practitioner backgrounds who have developed undergraduate, postgraduate and professional training courses. The team are active across the region, the UK and internationally providing research, impact evaluations, bespoke training, mentoring, market research and consultancy support. – Visit www.eventsandfestivalsresearch.com
Well Met Conferencing conferences@leedsmet.ac.uk 0113 812 8555

For further information please contact:

Victoria Nicholson – Welcome to Yorkshire
Email: victoria@bandhcommunications.co.uk
Direct Line: 0113 243 4713
Mobile: 07968 732630

Gini Wilde – Welcome to Yorkshire
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Direct Line: 0113 2434713
Mobile: 07967 019099

Nicky Lockwood – Conference Leeds
Email: Nicola.lockwood@conference-leeds.com
Direct Line: 0113 220 6356/1
Mobile: 07957205486