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Sheffield
THE FULL MONTY
Sheffield’s industrial past has inspired its future
and now the city is an events powerhouse
heffield’s role as the
landing stage for the new
Doctor Who, played by
the Yorkshire- born
actress Jodie Whittaker, has
catapulted it into the spotlight. But
the steel city has quietly been
polishing up its act for a while now.
Recently described by the Sunday
Times as the ‘Northern Capital of
Cool’, Sheffield is a city with real
character and great people. It’s the
birthplace of stainless steel and
music legends such as the Arctic
Monkeys and the Human League; it’s
woven into the Peak District National
Park giving it a distinctly outdoor feel
and its industrial warehouses now
house a thriving independent food
scene.
The magnificent Sheffield City Hall
is the city’s largest space with
capacity for 2,271 delegates. Cutlers’
Hall oozes Sheffield history and
caters for up to 500, while Magna is
a transformed former steel works
with 4,000sqm of dedicated events
space. The University of Sheffield
and Sheffield Hallam University offer
some of the newest academic
spaces in the country.
The city has an enviable knack of
making delegates feel like locals
from the outset and this is fostered
by a strong ‘Team Sheffield’
approach. Led by Marketing Sheffield
this network is dedicated to making
sure event organisers take
advantage of all the city has to offer.
Sheffield is a fertile patch for ideas
and ambitious creativity; the two
universities and teaching hospitals
are world leading in research and
Sheffielders are not shy when it
comes to shouting about their
specialisms.
Sector strengths include Advanced
Manufacturing (the world-renowned
research centre is the reason for
McLaren Automotive now developing
its carbon fibre technology here),
Paediatric Medicine, Orthopaedics,
Child Health Technology and
Advanced Well-being. Access to
expertise and speakers attracts
specialist conferences from the UK
and internationally.
Take orthopaedics as an example.
Just like the city made all things
steel, many of the most advanced
orthopaedic implants are created
here. Sheffield has hosted the British
Elbow and Shoulder Society, Hip
Preservation Society and the British
Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
to name a few. Next stop knees: with
the International Paediatric Knee
“THE CITY HAS
AN ENVIABLE
KNACK OF
MAKING
DELEGATES
FEEL LIKE
LOCALS FROM
THE OUTSET
AND THIS IS
FOSTERED BY
A STRONG
‘TEAM
SHEFFIELD’
APPROACH”.
www.conference-news.co.uk
Conference later in 2019 and BASK
(British Association for Surgery of the
Knee) in 2021.
The first ever conference on Child
Health Technology will happen in
Sheffield in 2020 recognising the city
as the forerunner for the
development of life changing
technologies around Child Health
and the Nuclear Innovation UK
Conference takes place in July
attracted by Sheffield’s Nuclear
Research Centre.
And it’s not just conferences on
the city’s agenda. The UK Invictus
Trials, the first ever home games for
British wounded, injured and sick
veterans and personnel, takes place
22-26 July.