This conference was organised and managed by Destination Management Company, Roselle Events. It is an annual ‘kick start' conference for their client to bring sales teams from across the UK and Ireland to share best practice, learn about new company products, celebrate successes and motivate for the year ahead.

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Delegates: 600
Type: UK & Ireland
Sector: Pharmaceutical & Surgical
Duration : 2 days
Main Venues: Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh Castle, National Museum of Scotland, The Hub
Hotels: The Sheraton Grand, The Radisson Blu, The George, The Roxburghe, The Hilton Grosvenor

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This conference takes place every three years and provides the 145 Member Organisations with the opportunity to come together, share best practice and make important decisions about the future of the Movement.

The 34th World Conference was held at the Edinburgh Conference Centre at Heriot-Watt University over five days and attended by 550 delegates from 113 countries with simultaneous translations in four languages including Arabic.

In April 2011, Edinburgh welcomed over 350 international delegates for a four-day NitroEurope Final Conference, held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC). A culmination of five years work, it highlighted the results of the EU 6th Framework Project NitroEurope IP and brought together scientists, policy makers and other stakeholders to discuss the scientific progress on the role of nitrogen in global change.

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Delegates: 356
Type: Worldwide
Sector: Environment
Duration : 4 days
Main Venue: EICC, Signet Library,  Royal Society of Edinburgh, Our Dynamic Earth, Ghillie Dhu
Economic benefit: £750,000

In August 2011, Edinburgh welcomed over 1,400 delegates from 85 countries for a four-day conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The Congress theme was “Changing populations, changing diseases: Epidemiology for Tomorrow’s World.”  Within this future-orientated theme, delegates were brought together to discuss the full span of research across the many disciplines contributing to our science and practice.

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Delegates: 1,400
Type: Worldwide
Sector: Life Sciences/Medicine
Duration : 5 days
Main Venue: EICC
Economic benefit: £2,930,400

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The Edinburgh Corn Exchange was the venue for a spectacular party in May this year for 1250 delegates for CFA Institute, the Global Association of Investment Professionals.

CFA Institute, which was hosting its 64th annual conference in Edinburgh from 8-11 May using a range of venues including the Usher Hall, Edinburgh International Conference Centre and Sheraton hotel, booked out the entire Corn Exchange, which has a variety rooms that can host from 100 people to 1000.

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Jonathan Taylor has been with the Forestry Commission for ten years and is based in Edinburgh. He has held a number of positions in different areas of the organisation and is currently part of the Forestry Commission's International Policy team, which has responsibility for the Commonwealth Forestry Conference.

Here Jonathan shares his experience with Alan Johnston, the Chair of ECB and all round seasoned Ambassador, of recently hosting the 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference.