SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE HEADING TO ABERDEEN IN 2014 11/06/12

Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC), in association with Aberdeen Convention Bureau (ACB), are pleased to announce that the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland will be hosting their annual conference in Aberdeen in 2014. 

The Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI) Annual Scientific Meeting 2014 will be held at AECC in November that year.  The prestigious conference and exhibition, which is held over two days, is expected to attract at least 250 delegates to the area with an estimated economic benefit to the North-East of £500,000.

This conference was secured with the assistance of local ambassador, Professor Zygmunt Krukowski from the University of Aberdeen.  Professor Krukowski is Surgeon to the Queen in Scotland and General Surgeon with interests in Endocrine and Laparoscopic GI surgery.

ACB operate an Ambassador Programme allowing close working with the University of Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University, research institutes and businesses to bring conferences, seminars and events to the City.  Many of the 300 Ambassadors have a high profile within specialist fields such as oil and gas, health, food research, science and environmental research.

Brian Horsburgh, AECC's Managing Director, commented: "The ALSGBI Conference win is great news for the North-East, securing conferences of this stature for 2014 is excellent and reinforces the attractiveness of the City of Aberdeen for conferences and events.  AECC have already secured a very strong and varied range of conferences taking us onwards from 2012."

Aberdeen Convention Bureau's Sales and Marketing Manager Alesia du Plessis said: "We are very much looking forward to welcoming the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland to Aberdeen for their annual conference in 2014.

"We organised a site visit for the Association in March 2012 and this reinforces the benefits of bringing potential conference organisers to the city so we can showcase its accessibility as well as the range of venues, accommodation, leisure facilities, scenery and academic expertise.

"The majority of conferences we work on are associations, which involve academics leading bids, and around 60% of the Association Conferences secured for Aberdeen is directly attributable to our Ambassador Programme. This conference was secured with the help of Professor Zygmunt Krukowski, one of our 300 academic ambassadors, who are instrumental in working with us and our partners to secure events for Aberdeen."