2008/7/22 Tom Holden <thomas.holden(a)gmail.com>om>:
We need a lecture theatre that holds 500, so
those main halls wouldn't be
big enough. Given previous years experience, UCL seems the best bet for a
hypothetical London bid. But unless someone's prepared to take the lead on
it it's not going to happen.
There are several non-location specific tasks that need doing, such as
contacting large tech-savvy companies to try and get sponsorship, so there's
a job for someone if they want it.
Tom
I looked at UCL, but the closest they came in terms of room capacity
was 400 (
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/efd/roombooking/all-rooms/ )
There are two massive conference centres in London that I know:
* The Royal Horticultural Hall -
http://www.horticultural-halls.co.uk/
**
http://www.horticultural-halls.co.uk/venues/lawrence-hall/?capacity
- The Lawrence Hall has a maximum capacity of 1000
**
http://www.horticultural-halls.co.uk/venues/lindley-hall/?capacity
- The Lindley Hall could just about fit 500
*Westminster Central Hall -
http://www.c-h-w.com/roomhire/capacities.html - lists room capacities.
Sadly, the largest room has a capacity of 2160 in "theatre mode", and
the two other largest rooms have capacities only up to 450 in this
mode.
"Over 100 purpose built teaching and meeting rooms catering for up to
800 delegates all within 2 miles of the City of London and Canary
Wharf."
This is my old college, and also I live with 2 km!
Gordo
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