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Leeds
Ambassadors flex
their muscles
“By encouraging industry leaders to become
conference ambassadors we will continue to
showcase the city and our sector strengths”
he city’s conference ambassador
programme is going from strength to
strength and Jennifer Young of
ConferenceLeeds says:
“We work very closely with the three
universities in Leeds, which allows us to tap
into the wealth of expertise and skills that
exists within our academia. Our plan is to
expand our ambassador programme by
reaching out to industry leaders in each of our
key sectors; financial and professional
services, health and innovation, digital and
manufacturing, whilst continuing to capitalise
on our sector strengths throughout Leeds.
“As the UK’s second largest economy and
second financial centre, Leeds is at the
forefront of the financial and professional
services sectors in the UK. Furthermore, Leeds
has the greatest concentration of high-value
manufacturers in the UK, 196,000 life sciences
jobs and 8,500 digital technology companies.
“By encouraging industry leaders to become
conference ambassadors we will continue to
showcase the city and our sector strengths on a
national and international level, in order to drive
further conferences and events to Leeds.” CN
Speaking the
conference
language
Leeds welcomed delegates
from 20 countries to the 2016
International Association of
Language Centres Workshop
(IALC) in April. IALC brought
350 delegates to Leeds – the
first time the workshop has
been held in the UK since
1989.
After registering at Leeds
Marriott Hotel, delegates were
able to take a walking tour of
the city before delving into
workshops hosted at The
Royal Armouries.
The conference focused on
topics, such as smoother
co-operation between schools
and agents, and the question
around standardisation in
language travel.
Networking events included
a welcome reception hosted
by the Centre of English
Studies (CES) at the Victoria
Quarter where catering was
provided by Harvey Nichols,
and the conference came to a
close with a 1920’s themed
dinner hosted at the Queens
Hotel. After the workshop, 51
agents attended organised
visits to IALC schools across
the UK and Ireland.
Jennifer Young, head of
ConferenceLeeds, said: “The
team at IALC utilised Leeds
and its conferencing and event
assets brilliantly during their
time here.”
Rachael Edmed, event
manager at IALC, added:
“We’ve had some fantastic
feedback. Prior to our
workshop many agents were
previously unaware of how
great the city was for hosting
study abroard programmes. I
predict that as a destination
its popularity will increase.”
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