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Plan your visit with the All-Energy App - coming soon! 2 Glasgow - the perfect destination to gather the renewables industry The city of Glasgow offers a wide selection of accommodation to suit all budgets plus cost effective and convenient transport from destinations throughout Europe. Get significant cost savings: + Access to reduced rate transport options and a plethora of affordable nearby hotels Ample cost-effective accommodation: + 700 hotel rooms onsite, plus 5,800 hotel rooms within 15 minutes’ travelling time + Prices from £72 for a 3* to a maximum of £175 for a 5* luxury hotel in the city centre + 1,500 rooms secured for All-Energy at these low rates for 2015, 2016 & 2017 + Prices will only rise with inflation! Convenient discounted travel from UK and Europe to Glasgow: + 20 direct trains daily from London / 16 trains per day from Aberdeen + Direct flights to over 70 destinations, including more than 30 daily flights from London + Discount on Virgin Trains for group bookings + 10% discount on Citylink Coach Services throughout Scotland Easy to get around: + The SECC is within easy reach of Glasgow’s city centre – only 3 minutes by train and just 15 minutes’ transfer time to Glasgow Airport Additional events around All-Energy 2015 Organisations within the renewables industry hold a number of additional events at the venue and around the city of Glasgow around the time of the event. All-Energy offers the perfect opportunity to network with colleagues and associates: • FREE Giant Networking Evening - continue your business and networking into the evening after Day 1 of All-Energy. With well over a thousand of the industry in attendance, the renowned Giant Networking Evening (GNE) allows guests to eat, drink and chat in an informal atmosphere. Set this year in Glasgow’s Science Centre (a short stroll from the SECC), the GNE is guaranteed to provide both exhibitors and visitors an evening of fantastic entertainment and warm hospitality. Reservation not required. • Glasgow Chamber of Commerce will host two Warm-up Breakfasts, designed to stimulate the Glasgow business community ahead of the All-Energy Conference later that day. The Chamber Warm-up Sessions, open to all Glasgow Chamber of Commerce members and their guests, will take on board a variety of Chamber members from the Energy Community, representing both large and small businesses who will share their business story and aspirations for the city moving forward. The sessions will run from 07:15 – 08:45. For further information email: [email protected] or visit glasgowchamberofcommerce.com • The University of Strathclyde is hosting special events during the week to complement the conference programme. Make sure your travel plans allow time to explore the campus and take in the energy-related events from Tuesday 5 May. The programme, part of Engage with Strathclyde, will demonstrate with the university's ability and commitment to developing solutions to global energy challenges; a focus which is at the heart of their research, and which involves industry partnerships. Further details and booking information are available at: strath.ac.uk/engage • The Glasgow Science Centre welcomes All Energy to its new home at the SECC and is delighted to have been chosen as the venue for the All-Energy Giant Networking Evening. Exciting plans are underway at the Science Centre to host a public debate around the ‘energy-themes’ on the evening before AllEnergy opens.The debate is one of the hig hlights in the Science Centre’s calendar of activities linked to the launch, later this year, of Powering the Future, a brand new interactive exhibition which explores the wonders of Science and Technology involved in energy generation. To find out more about the plans for the debate and the exhibition call Sharon Lyons on 0141 420 5010 ext 303 or email [email protected] • Help power the downloading of Glasgow’s Green Year app onto people’s mobiles by walking (marching or dancing) on the city’s first “people power” technology at All-Energy – an 18tile walkway, Pavegen Systems’ kinetic energy • Eligible to vote in the UK General Election? We don’t want you missing out while at All-Energy! Head to gov.uk/voting-in-the-uk/postal-voting to find out how to register for a postal vote. 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