The University of Southampton Science Park in Chilworth, Hampshire is to unveil its first dedicated conference centre this autumn. The university’s events team is already taking bookings for the facility.
Available to both resident and non-resident businesses, the new facility will provide a space to host large-scale meetings, events and exhibitions.
Plans are for a conference suite to provide flexible space and an auditorium for up to 200 delegates, as well as exhibition and breakout areas. Additional car parking spaces are also being created for visitors.
The existing building at 3 Venture Road on the Science Park will be renovated to create the facility, with local contractors selected to deliver the project overseen by Amiri Interiors.
“I firmly believe that profitable growth and positive societal impacts derive from bringing people and their ideas together and giving them the space in which to thrive. We do this in many ways here, but we have long wished to provide an inspiring conference and exhibition facility which can enable this to happen at scale,” said Peter Birkett, CEO of Southampton Science Park. “I hope that it will serve to engage, inspire and empower those who come here to the South’s innovation centre of excellence.”
