The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) will see the return of in-person conferences for the first time since the pandemic next week, with the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine’s fifth annual conference, BSLM2021, taking place at the venue between 2-4 September.
The EICC has been Edinburgh’s primary vaccination centre since February and was also one of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s main venues this August.
The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM) Conference is an event dedicated to lifestyle medicine, an established medical discipline aimed at improving health and wellbeing, and tackling chronic, lifestyle-related disease.
Alongside BSLM2021, EICC Live returns to the venue on 2 September. At the event, Dr Nilesh Satgurunathan, Dr Dimple Devadas, and Dr Andrew Morrice, will discuss mental health and wellbeing issues which affect people’s lives inside and outside of the workplace.
Marshall Dallas, CEO of EICC, said: “It would be an understatement to say we are pleased to get back to what we do best by welcoming this important healthcare conference for the BSLM. It is a significant moment to be on the cusp of opening our doors to a major conference and, of course, as we return to events, the health and safety of all attendees and our team is our top priority.”
Dr Rob Lawson, retired East Lothian-based GP, and BSLM chairman and founder, added: “How clinicians and healthcare systems can support people to live healthier lives is one of the key challenges of our age – and this is the core focus of our conference.”
