UniSpace Sunderland will host the Swedish-based Operation, Maintenance and Acoustics International Association’s two-day annual conference in September 2012.
The Maintenance Permance Measurement and Management (MPMM) conference will come to the UK for the first time, and the win marks the first international event secured by UniSpace, who launched to the national and international conference market at the International Confex exhibition in March.
“We are delighted to have secured an international event so soon after making our big push to the wider market. The MPMM conference gives us an excellent opportunity to showcase the diversity of our venue on an international scale,” says University Commercial Services Manager responsible for UniSpace, Sharon Olver.
“Conferences like the MPMM not only raise the university’s profile as a venue for large association and academic conferences, but also strengthen the region’s proposition. This event in particular has a tangible positive economic benefit to Sunderland and the region as a whole,” she adds.
The conference will see around 200 delegates from across the world head to Sunderland to discuss engineering concepts, optimisation of equipment and energy efficiency, as well as the impact of the global recession on the maintenance industry. Plenary and workshop sessions will take place on the Sir Tom Cowie Campus, on the banks of the river Wear, with an industry exhibition in the Prospect Building.
MPMM Committee Representative and Senior Lecturer in the University’s Faculty of Applied Sciences, Dr David Baglee, will chair the conference.
“We are delighted to be hosting this highly specialised conference for the first time in the UK. As a committee, it is important that we select venues with both great facilities and a reputation for excellence in our field, and UniSpace offers both of these features,” says Baglee.
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