The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, home to the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, has appointed a Conference Centre Business Manager to support the recent appointment of Dr Julian Rayner as Director of Scientific Conferences and Engagement.
Linda Prior, who has close ties to the campus having served as Sales and Marketing Manager for the past four and a half years, has been appointed to this new role.
The Wellcome Trust Conference Centre is currently undergoing an ambitious refurbishment that has already seen the completion of an additional 64 bedrooms and an extension to the existing restaurant. Work is currently underway to install a glass domed roof over the Conference Centre, which will provide an exciting new space to be used for conferences, meetings and public exhibitions.
“The Wellcome Trust Conference Centre is a special place, deeply in touch with the scientific roots of the campus as the home of the Human Genome”, said Dr. Rayner. “The redevelopment will deliver an integrated, functional and inspirational space, and presents exciting opportunities for new events. Linda is the ideal person to lead this new facility”.
The Conference Centre redevelopment is part of a larger vision to develop the campus as an internationally renowned hub of research, business, training and engagement. The Conference Centre will be a focal point for the campus, providing first class facilities for national and international visitors attending courses, conferences, workshops, retreats and exhibitions.
Linda commented “With such great facilities, 55 acres of stunning grounds, and an ideal location south of Cambridge, the Conference Centre is quite unique. I relish the opportunity of ensuring that the Conference Centre is utilised to its maximum potential over the coming years, allowing individuals from all walks of life to experience the atmosphere and learn about the impact that the research undertaken here on campus will have on all of our lives”.
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