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Edinburgh´s fusion of fabled streets and historic buildings is contained
within a vibrant modern city.
Quite simply, it is a brilliant destination – a world class destination, in
which to hold the 49th Annual Symposium of “The Society of Petrophysicists
and Well Log Analysts".
The city has state of the art conference facilities which can be dedicated
to the exclusive use of this Symposium. The Edinburgh International
Conference Centre is located in the new financial district and offers
facilities of the highest standard. Their facilities are extremely flexible
and can be configured in multiple layouts to cater for varying sizes of
audience and type of session.
The conference venues and hotels are located in the heart of the city
centre, close to many restaurants, cafes, pubs and shops. The city centre is
compact, attractive and easily explored on foot. There are over 6,000 hotel
beds within a 3 mile radius of the conference venue priced for a wide range
of delegate budgets.
The city offers a number of unique and exciting possibilities for social
events: Edinburgh Castle, Our Dynamic Earth and The Hub to mention a few
unique venues. Pre and post conference tours of the Scottish Highlands and
Islands, Castles and golf courses should be attractive to many and are
easily arranged.
Edinburgh is unforgettable. Every guide book tells you so and every visiting
commentator or traveller leaves in no doubt that this is one of the world’s
great cities.
History towers above you. The castle clings to
its rock as the historic buildings of the old town ramble down the spine of
the Royal Mile to the splendid Palace of Holyroodhouse. Across the green
expanse of Princes Street Gardens lies the elegant Georgian New Town,
waiting to be explored.
Amidst these gracious surroundings, Edinburgh
is alive with inspiration and innovation. The Edinburgh International
Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe explode onto the streets in
August, but all year round a host of different festivals erupt into life.
This is a city of arts and sciences, home to theatres, concert halls and art
collections, museums and institutions of international significance.
Yet Edinburgh is much more than a museum
piece. It is one of the world’s most important business centres, a rapidly
developing financial capital, in which many international banks and finance
houses base their headquarters. Manufacturing excellent e is marked,
particularly in computing and many leading edge companies are based in and
around the city.
This commercial expertise is matched by the academic excellence of
Edinburgh’s universities. For hundreds of years they have made the city
synonymous with innovation in disciplines ranging from political economy and
medicine to software development and micro-engineering.
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