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CONFERENCE VISITS (optional) Group visit to Incubation Centres GROUP VISIT TO INCUBATION CENTRES (Special Tour for Delegates & Accompanying Persons) For delegates wishing to see the latest innovations in business incubation we have arranged a conducted tour of two leading facilities in South East Wales. FREE but limited capacity. The @Wales Digital Media Initiative – Cardiff Bay See www.atwales.com This is a specialist business accelerator, located in the heart of Cardiff Bay, Wales’ largest digital and media cluster. @Wales provides specialised business development support for innovative, high growth early stage businesses; and is a part of the incubation chain strategy in Wales to accelerate the growth of SMEs. An on-site team provides mentorship and IT innovation, business development and marketing support. Valleys Innovation Centre, GTi+ Project – Abercynon See www.glam.ac.uk/gti/ University of Glamorgan’s ‘hot-desking’ business incubation facility began as the Graduate Teleworking initiative – or ’GTi’, as it is now known. It was developed to provide a professional workspace, ICT facilities and a credible business address for highly skilled and entrepreneurial graduates. GTi offers 24/7 access to its professional, open plan office space, state-of-the-art Macs and PCs with business level software aimed at a range of businesses in most sectors including specialist digital and multi-media based companies. HOW TO BOOK: This special tour on Thursday afternoon 2nd November is FREE for ISBE Conference Delegates and Accompanying Persons. Capacity is strictly limited so advance booking by e-mail to the ISBE Conference Secretariat is advisable. Tickets will be available from the Check-in Desk during the Conference until all places are taken, when a waiting list will be started in case of cancellations. CITYSIGHTSEEING TOUR (Special Tour for Delegates & Accompanying Persons) FREE The familiar CitySightseeing red double-decker buses cease for the winter on 29th October. So we have chartered a bus especially for Conference Delegates and accompanying persons on Thursday afternoon. The tour will include all the following sights: Capitol Centre, Mill Lane Café Quarter, NCM, Lightship 2000, Cardiff Bay, National Assembly, Millennium Centre, Norwegian Church, Plas Roald Dahl, Mermaid Quay, Techniquest, St David’s Hotel, Atlantic Wharf’ Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park and Cardiff Castle. The ISBE Special CitySightseeing Bus will pick up Delegates from just outside the City Hall at 13.30 on 2nd November returning via the Central Bus/Rail Station and selected Hotels around 15.30. The tour is FREE but as space is limited individual numbered tickets should be requested from the Conference Check-in Desk on Tuesday or Wednesday – and, subject to availability, up until 13.00 on Thursday. PLACES TO VISIT ON YOUR OWN: Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle is one of Wales's leading tourist attractions. Situated in the very heart of the capital, alongside city centre shopping and the magnificent Bute Park, the Castle's enchanting fairytale towers conceal an elaborate and splendid interior. Contained within its mighty walls is a history spanning nearly 2,000 years, dating from the coming of the Romans in the first century AD. After the Norman Conquest, the Castle's Keep was built and a number of Medieval fortifications and dwellings followed. Cardiff Castle is open 09.30-16.00 every day during the Conference. Admission to the Castle Grounds plus a Full Guided Tour of the apartments costs £6.95 for Adults and £4.30 for children. Admission to the Grounds only is cheaper. Advance booking is not required. For information see www.cardiffcastle.com Cardiff Bay Waterfront Cardiff Bay is the City’s main leisure district with top restaurants, retail outlets and galleries together with the iconic Wales Millennium Centre Concert Hall, the new National Assembly of Wales Senate Building and St David’s Hotel & Spa. Widely regarded as one of the UK’s most successful regeneration projects, the redevelopment of Cardiff Bay has involved the revitalization of 1,100 hectares of decaying and derelict land in the City’s former dockland area with new residential, retail, commercial and leisure developments. Cardiff Bay can be reached by Buses 8, 9 & 35 from Greyfriars Road or 1 & 7 from Central Bus Station. Millennium Stadium Tour The official home of the Welsh Rugby Union – and the temporary home of most major UK Football Championships - invites you to explore the magnificent features that make it one of the most impressive multi-purpose all-weather sporting venues in the world. You can see the pitch first hand, experience the Stadium from the perspective of the players, visit the VIP area and sit in the Royal Box. You can discover how the Millennium Stadium’s enormous retractable roof operates and how the removable pitch provides flexibility for other events. The Stadium is open to the public from 10.00 until 17.00 weekdays except on match days. Admission is £5.50 for adults and £3.00 for children. Tours operate from the Stadium Shop, Gate 3, Westgate Street. Note: The Autumn International Rugby Match between Wales and Australia will be played at this Stadium on Saturday 4th November, which may affect tours during the Conference. To book a tour telephone 029 2082 2228 or see www.millenniumstadium.com/tours |
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