IUGG 2011
27 June - 8 July 2011

Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre Melbourne, Australia

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Address for Communication

The Meeting Planners
IUGG 2011 General Assembly Managers
91 - 97 Islington Street
Collingwood, VIC 3066
Australia
Phone: + 61 3 9417 0888
Fax: +61 3 9417 0899
Email: iugg2011@meetingplanners.com.au

Venue / Host City

Venue - Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC) - New Melbourne Convention Centre

Construction of the spectacular new Melbourne Convention Centre is currently underway. The Centre will open for business in 2009.

The new centre will be fully integrated with the existing Exhibition Centre making the MCEC the largest combined exhibition and convention centre in Australia.

The contemporary design features an 18-metre-high glass wall façade fronting the Yarra River, a timber-clad, fan-shaped 5,000-seat plenary hall that can be sub-divided into smaller tiered conference venues, a ballroom and 32 meeting rooms of various sizes.

The new centre is part of an A$1.4 billion development in South Wharf which includes a Hilton Hotel, a lifestyle retail precinct and 60,000 sq m (646,000 sq ft) of shopping space.

The new Melbourne Convention Centre has been awarded a 6 Star Green Star environmental rating by the Green Building Council of Australia, the first in the world for a convention centre. Click to learn more about the 6 Star Green Star environmental rating

Host City - Melbourne

Melbourne, capital of Victoria, is a beautiful city with fine buildings and spacious parks, which gives Melbourne its 'garden-city' title. Settlers from a variety of countries have given Melbourne a cosmopolitan outlook and the city has developed as the cultural, fashion, shopping, sporting and culinary centre of Australia.

Melbourne is set around the shores of Port Phillip Bay. The city itself is laid out in a large rectangle and boasts a lively and cosmopolitan pulse, sitting on the northern banks of the Yarra River, about five kilometres from the bay.

One glance at a map and it's obvious that Melbourne is a planned city: a tidy, balanced grid of neatly angled streets. But beneath this sense of “everything in its place” restraint lies a restless creative energy constantly pushing back at the city's seeming conservatism. The CBD is made up of precincts - distinct enclaves each with its own flavour and charm. Some are just a lane or two, while others cover the banks of the Yarra River or a busy CBD street.

Melbourne has a well-deserved reputation for offering a superb food and wine experience. Chic restaurants serving a variety of cuisine types, inspirational chefs and a lively café scene, not to mention an array of boutique wineries circling the city, are just some of the reasons why Melbourne is considered the height of gastronomic excellence. For food lovers, this is heaven.