Dublin to hold two more major int'l conferences
Xinhua, October 22, 2015 Adjust font size:
Two more significant international conferences will take place in Dublin, contributing about 7.7 million euros (about 8.7 million U.S. dollars) to the Irish economy, a cabinet minister confirmed on Wednesday.
The U.S.-based Cognitive Science Society will hold their 2017 conference in Dublin which they expect will deliver 1,500 overseas delegates to Ireland, an increase on the 1,300 delegates which attended their 2013 conference in Berlin, said Paschal Donohoe, Ireland's minister for transport, tourism and sport.
Having beaten stiff competition from Madrid, Dublin will also host the Renaissance Society of America Conference in 2021, with the event due to attract 4,000 delegates, Donohoe said.
He said Ireland has secured a total of 251 business tourism events for 2015.
"This is worth in excess of 175 million euros to the local economy. I am delighted with today's announcement and look forward to welcoming more conferences to our shores in the coming years," he added.
The Cognitive Science Society is a professional society for the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science.
The New York-headquartered Renaissance Society of America is an academic association founded in 1954 supporting the study of the Renaissance period. Its annual meeting takes place in changing cities within North America and in Europe. Endit