Venue
The conference is held at the Birmingham International Convention Centre (ICC):
The ICC
Broad Street
Birmingham B1 2EA
For directions click here.
For further details about the venue, visit the ICC website.
Accommodation
Birmingham offers a wide range of hotels, both in terms of price and location, but they do tend to get booked up early. If you require accommodation, we strongly advise you to book as soon as possible.
Delegates are responsible for selecting and booking their accommodation and settling all associated costs with their chosen hotel.
The Standards Board for England has made arrangements with a number of hotels to hold a limited number of rooms for Annual Assembly delegates. For more information click here.
Steering committee
The Annual Assembly of Standards Committees is your conference, and we want to ensure that we are tackling subjects that matter to you, in a way that is most appropriate.
Each year we invite applications for delegates to become part of an Assembly steering committee. The committee provides invaluable advice and assistance to us on many aspects of the conference, from drafting the programme to sourcing speakers. To see who is on the 2009 Annual Assembly steering committee click here.
Green focus
As ever we are committed to ensuring that the Assembly is as environmentally responsible as possible. All conference materials will be printed on FSC accredited paper using vegetable inks.
Hosting the event at the ICC helps us to deliver a more environmentally friendly Annual Assembly. The venue has energy saving sensors, switch off procedures, eco friendly purchasing compliance and a waste management policy which means that all conference materials are recycled.
The energy at the ICC comes from a district based combined heat and power plant which helps to minimise their carbon footprint and the impressive presentation system used in Hall 1 is designed to use less electricity than standard presentation systems.
The ICC also features a green roof, designed to improve insulation, and will eventually enhance the atmosphere of Birmingham city centre.