Post Congress Group Visits
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Thursday, 6th and Friday, 7th November The visits on this page are optional extras and need to be pre-booked in advance by e-mail to the ISBC Congress Registration Department registration@isbc2008.org Payment should then be made by credit card on-line or in cash at the Check-in Desk on arrival in Belfast. Any places not booked in advance will be made available on a cash sale basis from the Check-in Desk during the Congress. When all places are taken a waiting list will be started in case of cancellations or no shows. NOTE: All visit places must be booked and paid for one day before the visit is due. On Thursday afternoon, 6th November and on Friday, we offer a choice of two alternative Post-Congress Technical Visits for delegates and accompanying persons. The subsidised prices per person cover a seat on a private mini-coach or boat plus refreshments and entry fees as applicable. Visit 1. NORTHERN IRELAND SCIENCE PARK (£10) Depart 13.30 Return by 16.00
NISP is based on Queen's Island in Belfast, once one of the busiest and most famous shipbuilding areas of the world. Throughout the twentieth century Harland & Wolff was associated with many of the liners, other capital ships and sea-going entities that ploughed the oceans of the world. The Canberra, HMS Belfast, Southern Cross and Sea Quest oil exploration rig were household names. No liner, however, is better known throughout the globe nor has evoked more emotion and interest than the RMS Titanic. Launched in 1912, she perished on her maiden voyage the same year following a collision with an iceberg off the coast of Labrador. You will be able to walk around the designated Thompson Titanic Trail along the eastern edges of each Dock with a guided tour inside and around the listed Pump-House. NISP also aims to create a network of Science Park facilities throughout Northern Ireland, with a thriving community of tenant businesses seeking to exploit the university research base with industrial applications. The Parks will have a high quality built environment and infrastructure, supported by high-speed telecoms, enabling tenant companies to focus on knowledge-based entrepreneurialism. See www.nisp.co.uk Visit
2. TITANIC TOUR (£10) Depart 13.30
Return by 15.30 It's amazing how many visitors from abroad don't realise that the Titanic was actually built in Belfast! Because she bore the name of the port of Liverpool on her stern people assume that this was where she was built. In fact Liverpool was simply the home port of the White Star Line fleet of which Titanic was the ultimate flagship. Titanic was conceived, designed, built and launched in Belfast and... as they proudly say locally "She was alright when she left here!!!" This private guided boat trip to the birthplace of the Titanic takes in the historic Harland & Wolff shipyards and the famous Titanic sites around Belfast Harbour including the Titanic slipways, with expert commentary from members of the Belfast Titanic Society. The harbour area itself has always been a romantic and mysterious place, full of interesting sights, sounds and history, an exciting place which reeks of adventure and far off places! As a busy working port, most of it has been inaccessible to the public for many years unless you were employed in the shipping or shipbuilding industries, or were a passenger aboard an incoming or outgoing ferry or liner. This tour is a unique opportunity to experience all those exciting travel urges that seem to grip your senses in such a place! The tour boat M.V. 'Joyce Too' is fully weatherproof and heated. |
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ISBC 2008 Congress Secretariat, PO Box 288, Dept NC805, Harrogate, HG1 9AX, UK Tel: +44(0)1423 879208 Fax: +44(0)1423 870025 E-mail: info@isbc2008.org Website: www.isbc2008.org |
Northern
Ireland Science Park Foundation Limited ('NISP') was established in March 1999
to create a self sustaining, internationally
recognised knowledge-based Science Park in Northern Ireland offering a commercial
and research driven centre for knowledge-based industries.
