Belfast Waterfront

Firmly established as one of the world’s leading conference centres， the architecturally stunning multipurpose design of Belfast Waterfront is suitable for a variety of business， conference， arts and entertainment events.

The facilities include：

Main Auditorium （for 380 to 2，223 people）

Studio （for 100 to 380 people）

14 meeting rooms

restaurant and bars

exhibition facilities

adjacent car parking facilities adjacent hotel.

Perfectly placed in the heart of Belfast city centre， the center is accessible to all main transport networks and is close to many of the city’s attractions. IMEKO World Conference 2018 Belfast Waterfront Conference Centre won a bid to host the IMEKO （International Measurement Confederation） World Congress in 2018.？

The 2018 congress will see 1000 scientists and engineers from 50 countries at Belfast Waterfront over five days. It will deliver about ￡1.9m to the local economy.？

Belfast Waterfront in partnership with Visit Belfast， fought off fierce competition from other well-known conference cities including Glasgow and Brighton as well as international bids from Braunschweig in Germany and Budapest in Hungary.？

This will be the first time in 40 years that the event has been hosted by a UK city.

The building opened to the public on 17 January 1997 after 15 years of planning and consultation and three years of building work. It was officially opened in May 1997 by His Royal Highness， the Prince of Wales.

Over the past 12 years， Belfast Waterfront has：

staged more than 3，800 performances，

hosted more than 2，400 conferences and meetings， sold more than 3.5 million tickets， welcomed more than 5.5 million visitors，

contributed ￡575 million to the local economy，

generated ￡10 to the local economy for every ￡1 spent on operational costs，

attracted more than 100，000 overseas conference delegates，

been voted number 1 in The Times ’Top Things To Do This Festive Season’ for our 2006 Christmas pantomime.