Meet in Reykjavík graduates to three more university partnerships

Meet in Reykjavík CVB has recently signed agreements with Bifröst University, Hólar University College and the Agricultural University of Iceland, all designed to increase the number of international academic meetings and conferences held by universities in Iceland. The agreements follow partnerships signed with the University of Iceland, Reykjavík University and the Iceland University of the Arts earlier this year. Meet in Reykjavík MD Þorsteinn Örn Gunnarsson signed the new agreements together with the universities’ rectors and says his staff will be on hand to assist the staff of the universities and their collaborators with information and contract preparations for international meetings and conferences involving their venues. Meet in Reykjavík will also be able to hold presentations at the meeting and conference facilities of the universities for international associations and conference organisers. Örn Gudmundsson says the agreements are a key for further development of Reykjavík and Iceland as a destination for international meetings and conferences. “We have seen over the past years that Iceland inspires curiosity, and that is a particularly important ingredient in academic conferences and events. In addition, academic conferences often fit the destination in shape and size; they demand service flexibility and high-tech infrastructure that we can provide. We look forward to expanding our collaboration with the universities and making greater efforts to seek suitable projects for the destination and the university community here in Iceland,” Örn Gudmundsson added. Photo, from left: Hildur Bjorg Baeringsdóttir director of research and lead generation at Meet in Reykjavík; Saemundur Sveinsson rektor of the Agricultural University of Iceland; Erla Bjork Ornólfsdóttir, rektor of the Hólar University College; Vilhjálmur Egilsson, rektor of the Bifröst University and Þorsteinn Orn Gudmundsson, MD of Meet in Reykjavík.