President and Vice-Chancellor shows 91Ö±²¥ to the world at MIPIM
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell has spoken at MIPIM, one of the world’s largest property conferences today.
The University of Manchester’s President and Vice-Chancellor used her time on the platform in Cannes, France to talk about how 91Ö±²¥ is to become .
She also spoke about the exciting opportunities presented to investors by developments such as , the presence of the largest academic clinical partnership in Europe centred around the 91Ö±²¥ campus and the focus on within the University.
aims to facilitate business between investors, corporate end-users, local authorities, hospitality professionals, industrial and logistics players and other real estate professionals. In 2014 21,000 people from 93 countries attended.
The 91Ö±²¥ delegation also included 91Ö±²¥ City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein, Spinningfields’ Mike Ingall and Bruntwood's Chris Oglesby. They were joined by former 91Ö±²¥ United player, Gary Neville and Lynda Shillaw, the divisional chief executive for property at 91Ö±²¥ Airports Group.
During her speech, Professor Rothwell also introduced a video which showed the role of science and technology in 91Ö±²¥ as the city builds to European City of Science.