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10
March
2015
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16:06
Europe/London

President and Vice-Chancellor shows Âé¶¹ÆÆ½â°æ 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 Âé¶¹ÆÆ½â°æ’s President and Vice-Chancellor used her time on the platform in Cannes, France to talk about how Âé¶¹ÆÆ½â°æ 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 Âé¶¹ÆÆ½â°æ 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 Âé¶¹ÆÆ½â°æ delegation also included Âé¶¹ÆÆ½â°æ City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein, Spinningfields’ Mike Ingall and Bruntwood's Chris Oglesby. They were joined by former Âé¶¹ÆÆ½â°æ United player, Gary Neville and Lynda Shillaw, the divisional chief executive for property at Âé¶¹ÆÆ½â°æ Airports Group.

During her speech, Professor Rothwell also introduced a video which showed the role of science and technology in Âé¶¹ÆÆ½â°æ as the city builds to European City of Science.