London Wikimania Bid
Venues & Local Support
London has many dozens of venues capable of hosting this event, from landmark historical buildings to world class modern conference centres that could handle our demanding technical requirements without breaking a sweat. The bid team has the support of the government organisations London & Partners and Tech City UK, who are helping us to find the most suitable venue and negotiate a good deal.
London Mayor
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Tech City UK CEO
Many thanks for all the information regarding Wikimania 2013. I am writing to confirm our strong interest in encouraging and supporting the concept in Tech City London in 2013.
As you know, David Cameron is very keen for us to ensure that Tech City London is clearly positioned as the Digital Capital of Europe and our organisation are directly responsible for delivering that vision. Your proposals resonate very well indeed with those aims while also significantly enriching all of our lives. How could we not be interested!
At a practical level I will ask our events team to start working on supporting you in identifying the best possible venue according to the spec you provided. Also we see quite a number of high calibre potential sponsors coming through No10 and where we feel there are some potential interested parties we will signpost them to you to explore further.
In addition, I will explore the possibility of a senior minister attending - if you felt that might be additive, although it may be a little early to get into their calendars at this stage.
I would also be happy to host a roundtable with potential stakeholders/supporters as you move your plans forwards, to make sure everyone understands that we are fully behind this. Exciting!
Best regards,
Eric Van der Kleij
Chief Executive
Tech City Investment Organisation
Here are some on our shortlist: