International delegates arrive in Sheffield for the 20th European Hair Research Meeting
Sheffield plays host city from 14-16 June for the 20th European Hair Research Society Meeting, held at The University of Sheffield Diamond Building.
Over 200 delegates are set to travel to the city from Israel, USA, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, as well as European countries. They include specialist physicians, dermatologists, hair biologists, cosmetic scientists, hair surgeons, psychologists and researchers from academia and industry. There will be presentations on major new life changing treatments for patients with severe alopecia areata. The JAK inhibitor is a newer type of medication helping some patients with alopecia areata to regrow their hair. The event is worth almost half a million to the local Sheffield economy.
Andrew Messenger, a semi-retired dermatologist, previously a consultant at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Children's Hospital was instrumental in bringing this conference to Sheffield. He said:
‘I was first introduced to the Conference Ambassador Programme in 2017 by a colleague at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Paul Dimitri. I was writing a bid to host this conference and didn’t know which venues to include. The Conference Bureau team quickly pulled all the necessary information together, including Ministerial and local letters of support. We were bidding against St Petersburg and Moscow to host the conference in 2020. In 2018 I was told our bid was successful but then due to covid the 2020 event was postponed until this year’.
Emma France, Marketing Manager for Business Tourism at Marketing Sheffield said:
‘We are thrilled to see this meeting finally taking place three years later than planned – one of the last of our conferences that were impacted by Covid. And to have such a wealth of international delegates travelling from all over the world is fantastic- especially after Sheffield was ranked as the 7th most popular English city for international association meetings by ICCA recently. Our Conference Ambassadors continue to play a vital role in attracting these events to Sheffield and we are grateful for their ongoing support. What an opportunity to be able to showcase the wealth of expertise around this specialism across the UK here in Sheffield.’
The conference team at Marketing Sheffield are here to help event organisers with any aspect of their event. To contact the team email: Conferences@sheffield.gov.uk or call 0114 2735978. For more information visit: www.welcometosheffield.gov.uk/conference