SAMS has a large conference room and six meeting rooms that serve the staff for lectures, seminars, workshops and meetings and that allow our scientists to organise smaller conferences or international meetings including summer schools at SAMS. SAMS has also organised large conferences in Oban, such as the Challenger Conference for Marine Science 2006 with over 350 delegates, but to host such large events we include the use of external facilities in Oban. Our conference room and meeting rooms can be rented by external organisations.

Meeting Rooms

  • Room 1
  • Room 2
  • Room 3
  • Room 4
  • Room 5

Room1 and room2, located adjacent to our reception area accommodate up to 12 people separately, but may be joined together and seat up to 40.

Meeting Room 2 includes a video conference suite.

Our former conference room - by staff referred to as the purple room - can easily accommodate up to 30 people. It is a very flexible facility with a small en-suite kitchen. It also includes a large screen tv-dvd unit. At times this room is used as a catering venue and can accommodate up to 60 people in this function. It can also serve for poster exhibitions.

This is a compact meeting room for up to four people.

This quiet room at the back of the building has lovely views over the Dunstaffnage marina and accommodates up to 10 delegates. It includes a video-conference suite and a small 'en-suite' kitchen.

Conference Rooms

  • Board Room
  • William Speirs Bruce

This is a formal room in the directorate for events for up to 26 participants and includes a video conference suite. It has access to a balcony with stunning views over a marina towards Connel Bridge and Ben Cruachan. Most rooms can be arranged in different layouts to serve various needs. Catering can be arranged through SAMS.

The William Speirs Bruce Conference Room, named after Scotland's great polar explorer, accommodates up to 120 delegates and is equipped with:
  • Temperature and humidity control
  • Scene lighting control
  • Automatic projection screen
  • Digital projector
  • High resolution digital slide projector
  • DVD player
  • Network connected PC
  • Audio amplification equipment
  • Input connections for PC, S video, LAN
  • Lectern with light and podium monitor
  • Induction loop amplifier
 

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