Another major event has chosen the new Halifax Convention Centre. The Liberal Party of Canada today, Jan. 27, announced that the Halifax Convention Centre has been selected to host the 2018 Biennial Convention, April 19-22.

For the first time in over two decades, the Schizophrenia Society of Canada held their national conference in Halifax. The convention centre team worked with the conference organizers to plan a two-day event that brought clinicians and the local community together in a way that had never been done before.

The Halifax Convention Centre has once again been recognized for marketing excellence. They have been selected by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) as Silver Leaf Award winners in two categories: Marketing, Advertising and Sales Vehicles and Marketing Communications.

For two days in May, the Trauma Association of Canada held their annual scientific meeting and conference, educationally co-sponsored with Dalhousie University, in Halifax - the only city in Atlantic Canada to host.

A revised construction schedule for the new Halifax Convention Centre was released today, Nov. 18.