Solent conference centre relaunches with a spark! the brand new solent conference centre sits within the new £30 million futuristic building called ‘the spark’ at the east park terrace campus of southampton solent university. The innovative new venue provides interactive spaces for meetings, events and celebrations as well as state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities. Launched in june 2016, the new venue is situated in the city centre overlooking the city’s extensive parks. It also benefits from excellent transport links from motorways, buses, taxis to trains as well southampton and bournemouth airports just a short drive away. With a wide range of event spaces ranging from meeting rooms, lecture theatres, conference suites and innovative learning rooms to a 3d cinema, private dining room, extensive sports facilities and tv, photography and performances studios, our campus is the perfect venue solution. Did you know? -the spark building features 2,900 m3 of glass -390m2 of solar panels helps fuel the venue -we’re proud to be part of the city’s vip redevelopment masterplan -suspended meeting room, the pod, sits 11 metres high -our harvard style lecture theatre offers immersive presentation facilities -our atrium is home to our state-of-the-art 36 screen mosaic video wall -barista coffee machines high-end tea and coffee choice for delegates -the pod is fully equipped with 5.1 surround sound and 12 screen curved screen -our vip dining room, the whitebeam, can transform into a dancefloor and bar -our new menu features seasonal weekly menus and a ‘brain food’ selection using locally sourced food -we are committed to sourcing ethical produce including fairtrade, soil association, msc and good egg produce -we’ve joined forces with catering partner sodexo prestige to offer high-end customer service and hospitality