Decision details

(i)         to agree that a total of £20,000 cash contribution (noting that £5000 had already been allocated by the Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure Committee) be allocated to Aberdeenshire Council towards the hosting of the North Sea Conference in June 2014, subject to the main conference plenary sessions being held at the AECC and that all conference publications must carry the Aberdeen City Council logo as a conference sponsor;

(ii)        to approve the hosting of a dinner, subject to the dinner being held at AECC or Beach Ballroom; and

(iii)       to instruct the Director of Corporate Governance and the Senior partnerships, Performance and Funding Office, to identify a source of funding for the costs of the dinner, plus the additional £15,000 cash contribution.