Millennium Point in Birmingham hosts conferences, away days, exhibitions, banquets and Christmas parties, from a boardroom for 20 delegates to open halls that take far larger groups. It stands on Curzon Street in the Eastside district, a short walk from all three main city center stations, and is run by a charitable trust.
Seminars and company events
The building offers meeting suites, an auditorium with a stage and a giant screen, and several open-plan spaces for exhibitions and product launches. The Connect Event Space takes up to 95 delegates for presentations, workshops and away days. The Connect suites have retractable walls, so rooms can be combined or split. Boardrooms for up to 20 delegates are available in Connect, Engine and Intercity Junction.
The venue lists full AV support, high-speed Wi-Fi and video conferencing. Hybrid and virtual packages are sold for the auditorium, with remote cameras, a vision mixer and a technician, so that a conference can be streamed or recorded.
Rooms and capacities
Connect Event Space: up to 95 delegates, the largest of the Connect rooms.
Connect Full Suite: several rooms with retractable walls, latest AV and presentation facilities.
Station: a main room with boardrooms alongside, 112 theatre style or 72 cabaret, used for workshops, team activities and catered events.
Auditorium: a stage and one of Birmingham's largest screens, used for conferences and screenings.
Atrium: a large open-plan ground floor space for exhibitions, banquets, expos and performances.
Metro: an event space linked to the Atrium, for conferences, product launches and networking.
Platform: an open-plan space that can be laid out freely or combined with others.
Concourse: a public space between the Thinktank and university entrances, with the building's own footfall.
Ingress and Promenade: outdoor spaces for small launches, food festivals and brand activations, with links to Eastside Park.
The site lists a downloadable room capacities document, so ask for it to check the exact figures per layout.
Catering
Catering is run through the venue, with packages from fine dining to street food style bites and coffee. The latest menu offers more vegetarian dishes and uses locally sourced ingredients where possible. For Christmas parties, packages include a two course hot fork buffet, a DJ, dance floor and private bar. Groups above 200 guests are handled with a bespoke package.
History and setting
Millennium Point is a landmark building in Birmingham's Eastside and houses Thinktank, the science museum, and Birmingham City University. It is owned by Millennium Point Charitable Trust, and the profits from the events business go to science, technology, engineering, art and maths projects across the West Midlands.
Getting there
New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill stations are each a short walk away. The Midland Metro and HS2 are on the doorstep, and the venue has on-site parking. The address is Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG.
