In addition to our picturesque location and spacious natural environment, we offer well-equipped rooms for meetings, executive meetings and full conference sessions. With a wide variety of accessible spaces on campus, we can offer you theatres, lecture halls, small meeting rooms, relaxing lounges, pleasant dining rooms, and at the end of your day, overnight delegates will be well rested in our comfortable beds in both single and double accommodation. Less formal social meeting spaces are found in lounges, common rooms and similar areas. The university has theatres, seminar rooms and dining areas that can accommodate conferences of up to 800 delegates.
Planning Your Conference
Trent's conference coordinators know that careful planning and design of your conference is essential to its success. For that reason, we make a special effort to ensure that these facets of your conference receive the attention they deserve. Our representatives will be happy to meet with you so that your organization's needs and goals can be translated into an effective conference session. In addition, we can help you in assessing the probable costs of such a program.
Technical and Support Resources
Attractive and suitably-sized classrooms are available for your conference workshops and seminars. Most meeting spaces, classrooms and lecture halls are outfitted with current audio-visual technology, and our IT department maintains an impressive inventory of equipment available to rent should you require additional items. Internet access and Wi-Fi are available throughout the Trent University campus with your assigned conference specific login. As well, a print shop is located on campus to assist with coping, faxing, printing and more. Together with an exceptional conference service team, we can make your next conference a memorable experience.
Food Services at Trent University
We know that good dining is essential to any successful conference. Trent University's conference operation offers a wide range of choices in this respect and ably supported by efficient staff under the direction of Chartwells Food Services. Together we can ensure a memorable dining experience for the university's guests.
Services offered include convenient cafeteria dining halls within the college residence, coffee breaks that can be delivered anywhere on campus, distinguished facilities for luncheons and banquets with catering at other university locations.
You might already have heard about the magnificent Great Hall dining facility in Champlain College! For special events, our chefs can present a delicious dining experience based upon the menu of your choice. Liquor and bar service is available at all licensed rooms on the campus. Let us know what you would like, and we would be pleased to suit the particular desires and needs of your organization.
An average conference lasts three days, opening with a reception and dinner, or alternatively a light evening meal, and ending with a luncheon. During a typical conference, the University's food service would be called upon to provide two breakfasts, two lunches, one dinner and one banquet. Please contact us for menu samples and selections.
Recreation Facilities
Don't forget to tell your delegates to pack their sports equipment! Trent's new athletic building, nestled by the Otonabee River, provides facilities for a diversified athletic and recreational program. These include a gymnasium, 25-metre pool, squash courts, exercise room, a climbing wall, multi-purpose room, saunas and locker facilities. Special sessions and activities can be booked exclusively for your group. Please ask us for rates and availability.
Nearby on campus is a full-sized, flood-lit playing field and a 400-metre all-weather track. And of course, our beautiful 580-hectare (1,400-acre) main campus and nature area provide a wealth of opportunities for walking, running, cycling, bird-watching or simply quiet meditation.