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Western University will host the largest conference ever held in London in the spring of 2020.

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is a week-long event that will bring more than 8,000 scholars to the campus.

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The announcement that Western will host the event was made on Wednesday.

The event is expected to generate $6 million to $10 million in economic spinoffs to the city as well as 10,000 to 13,000 room-nights for local hotels.

Western last hosted the congress in 2005, and Tourism London general manager John Winston said it was a big boost for the hospitality sector.

“All the restaurants in the city were booked during that (2005) event,” said Winston.

The congress has been held annually for 90 years and brings in scholars, researchers and policy-makers from a variety of disciplines across Canada.