Associations World Congress 2024

ACCOR is a world-leading augmented hospitality group - offering unique and meaningful experiences in more than 5,400 hotels, resorts and residences across 100 countries and more than 40 brands from Luxury & Lifestyle, Premium, Midscale & Eco. We are operating hotels, conference centers, Orient express trains and additional services. ACCOR has been providing hospitality services for more than 100 years. Accor overview: https://accor.showpad.com/share/lQVTytRKFoZdQ2ZOYU5xq

Your Trusted Partner - ACS audiovisual solutions - provides unique high-end Audio-Visual, IT and Congress Solutions. Guaranteeing Professionalism, Reliability, and the Expertise to realise congresses, exhibitions, business meetings and hotel events.

We are a team of highly talented developers, strategists, product and project managers with a unified vision; to create market-leading digital products that solve real-life business problems. Using over 50 years of experience in event logistics and membership management, we've developed world-class community-building software platforms that provide innovative solutions to associations, not-for-profits, and corporate clients.

If you want to organise an event at a state-of-the-art venue, Rotterdam Ahoy offers excellent facilities and is the most versatile event location in the Netherlands. We have over fifty years of experience in organising high-quality events and can ensure your event is a memorable one. Rotterdam also has much to offer and is one of the most popular cities in the Netherlands. Rotterdam is on many must-visit lists, both for business and tourism. So, Rotterdam is also the ideal city for your guests to visit for an event.

The Austria Center Vienna is Austria’s largest conference centre, which fascinates with the polySTAGE, a one of a kind kinetic LED wall and 310 m² LED area in the entrance area.
On 5 levels, we offer space for up to 22,800 delegates with 21 lecture rooms, 134 meeting rooms with natural daylight and 22,000 m² of exhibition space. It is the ideal location for corporate events, congresses and exhibitions.
The wide range of halls, rooms and outdoor spaces at the Austria Center Vienna is unrivalled in Europe, and the versatility of the rooms means event concepts can be tailored to both conventional and innovative meeting formats. The dedicated team works closely with event organisers to meet the needs of all of their participants. Because successful events bring people together.

Enrich your next congress event with Austrian culture.

Business Events Perth (formerly known as Perth Convention Bureau) has been attracting international and interstate business events to Western Australia since 1972. Supported by the Western Australian Government (through Tourism WA), the City of Perth and industry members, Business Events Perth drives the business events sector in Western Australia by marketing the City and State as a premium business events destination. Our services are free and include financial grants, conference bidding support, professional marketing support, connection to conference industry suppliers for tailored proposals and overall connectivity to help bring your business event to Western Australia.

CANKARJEV DOM– THE BEST PARTNER FOR EVERY EVENT An In-house PCO, CD Congress Centre Ljubljana is a venue situated in the heart of Ljubljana, within walking distance from all major hotels and the city’s attractive Old Town. It can provide either partial or turnkey services. With 22 multi-purpose halls and conference rooms, 4500 sqm of exhibition space, and a maximum capacity of 2000 delegates in the plenary hall, Cankarjev dom is the largest purpose-built congress centre in Slovenia in terms of auditorium-style seating, and among our most established venues on the international conference market. Easy access by road, train or air – Jože Pučnik airport lies only 20 kilometres–is vital for hosting national and international business and science related meetings. CD is member of IAPCO and ICCA

Chrysalis Digital provides services designed to enable you to digitally transform, with over 20 years’ experience in the membership sector we know every journey is different and requires an individual approach. We partner with you from the planning phase all the way to managing the project rollout. We are 100% supplier agnostic and have 5 services, fully flexible to suit your digital path.

With 25+ years of experience, YourMembership was designed to help small to mid-sized organizations deliver great member experiences and streamline their workloads. As the leading SaaS-based association management software in the industry, YourMembership is built on a foundation to ensure our customers’ success. Our cloud features and security measures are of the highest quality and constantly enhanced to deliver world-class stability and confidence. Organizations lean on YourMembership to easily manage membership activities, boost member engagement, and increase non-dues revenue.

The Community Impact Wheel is a collaborative development and research project led by Raisa McNab, CEO at the UK's Association of Translation Companies and Managing Director of Communication Squared. The project is part-funded by the European Union and partners include the AAE, Tampere University, and association leaders from across the UK, Europe and the world.

Compuco exists to empower socially responsible organisations with all the digital tools they need to build a better world.We are a boutique team of over 50 technology professionals who are passionate about the clients we work with and the platforms we create. We work with a wide variety of different software for our membership clients, from CRMs to websites, community platforms and more. We are proud to be one of the leading CiviCRM experts worldwide and have worked with organisations of all scales to help them leverage this amazing solution. As part of this work, we offer our out of the box CiviPlus SaaS platform, which makes it easier than ever to get started with the best possible version of this powerful CRM. We deliver hand-crafted digital platforms which change the way you work;

Conference Compass is a customizable mobile and web app platform with an all-inclusive set of features including multi-track agendas, multi-level floor plans, gamification, built-in live streaming, lead capture, and advanced CRM integration amongst many more.

The city of Innsbruck is one of the most impressive destinations to host any kind of conferences and events. In the center of the Alpine city of Innsbruck, Austria, the Congress Messe Innsbruck offers international conference facilities across three distinct and self-contained locations: Congress Innsbruck, Messe Innsbruck & the exclusive Congresspark Igls, providing a total of 39 multifunctional rooms and 5 exhibition halls for 20 up to 1,500 delegates. Innsbruck offers 180 hotels with over 8,000 beds from 2 to 4 star accommodation. One of Innsbruck’s recipes for perpetual success is the excellent collaboration between Congress Messe Innsbruck and the Innsbruck Convention Bureau. The Innsbruck Convention Bureau acts as a service provider specialised in the conference and congress sector.

CPL Meetings & Events is part of the L&I Communications Group and specializes in Association Management, Consultancy for the Meetings Industry, Congress & Events Organisation and Management as well as Speaker and Venue Sourcing. The L&I Communications Group also has a translation & Language Services Company, a Speakers & Training Bureau as well as a PCO. CPL provides global solutions with a personal, flexible, effective response to the individual requests of each project using the specialist services of our in-house colleagues. Meetings management & organization is a multiple task project that requires well-coordinated and efficient actions from a team of professionals, guaranteeing the timely handling and management of all steps on the way. With this in mind, we invest in technological ex

Cvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider. Our comprehensive suite of solutions automates and simplifies the entire event management process to maximize the impact of events. Cvent offers software solutions to event planners and marketers for online event registration, venue selection, event management and marketing, virtual, hybrid, and onsite solutions, and attendee engagement.

Destination DC serves as the lead organization to successfully manage and market Washington, DC as a premier global convention, tourism and special events destination, with a special emphasis on the arts, cultural and historical communities.

Firenze Convention Bureau is the official partner of the Municipality of Florence operating since 1995 as destination promoter of the city with the aim to increase quantity, quality and scientific importance of events and conferences to be held in the city. FCB is able to find the best existing rates for all venues and any kind of service, and provides unique contracting facilitations, providing event planners and associations with a vast array of cost and time-effective solutions. FCB is supported by more than 300 Partners including highly specialized and qualified local touristic and congresses professionals. FCB is part of Destination Florence Convention and Visitors Bureau and its activity of promotion heading for the MICE target.

Specialising in creating, empowering and scaling powerful networking of likeminded professionals. Dovetail Creative Ltd is a results driven full-service agency working with you to ensure your community thrives.

EventFolio from Pixl8 Group is the ultimate conference & events management system. With over 20 years experience of website and platform development our team has the skills to ensure that EventFolio is deeply integrated with your CRM & website - giving you a single view of member data. Book a meeting with us at Congress and find out how you can make managing your events so much easier.

Eventrify is an IT agency for digital transformations in the MICE sector. We offer state-of-the-art technology under the EMPL name, which stands for a modular event management platform designed specifically for scientific and professional events.

The team at Ex Ordo designs software for technical, scholarly, and professional conferences. Their end-to-end platform includes tools for managing abstract submissions, handling complex review processes, registering delegates, planning interactive online conferences, setting up mobile conference apps, and more. Event organisers and association professionals around the globe use Ex Ordo’s conference management platform to deliver great experiences to their communities. And all their software solutions are backed by a dedicated support team that's famous for going above and beyond for customers. Ex Ordo works with leading associations around the world such as IEEE, American Marketing Association and many more.

ExCeL London is Europe’s most versatile integrated convention and exhibition centre, offering premium meeting and event facilities in London’s historic Royal Docks. Our private campus features 13-onsite hotels as well as a host of bars, restaurants, and public event experiences, making it a unique and memorable location for global congresses. In 2024 ExCeL is launching a new extension, which will further enhance the venues facilities and allow us to create a bespoke conference solution for every client. This space has been specifically designed for conventions and features 37 flexible meeting spaces, an exclusive entrance and extensive networking spaces flooded with natural daylight. The onsite stations ensure delegates arrive at the venue’s campus quickly and efficiently, notably

ExpoPlatform is an AI-powered Smart Event platform for live, virtual and hybrid events. We offer web and mobile-based solutions to boost networking, improve engagement, generate leads and drive exhibitor ROI. Our customizable and scalable tools greatly simplify the event planning process for organizers and help them deliver successful experiences.

Our company manages the main conference and exhibition centre in the city centre of Florence. Our three venues (Fortezza da Basso, a Renaissance fortress, Palazzo dei Congressi, hosted in a 19th century villa and Palazzo degli Affari, a modern building) host several International Associations’ congresses each year, ranging from 400 up to 6.000 delegates. Our main assets are the central location of our premises, their modular spaces and their historical flair and charm combined with state-of-the-art technologies.

Fresh strategy was founded on the belief that innovation can be a force for good, and that the actions of single people and organisations, collectively, have the power to change the world. Through sharing knowledge, experience and expertise, we help everyone realise their potential to become a catalyst for change.

The Fukuoka Convention and Visitors Bureau is a Japanese Public Interest Incorporated Foundation established jointly by the municipal government, private sector, and academic circles in order to attract visitors, meetings, events, and conventions to the Japanese city of Fukuoka. Fukuoka City is situated in the southwest of Japan, approximately a 1-hour flight from Tokyo. Our city’s international airport; is located just a 10-minute subway ride from the city center. Our excellent event facilities; over 39000 hotel rooms, and convention centers make us an excellent destination for any conference organizer considering holding their event in Asia.

Glue Up is an all-in-one association management platform that helps associations build and grow their communities through events, memberships & other digital tools. It was the first association management software that became equipped with AI tools for even higher productivity and engagement.

The Vilnius Convention Bureau is a part of Go Vilnius, the official Vilnius tourism and business development agency. We are your impartial partner for organising scientific conferences or business meetings in Vilnius. From naturally green settings, internationally acclaimed hotels, modern venues and creative spaces to world-class universities and research institutes attracting world and scientific breakthroughs – Vilnius offers a dynamic and innovative ecosystem ready to accommodate all. Our experienced team is ready to assist you in identifying a suitable partner, securing a meeting venue, and coordinating your next conference in Vilnius.

GR is a meeting place for people of a global character. It's a world-class venue with 65 years of tradition in organizing international congresses, exhibitions, fairs and social events. GR stands for a magic mix of tradition, elegance and contemporary know-how in event management, comprising 22 multifunctional halls and occupy a surface area of 12,323 square metres, which are complemented by 8,844 square metres of external exhibition space. The majority of the halls and conference rooms feature daylight and can host groups from 20 up to 2500 delegates. GR is located in the heart of the capital city Ljubljana, easily accessible, only a few minutes walk from the old town and majority of hotels. GR’s membership in international associations: ICCA, AIPC, UFI and CEFA.

The Graz Convention Bureau is the first point of contact for organisers and offers objective information and comprehensive service for organisers of meetings, seminars, conferences and incentives. Benefit from our longstanding experience to put your plans into action.

Hamburg Messe und Congress is your reliable partner - for events of all kinds. Whether international trade fairs, regional public fairs or consumer exhibitions or large events such as staff meetings, kickoff meetings, company parties, lavish galas, meetings, conferences, road shows or sporting events, we have the right premises for you. The attraction of the metropolis between Alster and Elbe is just one reason why more than 40 national and international trade fairs and events take place in our halls every year. - Largest event area in the city of Hamburg , from 2,500 to almost 100,000 m 2 - 100 hotels with approx. 4,000 beds within walking distance

One of the largest congress venues in the Nordics. Our client comments as “one of the smoothest meeting organizations I have worked with” (Bruno Van den Eede, ESHRE Central Office). Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre located in the cool capital of Finland wants to meet your expectations.

The HOFBURG Vienna is Europe’s first address for conferences, events and banquets in an unforgettable, historic surrounding in the city center of Vienna. We run congresses for up to 2000 persons and Networking events for up to 3000 persons. Our biggest plenary room holds 1200 persons theatre style. For a fine gala dinner we can fit 660 guests in one room. The multitude of different room sizes, concepts and styles of different eras gives a wide range of possibilities. Within walking distance you reach more than 10000 hotel beds talking a relaxing stroll through the cultureal center with museums and precious buildings.

A prime location in the heart of Asia, peerless infrastructure, award-winning venues, and world-class professionalism make Hong Kong the ideal home for conventions of the highest global standards. With no aspect overlooked, Asia’s business capital is ready to help you deliver a successful and seamless convention that will attract international experts and thought-leaders, and leave the world talking.

The Japan Convention Bureau, the business events department of the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), is a government-sponsored organization which provides free, impartial advice and assistance to meeting and event planners. This includes introductions to local suppliers, making connections with Japan's convention bureaus and association congress host committees, suggestions on the most appropriate venues and activities for meetings and incentives, assistance with site inspection, information on local government subsidies, and sharing promotional materials.

Founded in 1965, headquartered in Geneva with a team of over 350 professional, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary employees in 18 locations across 4 continents, Kenes Group provides congress and association management for the medical and scientific sectors, serving International, European, Latin American, Asia Pacific and various national organisations.

We provide events solutions to organize your event. Founded in 2004, key4events relies on the experience and know-how gained over more than ten years of collaboration with planners of all types of events, from annual meetings and conferences to seminars, trade shows and symposia.

Ljubljana CVB provides objective and expert advice on meeting venues & suppliers in the Slovenian capital, an upcoming conference destination that proudly wore the European Green Capital 2016 title as a champion in sustainable development. Well accessible, within two hours’ flight to the main European hubs, Ljubljana offers an array of meeting facilities for up to 2,200 delegates, featuring two congress centres, convention hotels and academic venues, many of which are central. The choice of special event venues in the compact and picturesque city often surprises clients, too. Ljubljana CVB and two partners – both congress centres, will be pleased to present you the potential of their destination offering real value for money, professionalism & team spirit as well as authentic experiences.

The London Convention Bureau is part of London & Partners, the business growth and destination agency for the city. We provide free and impartial support to associations and conference organisers, working in partnership with a wide range of trusted venues, hotels and support services to help you create a world-class experience for your delegates.

The Lufthansa Group is a global aviation group with a total of more than 300 subsidiaries and equity investments. The Lufthansa Group is composed of the segments Network Airlines, Eurowings and Aviation Services.

M Events is Europe’s No.1 conference IT solution and service provider for conferences worldwide. For over 20 years, M Events has been innovation-focused as a technology leader specializing in mainly medical conferences. The comprehensive service and collaborative spirit of M Events and its sister company JMarquardt Technology will take your congress performance to the next level. Virtual, hybrid, and onsite – M Events customers and partners benefit from a wide range of digital solutions and services with fantastic results. M Events services above 100 conferences per year, from small (100 participants) to large (above 30.000 participants), each with an individual composition of the various service modules.

MECC Maastricht’s story is one about a team of people. A team that acts based on their firm conviction to give more than people expect. For us, there is only one thing that matters: our customers success. To achieve this, we are prepared to do more than what is expected of us. We push the boundaries of expectations, and our goal is to surpass them. In other words, to go beyond boundaries and exceed even our own expectations. This doesn’t just apply to customer satisfaction, but it also has a literal meaning. At MECC Maastricht, our customers can cross borders and surpass their own expectations. Think of us as a gateway to Europe, with three national borders within a half-hour’s drive; this is a unique mix we believe in. This mix can be summarised in two words: Beyond Boundaries.

MCI Nordics has offices in Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Stockholm & Oslo. We assist associations in full Congress management, Association Management and local Destination Support through our Ovation DMC services.

Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) is a sales and economic business development organisation that partners with state and local government and strategic industry partners to identify, secure or create international association conferences. MCB works collaboratively on each bid, tailoring its approach to guarantee the best possible experience for delegates, and deliver real business outcomes for the host and participating organisations.

Data is transforming our world.
Associations face the challenge of bringing together different datasets as well as identifying and analysing trends within their membership.
Membership Insights provides a solution to this problem - we bring together your data, analyse it, identify insights and then visualise the results in online, intuitive and interactive dashboards. This allows you to improve your services and increase recruitment and retention.
We also provide forecasting modellers to help explore different membership scenarios, eg; if you invested in recruitment, how much additional revenue could this generate? Let us help you better understand your members and plan more effectively for the future.

MEO Arena – This versatile Venue can host literally all kinds of events from 20 to 20.000 people! Located in Lisbon, Europe’s coolest city, only 5 minutes away from the international airport, this venue is run by an experienced, creative and technically qualified team that has already produced more than 2,500 events. Leave your event with us.

Messe Congress Graz – PLACES BIG ENOUGH FOR YOUR IDEAS 44 multifunctional rooms for meetings, conferences and congresses, balls and concerts, the most modern multifunctional hall in Austria and seven expo halls – that’s how large the range of facilities offered by Messe Congress Graz Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H really is. Several venues - Congress Graz, Stadthalle Graz, Messecongress Graz, Messe Graz and sports arenas have been united under the MCG umbrella brand. The events staged are as diverse as the venues.

Messe Düsseldorf offers much more than an excellent venue with 18 state-of-the-art halls (about 305,000 sqm gross space) at one of the economically strongest and most charming destinations in the very middle of Europe. Messe Düsseldorf is also well known for professionally and passionately assisting associations and organizers who want to realize their own trade show concepts. With professional know-how, perfect service, individual support - and a lot of enthusiasm! Thanks to the cooperation with reliable local partners and a well-established international network, Messe Düsseldorf is happy to ‚transport‘ trade shows to the city of Düsseldorf or to up to 140 countries worldwide. Messe Düsseldorf has been organizing trade shows for people and with people in Düsseldorf and all over the world

The Messe Wien Exhibtion and Congress Center is one of Europe’s most modern conference and exhibition facilities, centrally located in Vienna. The venue offers sophisticated and versatile interiors, freedom to combine conference and exhibition amenities and unsurpassed flexibility through variable partition walls, which allow organizers to create all sizes of rooms suitable for events from 100 to 29,000 people. As a rule, we make sure that our room layouts adapt to our guests - not the other way round - in order to create the perfect setting for every single event; with 55.000 m² of exhibition space and a further 7.000 m² of space available in the Congress Center. The venue is completely barrier free in order to ensure it is fully accessible to all guests.

I believe community is the future of business. The fastest growing global businesses all have one thing in common. They have powerful communities. Community strategy, community building, community led growth and community based marketing is the secret sauce to delivering business value and impact today. I have 25+ years’ experience across multiple sectors, industries and countries, building thriving networks and ‘community everywhere’ strategies that deliver business results

Multilearning is the global leader in online education for associations. Your all-in-one Webinar tool & ePoster session manager ... plus accreditation, meeting webcasts, eLearning, online courses and much more

The Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions -NBTC- is responsible for branding and marketing the Netherlands nationally and internationally. Using the 'Netherlands' brand, NBTC puts the country on the map as an attractive destination for congresses. NBTC supports (inter)national associations wishing to bring their International or European congress to the Netherlands with active bidding support such as the pre-finance & guarantee fund, advise on venues and related services as well as assistance to specific topics which relate to the subject of your congress.

With its HQ offices in Florence OIC Group is an internationally accredited PCO offering multiple services and solutions worldwide. Our strength is rooted in our solid 43-year history of being at the forefront as premier event organizers and event designers for major events, conferences, meetings and product launches. We are convinced that our skills, expertise and know-how have blossomed from our uniquely rich experience that derives from our four decades of relentlessly working alongside our clients, shaping what we do around our client’s needs and always putting that first. Our cardinal rule at OIC Group is to deliver quality and to become a trusted partner of our client, to develop a winning strategy together. In order to do this we have invested in a highly professional management team

Oxford Abstracts offers an end-to-end solution for academic conferences.
We pioneered low-cost abstract and paper management and became one of the leading providers of academic conference management software.
Over the years our software, experience and reputation have continued to grow.
We have helped thousands of organisations across the world run successful events either directly, or through association management companies and professional conference organisers.

Postillion Hotels is a Dutch Hotel chain with 8 hotels and convention centers located throughout the Netherlands. The organisation is specialised in hosting meetings, events & congresses. Especially the convention centres in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht Bunnik are very appropriate for the organisation of (large) association events. These locations can welcome up to 2.000 guests in a unique setting with state of the art facilities. Each of the locations has a large plenary area and multiple break out rooms, which makes it possible to run various sub-sessions at the same time.

Prague Congress Centre is the biggest purpose-made convention centre in the Czech Republic located in the city centre and perfectly accessible. We offer 20 meeting halls, 50 smaller meeting rooms, exhibition space 10.000 square meters in the versatile venue, where we can host several smaller events at the same time. The exhibition area is located on the spacious foyers in front of the main meeting halls with the breath-taking view on Prague. There are two hotels on site (800 rooms) and within 10 minutes by the public transportation (underground) other 3.000 hotel rooms are available (altogether we offer more than 45.000 hotel rooms in Prague).

The QEII Centre has been hosting conferences and events for over 36 years since it was opened by Her Majesty the Queen on 24th June 1986. Designed by the architects Powell, Moya and partners, the Centre was built to meet the demand for a conference centre with the appropriate facilities to host major international government conferences as well as servicing the needs of commercial event organisers.

Located in the heart of downtown Québec City, the Québec City Convention Centre is surrounded by rich history and culture, boasting around 3,000 hotel rooms. With over 300,000 square feet of exhibition, convention, and meeting space, we provide the ideal venue for your next event. Our team of experts is anything but conventional and goes above and beyond to make your event successful. The building is LEED-certified and offers unlimited free high-speed wireless Internet access and a sustainable, eco-friendly environment. Partner with us and experience peace of mind knowing your event is in the hands of professionals.

Established in 1893, RAI Amsterdam is now one of Europe's leading international exhibition- and conference venues with more than two million visitors yearly. In 2015, over 30 national and international association congresses were being held in the RAI. RAI Amsterdam is the largest conference centre in the Netherlands boasting 106.500 m2. The venue has 11 multifunctional halls, 2 Auditoriums, 1 ballroom and 70 meeting rooms. In 2018 our 650-room hotel nhow Amsterdam RAI will open, a 4* on site HQ hotel with a iconic design. The RAI is uniquely situated, 12 minutes from the city centre and 8 minutes from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, has a tram stop just outside and its own train/metro station. Moreover, all of Amsterdam’s cultural and nightlife, canals and attractions are within easy reach.