{"id":6308,"date":"2016-12-20T09:25:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T09:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/?p=6308"},"modified":"2016-12-20T09:25:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T09:25:18","slug":"quick-look-2016-overview-congress-ljubljana-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/quick-look-2016-overview-congress-ljubljana-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Look at 2016 and an Overview on Congress Ljubljana in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Slovenian capital, which has been present on the international association meetings market for more than thirty years, can be regarded as an established, yet fresh destination<\/strong> that can welcome meetings with up to 2,200 delegates<\/strong> in the two largest congress venues. The compact layout and \u201cwalking city\u201d dimension of Ljubljana, the European Green Capital 2016<\/strong>, is definitely one of its advantages, making it a logistically easy destination.<\/p>\n

Although 2016 is not over yet, it can be definitely considered a positive year<\/strong> with regard to the business volume growth<\/strong> in the meetings industry sector and tourism overall. Although there was no congress going beyond 800 delegates, a considerable number of mid-sized ones attracted from 300 to 600 delegates.\u00a0 The largest event organized this year by regional, European or international associations at CD \u2013 Cankarjev dom Congress Centre Ljubljana was WINFOCUS World 2016<\/strong> – the 12th World Congress on Ultrasound in Emergency & Critical Care Medicine, with 780 attendees, followed by the EU Robotics Forum<\/strong>, with 500 delegates. At the GR \u2013 Ljubljana Exhibition & Convention Centre, instead, 6th European Congress on Geosynthetics<\/strong> – EuroGeo 6,<\/strong> NMDPD 2016<\/strong> (on Parkinson disease) and the 17th <\/strong>World Lace <\/strong>Congress of OIDFA <\/strong>attracted 600 delegates each.\u00a0 The Grand Hotel Union was the venue for the 21th EUMASS Congress of Insurance Medicine and Social Security<\/strong> (600 delegates) , the 15th Congress of the European Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society – <\/strong>EVECC 2016 <\/strong>(400 delegates) and the 11th European Quality Assurance Forum <\/strong>(400 delegates). Among the academic venues, the largest event, CEEISA-ISA 2016 Joint International Conference, \u00bbPolitics for International Relations<\/strong>\u00ab, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, attracted 700 delegates.<\/p>\n

Congress highlights in 2017<\/strong> are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In February<\/u><\/p>\n

– 2017 <\/strong>EFMD Conference for Deans & Directors General<\/strong><\/p>\n

Faculty of Economics \/ University of Ljubljana, 350 delegates<\/p>\n

– T. Harv Eker’s Millionaire Mind Intensive Event<\/strong><\/p>\n

GR \u2013 Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, 1.000 delegates<\/p>\n

In April<\/u><\/p>\n

– 10th<\/sup> International Congress of the Vascular Access Society \u2013 VAS 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

CD Congress Centre Ljubljana, 600 delegates<\/p>\n

– 2nd South Eastern European Joint Meeting of Thoracic Anaesthesiologists and Surgeons<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grand Hotel Union, 200 delegates<\/p>\n

In May<\/u><\/p>\n

– 36th<\/sup> EBC Congress – European Brewery Convention 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

CD Congress Centre Ljubljana, 600 delegates<\/p>\n

– 4th<\/sup>\u00a0World Landslide Forum <\/strong><\/p>\n

CD Congress Centre Ljubljana, 500 delegates<\/p>\n

In June<\/u><\/p>\n

– 16th<\/sup> World Congress of Fetal Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n

GR \u2013 Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, 1.800 delegates<\/p>\n

In July: <\/u><\/p>\n

– 10th Liquid Matter Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n

CD Congress Centre Ljubljana, 800 delegates<\/p>\n

In September:<\/u><\/p>\n

– Open Educational Resources \u2013 OER<\/strong><\/p>\n

CD Congress Centre Ljubljana, 500 delegates<\/p>\n

– European JAZZ Conference and EJN General Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n

CD Congress Centre Ljubljana, 250 delegates<\/p>\n

– 29th<\/sup> Congress of EFSUMB \u2013 Euroson 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

GR \u2013 Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, 700 delegates<\/p>\n

This venue has two more medium-sized potential projects in negotiation process at the moment.<\/em><\/p>\n

In October: <\/u><\/p>\n

– European Academy of Paediatrics Congress and Mastercourse – EAP2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

CD Congress Centre Ljubljana, 600 delegates<\/p>\n

– Europa Donna Pan-European Conference 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Grand Hotel Union, 300 delegates<\/p>\n

– 13th<\/sup> European Lighting Conference – <\/strong>Lux Europa 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grand Hotel Union, 280 delegates<\/p>\n

The largest convention hotel in Ljubljana is between January and July also hosting five meetings of the Forum Train Europe \u2013 FTE on the harmonisation of freight and passanger traffic on railways (150 participants each), which have been returning to the same venue for years.<\/em><\/p>\n

Confirmed congress bookings are in place for as far as the year 2021, and it is already clear now that 2018 will be a record congress year for Ljubljana<\/strong>! Destination partners focusing primarily on the corporate \/ incentive markets, both hotels and DMC’s, are also reporting a positive business outlook in 2017, following a well busy year 2016. Check out the congress calendar<\/a> for the updated list of major association events in Ljubljana.<\/p>\n

Ljubljana Convention Bureau<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Photo:\u00a0Ljubljana, Dragon Bridge, A. Frelih<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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