Madrid, October 2010. Within the world of meetings, congresses and conventions, those events linked to the fields of medicine and pharmaceuticals are among the most highly valued, both due to their prestige and the economic impact they have on the cities in which they take place. In this respect, IFEMA stands out for providing an habitual venue for a number of highly prestigious international meetings of this kind, which confirms its status as one of the leading European fair organisations in this respect.
Throughout the present year 2010, specifically between 2nd and 4th June last, IFEMA hosted the staging of the Eleventh EFORT Congress, organised by the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. The aim of this Federation is to promote the mobility, muscular-skeletal health and quality of life of its patients. In this respect, the exchange of experiences and scientific knowledge is considered to be essential when it comes to ensuring satisfactory progress within the field. Founded back in 1991 in Italy, the Federation today brings together some 40 associations from its 38 member countries, alongside 6 associated scientific member bodies.
Furthermore, IFEMA CONVENTIONS AND CONGRESSES has confirmed the staging of a number of other important scientific events at its facilities at Feria de Madrid over the next few years.
Thus, the European Heart Rhythm Association, EUROPACE, will also organise an Official Conference at IFEMA’s facilities between 26th and 29th June 2011. At this event, a number of different experts will focus on the fields of heart dysfunction, electrophysiology and cardiac muscle stimulation.
For its part, EULAR, the European League Against Rheumatism, has chosen Feria de Madrid as the venue for its Annual Congress in June 2013. This Congress, which will bring together some 18,000 surgeons, patients, scientists and professionals from the medical and pharmaceutical industries, is the most important event of its kind whose staging has been confirmed over the next few years. The Congress will occupy three halls at IFEMA, in addition to the North Convention Centre, and it is likely to have a considerable economic impact on the entire city.
Furthermore, within the world of the daily press and publishing, one of the industry’s most important representative bodies at a worldwide level, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, WAN – IFRA, has announced the staging of its WAN IFRA Congress at Feria de Madrid between 29th and 31st October 2012. This is the most important meeting for the industry, organised by an association that is strongly committed to defending and promoting freedom of the press, quality journalism and publishing integrity, as well as boosting the development of technologies linked to these activities.
