WITH OVER 24 CITYWIDE CONVENTIONS ON THE CALENDAR, and the city celebrating it’s 125th Anniversary with 125 celebrations, 2011 is guaranteed to be an exciting year, not to mention the most successful in Vancouver’s convention history! This year, Vancouver will welcome some 160,000 convention delegates, totalling approximately 220,000 room nights, making 2011 the strongest year ever for hotel room-nights generated by citywide conventions.
Some of the noteworthy conventions booked for Vancouver in 2011 include:
• International Society of Nephrology: April 8-12
• The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS): May 1-5
• International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery: May 22-27
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators: May 29-June 3
• Travel Blog Exchange: June 11-12
• International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM): July 18-22
• North American Outgames: July 25-31
• American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM): July 31-August 4
• Special Interest Group on GRAPHics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH): August 7-11
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW): September 19-23
• Canadian Wind Energy Association: October 3-6
• Travel Classics West: October 6-9
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society: October 22-26
• Grey Cup 2011: November 25-27
Learn more about Meetings & Conventions in Vancouver by visiting our website at www.tourismvancouver.com/meetings/.
