In these days Florence Convention Bureau wins four scientific conferences candidacy: more than 3.000 people from 2013 to 2015. Councillor for Tourism Giacomo Billi: “A great result for the local economy”
Between 2013 and 2015 the committees of four prestigious associations of doctors, psychologists, mathematicians, statisticians and sociologists have chosen the “cradle of the Renaissance” as the seat of their annual meetings, bringing more than 3,000 people in Florence.
This results thanks to the activity of Florence Convention Bureau, which has followed the candidacy procedure and wins prestigious European cities.
Going in chronological order the first candidacy won is represented by the conference “European Society for Rural Sociology”, August 2013 from 19th to 22nd the Business Center will gather around 500 international experts in agriculture, rural development and environmental protection association ESRS (European Society for Rural Sociology), leader in the study of agriculture and fisheries, food production and consumption, rural development and change, nature and environmental protection born in 1957 in Europe.
A few months later, from October 2nd to 6th, Florence will host the Society for Psychophysiological Research Congress 2013, with its 700 members in the aim of promoting research on the interrelationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of behavior.
On 2014 the International Biometric Conference (July 5th to 11th, 700 participants) is an event captured in collaboration with Florence Fair, which has the purpose of promotion, development and application of mathematical and statistical theory and methods in biological sciences, including agriculture, biomedical science and public health, ecology, environmental science, forestry, and related disciplines. The Association welcomes as its members statistical, mathematical, world-class scientists. The event will gather 700 participants.
Instead, news of these days the acquisition of the prestigious Euro Fed Lipid Congress Europe 2015 (27-30 September 2015) which will arrive in the city over 800 leading international experts in research on lipids, fats and oils and associations belonging to 13 major European scientists involved in the field.
Satisfaction in the words of the Councillor for Tourism the Province of Florence and Fcb President Giacomo Billi: “These numbers surprised us a lot, mainly because it starts from an activity that in recent years had been quite marginal. We did not even minimally able to obtain these results in a single year with new management“.
The Councillor focused also on the economic impact that such events have on the city: “The statistics of the Province of Florence Congress Observatory estimate that such events can have a total relapse in the area of 250,000 euros each, important datas that we are proud to be able to communicate in support of our daily work and demonstrate the importance of the conference for the city“. “Fcb – said Billi – is hosting an impressive average of nearly 3 international candidacies per month, one every 10 days, a total amount of 30 presentations. In addition to this staff has participated in around 20 trade fairs, representing Tuscany as a whole through an agreement with Toscana Promozione. We believe – the President concluded – that the conference sector can represent a strong weapon in solving the current crisis as an overall recovery, involving private and public in a partnership that can be considered the secret of the Fcb success“.
“It is a great satisfaction in seeing the results of our work – said the Director Carlotta Ferrari – bringing prestige and economic benefits important to the entire territory. I want to thank our partners and the institutions for their support with experience and professionalism“. On the last congress victory the Director said: “We are very happy for this victory – said Carlotta Ferrari – many thanks to the invaluable support of Prof. Lanfranco Conte and Dr. Alissa Mattei of the Italian Society for the Study of Fat Subtances, thank you on behalf of the entire staff“.
Fcb is working on the national side for the organization of the Dynamic Test Events Show, fam trips and unique among the first in Italy from November 10th to 13th, which will gather in Tuscany important companies to promote the destinations through a unique and unusual emotional event.
