HELSINKI IS ATTRACTIVE

Helsinki is the 20th most popular city for international association meetings in Europe and most popular congress city in the Nordics (UIA 2018). A record number of congresses chose Helsinki as their host city in 2018. 

Break your delegate records in Messukeskus Helsinki

The congress year 2017 was the busiest ever for Messukeskus Helsinki. Finland, Helsinki and Messukeskus truly showed what they are made of, as almost all international congresses arranged in the summer of 2017 broke their participant records, bringing a total of 27,600 visitors to Messukeskus. There was all together 71,734 visitors in 367 congresses organised in Finland. The financial impact of the congresses was 125.5 million Euros from which the impact of congresses organised in Messukeskus was over 50 million Euros to the Helsinki region.

EAACI congress broke their visitor record in Helsinki!

“Intense international competition for congresses calls for a long-term approach. At present, we are negotiating congress contracts stretching well into the 2020s. We do a significant part of this work in close cooperation with Business Finland, Visit Finland, Helsinki Marketing and various convention bureaus,” tells Anni Vepsäläinen, Messukeskus CEO.

Upcoming congresses in Messukeskus Helsinki

• HIMSS & HEALTH 2.0; 2020, 2021
• EAIE 2019 (European Association for International Education), September 24–27, 2019 (estimation 5,000 participants)
• EuroSpine 2019 (The Spine Society of Europe), October 15–18, 2019 (estimation 2,500 participants)
• TRA2020 (Transport Reserach Arena), April 26–30, 2020 (4000 delegates)
• EAPC 2021 (Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care), May 19–22, 2021 (2800 delegates)
• EAS 2021 (European Atherosclerosis Society) May 28–June 1, 2021 (2500 delegates)
• EAN 2022 (European Academy of Neurology) , June 4–7, 2022 (6000 delegates)

Congresses in Messukeskus Helsinki

• SETAC 2019 (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry); 2150 participants (estimation 2,000)
• HIMSS & HEALTH 2.0 2019; 3000 participants (estimation 2500)
• EPP 2018 Congress (European People’s Party); 3000 participants (estimation 2,000)

Record-breaking congress summer 2017

• Working week FIG 2017 (International Federation of Surveyors); 1,500 delegates (estimation 1,000)
• Smart regions EU-conference; 800 delegates
• EAACI 2017 (European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology); 8,100 delegates (estimation 7,000)
• WGC 2017 (World Glaucoma Congress); 3,500 delegates (estimation 2,000)
• Worldcon 2017 (World Science Fiction Convention); 10,000 visitors (estimation 6,000)
• AMEE 2017 (International Association for Medical Education); 3,700 delegates (estimation 3,500)

• ESHRE 2016 (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology); 9,700 delegates & exhibitors
• ESERA 2015 (European Science Education Research Association); 1,400 delegates
• ISSRT 2014 (International Society of Radiographers & Radiological Technologists)
• ITS European Congress 2014 (The Intelligent Transport System Portal); 2,500 delegates
• ISW 2013 (International Surgical Week); 2,100 delegates
• World Library and Information Congress; IFLA General Conference and Assembly (2012); 4,200 delegates
• ECP 2011 (European Congress of Pathology) 2,300 delegates
• ESA 2010 (European Society of Anaesthesiology) 5,500 delegates