FACT SHEET | Messukeskus Helsinki, Expo and Convention Centre
IBTM 2021 Press Release
Finland’s biggest congress and exhibition centre
- 50 fairs and 1,000 meetings, congresses, corporate events and functions annually
- Events attended by 1.1 million visitors/year (2019)
- First COVID 19-certified event organiser in Nordic countries
- Celebrated its centenary in 2019
- One of the largest solar power plants in Finland on the hall roofs, 99 % of waste reused
- Responsibility goal: a 110% carbon-neutral event venue by 2029
Facilities and services
- 58,000 m2 to organise events
- 40 convertible conference spaces
- 7 adaptable halls, Amfi hall with 4400 seats
- 144 digital screens
- 21 restaurants
- In 2019, renovated 245-room hotel
- 4600 parking spaces
- 5G Wi-Fi supporting 20,000 users concurrently
- 5 minutes’ walk from the biggest shopping centre in the Nordics, opened in 2019
- Direct access from the airport by train in 20 minutes
Upcoming international congresses at Messukeskus:
- ECTS 2022 European Calcified Tissues Society, May 6–10 (800 participants)
- NUF2022 Congress of the Scandinavian Association of Urology, June 8-11, 2022 (400 participants)
- HIMSS & HEALTH 2.0 European Conference 2022, June 14-16 (3000 participants)
- ICE 2022 – XXVI International Congress of Entomology, July 17-22 (1000 participants)
- ISTT 2022 Conference of the International Society for Trenchless Technology -NO DIG 22, October 3–5 (500 participants)
- EUGMS 2023 Congress of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society, September 20–23 (2,500 participants)
- AEC 2023 Alzheimer Europe Conference, November 12–15 (700 participants)
- EAPC 2024 Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, June 5–8 (2,800 participants)
- EAN 2024 European Academy of Neurology, June 29– July 2 (6,000 participants)
Messukeskus in photos: https://mediabank.messukeskus.com
Meet us at the Finland stand G95 at the IBTM World 2021 exhibition. Contact person: Congress Manager Paula Blomster, mobile: +358 40 456 6066, paula.blomster@messukeskus.com