Third Catalan Cuisine Congress
One of the scheduled events is the World Congress of Science and Cuisine, which will be taking place from the 4th to 6th of March 2019 in the historic building of the University of Barcelona. Under the title Influence on the cuisine of the 21st century, major experts in the academic, scientific, gastronomic and literary world will meet together.
MORE INFORMATION: World Congress of Science and Cuisine
Experience with the Ambassador Programme. Eduard Vieta – Hospital Clínic of Barcelona
I want to thank the Catalunya Convention Bureau for its help in organising the supper for the Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) last October in Barcelona. The congress, which had the support of the Barcelona Convention Bureau, brought together more than 5,000 scientists from around the world and was a success in both the organizational aspect and the contents. As treasurer of the College and as Ambassador I feel proud of having placed Catalonia and its capital in the centre of investigation about illnesses of the brain, and of having given a magnificent image of our culture and our capacity to organise major international events. The congress is held in different European cities, but the success it had in 2018 means that we can confirm that in 2023 (7th-10th October), Barcelona will once again host the congress and be the city hosting the most important advances in research of the brain and its neurological and psychiatric illnesses. A great success for our city and country.
Experience with the Ambassador Programme. Xavier Roura – Hospital Clínic Veterinary UAB
As a member of the Ambassador Programme I have had the opportunity to take part with the Cataluña Convention Bureau in meetings and visits in places with potential to hold events in Catalonia. This has enabled me to discover first-hand the possibilities and worth of the components of this organisation. Now at last I have been able to work with them and I have received their support, as well as that of the Barcelona Convention Bureau, for the organisation of the next congress of our association, the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, in Barcelona in 2020. From getting in touch with the International Convention Centre of Barcelona to looking for potential locations to organise our receptions and suppers during the congress, are just two examples of the possibilities of help that they have offered us. This joint work will enable us to be more effective in the organisation of our annual congress, this time in Barcelona.
30th Annual Congress of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 3rd-5th September 2020
Associative Workshop
After the success of the State Associative Workshop that we held in September 2017, this year we are repeating the experience.
It is a workshop in which the Catalunya Convention Bureau (CCB) invites different state associations from all the spheres that organise congresses and events to come to Catalonia and meet with the members of the Catalunya Convention Bureau.
The workshop serves as a promotional and commercialisation activity, with clear direct networking that has proved to be very efficient.
As well as the workshop, the CCB is also organising a three-day familiarisation trip around the region. The aim of this trip is so that the associations invited can discover the offer of Catalonia first-hand.
This is why we also want to invite the members of the Ambassadors Programme to take part. We encourage you to register for the workshop and the trip, since you will have the opportunity of discovering places and offers at home that perhaps you were not yet aware of, and all in a relaxing, friendly atmosphere that will certainly be very useful.
The AssociativeWorkshop is taking place on the 9th of May 2019 and the Fam Trip will be on the 10th, 11th and 12th of May 2019.
Those of you who are interested can contact Marta Bros: ambassadors.act@gencat.cat
Barcelona has 30 congresses confirmed for 2019 of more than one thousand delegates
AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME
And we begin 2019 aware that congress and meetings tourism in Catalonia generated an income of 1,700 million euros during 2018, sinceover one and a half million travellers visited Catalonia for professional or business purposes.
Al this makes us very enthusiastic about the new challenges facing us in 2019, in which we have planned a complete programme of activities to which you are invited.
Among them feature the Breakfasts-Debates. The success of the two events in 2018 has led us to extend them to four this year. Also of note is the I Networking Meeting of the Ambassadors of Catalonia, which will comprise a conference with different professional sessions that we will close with a supper in which networking will be a key element and where we would like to see you all.
We take this opportunity to thank you for your work and commitment and to remind you that we place all our infrastructure and human team at your disposal to help develop your challenges.
Sònia Serracarbassa
Director of the Catalunya Convention Bureau
What’s on? Upcoming outstanding professional events in Catalonia
2018 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics
4-5 October – Barcelona
http://www.ub.edu/aqr/workshop/2018/
XIII International Symposium of the Spanish Society of Plutarchists “Iconography and Value of Myths in Plutarch”
4-6 October – Lleida
https://plutarco2018lleida.com/
Sitges Film Festival – International Festival of Fantastic Cinema of Catalonia
4-14 October – Sitges
https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/cat
Montphoto Fest
5-7 October – Lloret de Mar
http://fest.montphoto.com/ca/
ECNP Congress
6-9 October – Barcelona
https://2018.ecnp.eu/
Business Tourism Market
18 October – Lloret de Mar
https://btm-fcg.com/
XLVII Annual meeting of the Spanish Cytology Society
19-20 October – Tarragona
https://secitologia.org/47-reunion-anual-de-la-sociedad-espanola-de-citologia/
XVIII Congress of the SEDIA
25-26 October – Girona
http://www.sedia.es/el-xviii-congreso-de-la-sedia-se-celebrara-en-el-palau-de-congresos-de-gerona-los-dias-25-y-26-de-octubre-de-2018/
Smart Tourism Congress Barcelona
22-23 November – Barcelona
https://www.cett.es/smartourismcongress/ca/
IBTM World
27-29 November – Barcelona
http://www.ibtmworld.com/
Congresses and events of the Ambassadors Programme
Maria Abellanet, member of the Ambassadors Programme and director of the CETT group, informs us of the second Smart Tourism Congress Barcelona, organised by the Tourism, Hotel and Catering and Gastronomy Faculty of the CETT-UB, which will take place on the 22 and 23 of November in the Hotel Alimara in Barcelona.
The congress, which is focused on innovation, sustainability, technology and governance, is the world’s meeting place for all those academics and professionals who want to improve and share their knowledge about Smart Tourism.
The 22 of November will be the Academic Conference, designed as a forum for researchers and students, and the 23 of November, the Professional Conference, a sole forum aimed at bringing together academics and relevant players from the tourist industry.
We invite all Ambassadors to inform us of the congresses in which they are collaborating in order to publicise them, to the email ccb.act@gencat.cat
https://www.cett.es/smartourismcongress/
Experience with the Ambassadors Programme
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Marc Morera – Associació Symfony Barcelona I have been involved for some years, completely for the love of art, and in part for the ecosystems of technological conferences and congresses in Barcelona. Over recent years I have organised some small conferences and a couple of around 500 people, but this time I have wanted to go a little further. From the very beginning, and through the Ambassador Programme, the Catalunya Convention Bureau has taken a very big interest in this congress. They have advised me regarding contacts when I have needed them, have been by my side when seeking options regarding the location of the congress and they have always done everything they could when I have asked for help. In brief, forming part of this initiative has been key when formulating and articulating this latest edition. |
Roser Salicrú i Lluch – IMF (CSIC) – IEC As an Ambassador, I have always heard people talking of the Catalunya Convention Bureau. But hearing people talk about things is quite different from experiencing them. And that is why I can now state, with good cause, regarding the organisation in Barcelona, in July 2019, of the 6th Biennial Conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, that coming into contact with the Catalunya Convention Bureau has been a revelation and a great relief. It means being able to speak with someone of proven trust ready to help and advise, who has answers to doubts and questions that arise, who listens to you, understands you and adapts to your needs, and who guides you in solving problems. There is no doubt that the availability and facilities that the Catalunya Convention Bureau offers truly enables a better and more efficient organisation of a scientific event. |
CONNECTA 2018
In this second edition, the event will have four spaces to create and strengthen the meetings and events tourism community of Catalonia: inspiration zone, debate zone, co-creation zone and Marketplace Catalunya zone.
The aim is that of co-creating and innovating in order to strengthen this industry and continue boosting the competitiveness of the Catalan meetings and events sector internationally.
For more information, visit the web www.connecta2018.cat
