Fira de Barcelona
| 2014 Report
The major conferences
that took place in 2014
were visited by more
than 100,000 highly
qualified participants.
In the photo, the closing
party for a Hewlett
Packard meeting.
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at Fira de Barcelona in 2007. Others included
ELA, European Lab Automation, devoted to
bioscience laboratory automation; Seatrade
Med, a meeting for the Mediterranean cruiser
industry; and EWEA, the European Wind Energy
Congress, which plays an important role in the
field of renewable energy.
Another new inclusion on the trade fair
calendar was Denim by Premiere Vision, staged
in Paris until 2013. This show, which takes place
twice a year, in spring and autumn, specialises in
high-range denim fashion design, manufacture
and marketing.
The important role of congresses
As we mentioned in the review of the 2014
economic results, congresses, particularly
in the health and technology sectors, played
an important role throughout the year,
bringing together a total of more than
100,000 highly qualified participants. Their
celebration is the result of constant work
by Fira de Barcelona, in cooperation with
institutional, social and economic stakeholders,
aimed at attracting major events that generate
activity in Barcelona and its area of influence,
create jobs and encourage professional
and production synergies.
The outstanding event in the field of health
was the European Cardiology Congress, the
most important in the world in this speciality,
which also took place at the Fira venue in
1992,1999 and 2009 and will return to Barcelona
in 2017. The Catalan capital also hosted the
World Cardiology Congress in 2006.
Moreover, some of the world’s leading
technology companies in the world once more
chose Fira de Barcelona as the venue for
their 2014 annual meetings with experts and
professionals in the sector. Hewlett Packard held
