Congress Center Basel - A strong international congress destination
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22nd Aug, 2016
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The Congress Center Basel is Switzerland’s largest conference centre, located directly alongside Messe Basel. The venue belongs to the MCH Group, which operates three exhibition centres in Basel, Zurich and Lausanne. The Congress Center Basel has a direct footbridge link to the exhibition complex by Herzog & de Meuron and can accommodate congresses with more than 5,000 delegates.
Basel is Switzerland’s prime location for exhibitions and conferences. Its internationally famous events include BASELWORLD, the world’s most important show for the watch and jewellery industry and Art Basel, acknowledged as the world’s premier international art show for modern and contemporary works. The city of Basel is a major player in the life sciences, being home to numerous biotech companies, and the pharmaceutical companies based around Basel are continually expanding.
Record results
Thanks to state-of-the-art infrastructure designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron, the Congress Center Basel is asserting itself in the international setting with record results. After the best-ever autumn of 2015, with more than 25,000 congress participants in three months, Jonas Scharf, Managing Director of the Congress Center Basel, was delighted to welcome new international congresses in the first half of 2016 too.
The ESC congress of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health and the ECFS congress of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society both brought more than 2,000 participants to Basel. At the end of June, Biotech Outsourcing Strategies cmc was held in Basel for the first time and wishes to become established on an annual basis. Other highlights in the Basel congress diary were the 2016 International Symposium on Dental Hygiene in mid-June, plus several national Swiss Congresses, including the Annual General Meeting of SGAIM, now Switzerland's largest specialised medical society.
Modern infrastructure designed by Herzog & de Meuron
The Congress Center Basel – with its 25 modern rooms– is located in the heart of the city, alongside Messe Basel and close to numerous hotels. The exhibition complex designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron opened in 2013 and combines functionality and aesthetics in the perfect manner. This state-of-the-art building with its multifunctional Event Hall on the ground floor has a footbridge linking it to the Congress Center Basel.
A further 11 modular rooms considerably expand the Congress Center Basel's facilities. These can be used individually, or combined, to accommodate breakout sessions for 10 to 1,000 people. The modular rooms are located on the ground floor, directly accessible from the main entrance of the Congress Center. A plenary event with over 5,000 participants and sufficient space for concurrent breakout sessions in the immediate vicinity is thus no problem at the Congress Center Basel.
Contact
+ Basel
Congress Center Basel
T. +41 58 206 28 28
+ Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau
Myriam Winnepenninckx
T. +32 2 345 83 57
