The Gothenburg Convention Bureau announced that it has recruited or supported around 60 meetings and conferences this year – attracting over 35,000 participants from all over the world. Overall, participants have spent nearly 100,000 guest nights in the city, marking a return to pre-pandemic levels. “The conference industry has recovered quickly, a testament to Gothenburg’s strength as a conference city and the organisers’ high confidence in us,” says Annika Hallman, director at Gothenburg Convention Bureau. “The success is the result of close cooperation with business, academia, and its prominent researchers. Since 2019, hotel capacity in Gothenburg has increased by almost 20%, which means we can host more and larger meetings.” 2023’s delegate surveys show that virtually all conference participants are satisfied with Gothenburg as a whole (99%). Over 90% would consider returning. Most major meetings take place at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre Gothia Towers, a fully integrated meeting facility and hotel centrally located in the city. “It has been an incredibly strong conference year, a real record year in volume. Our calendar has never been so full of international congresses,” adds Malin Erlandsson, director of congress and events at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre Gothia Towers. A selection of meetings held in Gothenburg in 2023:
- International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases – AD/PD
- European Social Science History Conference – ESSHC
- Regional European Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion –ISBT
- Global Investigative Journalism Conference – GIJC
- Electrochemical Society Fall meeting 2023 – ECS
