DEVELOPMENT AND RECOGNITION OF THE ALFÂNDEGA PORTO CONGRESS CENTRE

From this date on, the congress centre began to host many events, such as:

• European Union Presidence
• Eurocities AGM
• Spine Week
• Red Bull Air Race
• Exhibition “Real Bodies”
• International Congress of Nephrology
• XXV Luso Spanish Summit
• 32nd International Congress IAIA – International Association for Impact Assessment
• Extreme Sailing Series
• Portugal Fashion
• Modtissimo
• TEDx O’Porto
• Exhibition “Dinosaurs in a pre-historic world”
• Walking Dead Live Experience – Fox Live
• 15º Annual Symposium – Patient Blood Management
• The OportoShow
• F1H20
• Porto Marathon
• XXIX Annual Meeting ESVS – European Society for Vascular Surgery
• 51st Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology
• 2nd European Congress on Intrapartum Care
• ECML PKDD – European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Pratice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases
• 35th European Brewery Convention
• 31st European Research Networking Conference
• 1st Multi Spam Large Seminars

From 2008 onwards, the congress centre is nationally and internationally awarded for its performance:

2008 – Best Congress Centre in Portugal (Gala dos Eventos)

2011 – Best Congress Centre in Portugal (Gala dos Eventos).

2012 – Best Congress Centre in Portugal (Gala dos Eventos).

2013 – Best Congress Centre in Portugal (Gala dos Eventos).
Best Venue for Congresses in Portugal (Portugal Trade Awards)

2014 – Best Venue for Congresses in Portugal (Portugal Trade Awards)
Best Meetings and Conference Centre Europe (Business Destinations Travel Awards)

2015 – Best National Supplier (IAPCO)
Best Meetings and Conference Centre Europe (Business Destinations Travel Awards)