+INDUSTRY EXPANDS ITS SCOPE TO COVER ALL ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SECTORS
The main players in advanced manufacturing will meet from 3 to 5 June 2025 at the 4th edition of +INDUSTRY at Bilbao Exhibition Centre. This global platform, which is notable for its practical character and live demonstrations, is expanding in response to industry developments and welcomes all sectors and visitors working in smart manufacturing. Moreover, the event will include the new weAR automation and robotics fair, a cross-industry event.
Besides this new event, the +INDUSTRY sectoralised route will be completed with the simultaneous holding of already consolidated events such as BeDIGITAL, AdditꜪD, Maintenance, Pumps & Valves, and Subcontracting. Moreover, the WORKinn employment forum will once again address the challenge of finding talent in the industry.
THE 2ND AFE APCE CONFERENCE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED
The 2nd joint AFE-APCE Conference was held from 3 to 6 July at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre. Organised by the Spanish Trade Fair Association (AFE) and the Spanish Conference Centre Association (APCE), in collaboration with BEC, it was attended by around 240 participants.
The 2nd AFE-APCE Conference, under the slogan “Legacies that transform; Conferences and trade fairs: the impact beyond the event,” brought together representatives from the trade fair sector and conference centres, mainly from Spain, to create synergies, stimulate the strengthening of the industry, and develop strategies to achieve a greater economic impact. The content programme included key topics such as the economic and social impact of MICE, what customers value when choosing a venue or conference centre, Artificial Intelligence, integrated marketing management, talent management and retention, leadership, sustainability, and procurement and contracting as strategic factors.
BIEMH IS ACCREDITED AS A SUSTAINABLE EVENT WITH THE AWARD OF THE ERRONKA GARBIA SEAL
BIEMH, the International Machine Tool Show, has been awarded the Erronka Garbia seal, which accredits it as a sustainable and environmentally friendly event. The certification, awarded by Ihobe-Publicly Owned Environmental Management Company of the Basque Government, thus rewards the efforts made by the organising team of one of Bilbao Exhibition Centre’s most important events.
The audit was carried out during the 32nd edition of the industry event, held from 3 to 7 June, which attracted 1,604 exhibiting firms from 29 countries and 37,614 visitors from 67 countries, generating an impact of more than 66 million euros. These figures underline the value and complexity of certification.
FULL CAPACITY AT SEPA BILBAO, WITH 4,500 PROFESSIONALS AT THE PERIODONTOLOGY AND ORAL HEALTH CONGRESS
The Periodontology and Oral Health Congress, organised by the Spanish Society of Periodontology and Osseointegration (Sepa), is being held in Euskalduna Bilbao until Saturday, 1 June. It is a benchmark event for international Periodontics and Spanish Dentistry. It will address all clinical and scientific concepts and techniques in Periodontics and Implant Therapy in a very practical way and under the premise of scientific excellence-based clinical evidence. Interdisciplinary treatments, digitalisation and innovation, and dental practice management will also be discussed.
“The full capacity has been reached, with some 4,500 congress participants from fifty countries (48), making it one of the largest scientific meetings organised at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao to date, and, without doubt, the most important international dental congress this year,” says Dr Paula Matesanz, Vice-President of Sepa. Other significant data from the event include the contribution of 215 speakers, with some 70 participating companies, and, at certain times, there will be up to 28 simultaneous rooms with activity.
