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The 24th Annual Congress of the ECSS (the European College of Sport Science) coorganised with the Charles University was held in Prague for the first time. Prague Congress Centre welcomed experts from around the world to provide specific research in the field of Sport Sciences and the experience and vision of professionals, who are dedicated to one of the most fascinating areas of sports. The press conference which was held on the first day of the congress was attended by the Czech Minister of Health, Czech Deputy Minister of Education as well as the Mayor of Prague. Former president of ECSS, Tim Cable, confirmed tremendous collaboration captured by the Prague Congress Centre. He also added: „We appreciated the opportunity to present excellent scientific research in such a beautiful city like Prague is. And what´s more – there are so many activities participants can do after the official programme. We are glad to get the same feedback from all our delegates as well. “

 

The 8th edition of mDevCamp brought the world-class speakers, in-depth talks, and great hands-on workshops to the Prague Congress Centre. mDevCamp 2019 is the largest conference for mobile developers in Central Europe. The increasing trend of the number of participants shows their huge interest. Edition 2019 brought topics such as security of mobile devices and applications, AR, virtual reality, IoT or mobile games.

 

Prague Congress Centre hosted top global start-up event of the year - Startup World Cup & Summit. The event was organized by startup incubator UP21 and investment fund Air Ventures. The big part of the event was dedicated to the European final of the global competition Startup World Cup 2019 as well as the final of Visegrad Four regional round. More than 350 startups from more than 50 countries came together in the Prague Congress Centre. Václav Pavlečka, the event organizer, pointed out to the beautiful city view which fascinates especially foreign participants. Václav Pavlečka added:” The view is just a bonus of the venue. The most important is that we used nice congress hall with great stage and audio-visual services. This is a place where you can connect a big show with many spectators and a lot of activities on the side. And this makes it a unique place.”

 

The European Association of Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (EAHAD) held its 12th congress in the Prague Congress Centre. The congress welcomed record-breaking number of participants with the increase by 25% compared to the previous years. More than 2 600 medical experts, pharmacists and community representatives from 80 countries from around the world came to snowy Prague to discuss the latest treatment developments and ongoing clinical challenges in managing haemophilia and other related bleeding disorders. The President of the EAHAD 2019 Congress, Jan Blatný, expressed his pleasure from hosting the congress in Prague. "I consider this to be sort of a recognition of the Czech Republic and the cooperation of its specialists - physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, insurance companies – all, who take care of patients with bleeding disorders.“ He also mentioned that the biggest advantage of the congress was the venue of the event. „The view over the city is very beautiful. Everyone I had the chance to speak to praised the view. Personally I was delighted by the hospitality of all employees from Prague Congress Centre, including the hotel Holiday Inn Prague Congress Centre. Anyone I had meetings with from the receptionists to the management of Prague Congress Centre was very helpful. “

 

Prague Congress Centre held Devcon IV congress for IT developers. The main discussed topic was cryptocurrency. The event brought many new technologies such as 3D printers, mining cryptocurrency farms, IOT buttons etc. It was one of the most challenging events from technological point of view for the Prague Congress Centre. There was a non-stop internet broadcast with the speed of 2000 Mbit per second to the building, including the Wi-Fi connection with the speed of 1300 Mbit per second for 4000 active devices. Devcon is organized by Ethereum Foundation with the goal to connect global community of developers, designers and ecosystem-builders where decentralized application can be created and where the community culture can be introduced to the world.
 

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) congress took place in the Prague Congress Centre. The association represents the world's leading suppliers in handling, transporting and accommodating international meetings and events, and comprises over 1,000 member companies and organizations in more than 90 countries worldwide. This congress welcomed representatives of world congress centres, hotels, carriers, convention bureaux and congresses’ organizers. 56th ICCA Congress was considered a successful event from the participants’ point of view. The organization of the event in newly renovated Prague Congress Centre recorded enormous success.