Yokohama will host ten large international conventions which respectively will attract 1,000 or more participants in 2020.
These are the fruit of the support the City of Yokohama, Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau and Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama (PACIFICO Yokohama) have together given to convention organizers through public subsidies and other means designed to support their efforts to attract international conventions to Yokohama. Promotional activities began up to approximately nine years ago for these conventions to be held in 2020.
The Minato Mirai 21 district will further enhance its MICE functions with the successive openings of PACIFICO Yokohama North, hotels and concert venues. Highlighting our track record of hosting events including the APEC JAPAN 2010 meeting and the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) and our advantages in hosting MICE, we will continue proactive promotion activities targeting medium- and large-scale international conventions and medical conventions, which have strong economic synergies, as well as conventions on IoT and other growing areas.
Large international conventions scheduled in 2020
– SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020 in Yokohama, Japan
14-19 June, 2020
2,300 participants
PACIFICO Yokohama
– 29th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and 17th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(IJCAI-PRICAI2020)
11-17 July, 2020
4,000 participants
PACIFICO Yokohama North
– International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting
2-4 September, 2020
1,000 participants
PACIFICO Yokohama
– The 2020 Yokohama Sport Conference
8-12 September, 2020
2,500 participants
PACIFICO Yokohama North
– 17th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery
9-12 September, 2020
8,500 participants
PACIFICO Yokohama
– 22nd World Meeting of the International Society for Sexual Medicine
16-19 September, 2020
1,200 participants
PACIFICO Yokohama
– 9th International Orthodontic Congress
4-7 October, 2020
6,000 participants
PACIFICO Yokohama
– 31st International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC) Congress 2020 Yokohama
20-23 October, 2020
2,000 participants
PACIFICO Yokohama
– 2020 JCI World Congress Yokohama, Japan
3-7 November, 2020
PACIFICO Yokohama North
– 75th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Coloproctology (JSCP) / 30th Biennial Congress of the International Society of University of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ISUCRS)
11-14 November, 2020
2,000 participants
PACIFICO Yokohama North
