Windeurope annual event returns to Bilbao in 2022
WindEurope and Bilbao Exhibition Centre today announced that the WindEurope Annual Event in 2022 will take place in Bilbao on 5-7 April. It will be the second time Bilbao has hosted [...]
World Maritime Week 2021, maritime meeting at the highest level
Over 5-7 October this year, Bilbao Exhibition Centre will become the benchmark meeting point for the international maritime sector, hosting WORLD MARITIME WEEK 2021. World Maritime Week provides [...]
Industry Tools by Ferroforma, the industry tools and supplies event in October
To run alongside six industrial trade shows at Bilbao Exhibition Centre This year sees the second edition of Industry Tools by Ferroforma from 26 to 28 October. The [...]
Around 30 companies of international prestige confirm their participation in Steel Tech 2021
The first edition will be held from 19th to 21st October 2021 at BEC. Technological advances throughout the whole value chain and promising research under way will be [...]
Next Events
Private meetings, corporate events, language exams, public job examinations, exhibitions ... The more than 50 spaces offered by Bilbao Exhibition Center facilities will host a wide variety of [...]
“Events are possible; our clients need to reactivate and BEC offers all the guarantees”
MARTA CAMPOS / Director of BEC Meetings&Events BEC Meetings&Events has closed a special 2020, conditioned by the pandemic. The director, Marta Campos, reflects on how the socio-sanitary situation [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre holds around one hundred events with 340,458 visitors in 2020, a year marked by the pandemic
In spite of the social and health restrictions, the economic impact was € 34.8 million Bilbao Exhibition Centre closed a complicated 2020 having held 94 events with the [...]
Presentation of Bizkaia Orekan Sakonduz
The Provincial Council of Bizkaia met in BEC on December 18, 2020 the city councils and local development agencies of the territory to present the renewed action strategy [...]
Safe exams
Bilbao Exhibition Center welcomes countless academic tests throughout the year: language level exams, public job vacancies from various organizations or other employment tests. And for each one of [...]
BEC is promoted as an outstanding space for events
Bilbao Exhibition Center facilities are characterized by their versatility and innovative character. This is reflected in the latest edition of the Guide of Spaces of Events plus, which [...]
BEC Meetings & Events attends the IMF Corporative National Forum in Madrid
The main decision makers of events of national and multinational companies based in Spain have an appointment with the National Corporate IMF organized by Iberian Mice Forums that [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre will host Food 4 Future World Summit, the most innovative event and conference to transform the food and beverage industry
Food for Future World Summit will take place from June 15th to 17th 2021 in Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC) to showcase the latest technologies, solutions and automation systems [...]
Pumps&Valves conference programme grows to reach other areas in the sector
From 26 to 28 October, the 2021 Pumps & Valves conference programme, International Trade Show for Pump Systems, Valves and Equipment for Industrial Processes, will grow by including [...]
Startup Village, new feature at BeDigital 2021 to bring together start-up companies
A common space will be reserved to generate new opportunities. The technology-based start-ups, new companies with significant growth potential, will have their own space at the new edition [...]
20th edition of Subcontratación in 2021, a business forum for SMES and suppliers
This year will see the 20th edition of the Subcontratación, subcontracting trade show, closely working with small and medium enterprises to build an event aimed to do business. [...]
+ INDUSTRY 2021: Strategic meeting point for advanced industry
+Industry will hold its next edition from 26 to 28 October 2021. The event’s organisers have decided to hold this industrial meeting in the second half of the [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre holds around one hundred events with 340,458 visitors in 2020, a year marked by the pandemic
In spite of the social and health restrictions, the economic impact was € 34.8 million Bilbao Exhibition Centre closed a complicated 2020 having held 94 events with the [...]
Presence in international forums
Marta Campos, director of BEC Meetings and Events, attended from November 1 to 4, together with the representation of the Bilbao Convention Bureau, the 59th Congress of ICCA, [...]
Hydrogen Technologies hybrid conference of the Basque Energy Cluster
The conference on Hydrogen Technologies held on October 6, brought together more than a hundred participants who were divided into two scenarios: the face to face event in [...]
First exhibition with 4,000 people
The return of the fairs to Bilbao Exhibition Centre had a strong response from the public. 3,900 people were immersed in the vintage world of Desembalaje. The vintage, [...]
Large-format congress at BEC
More than 500 people attended the first major congress held in Bizkaia since March 2020. The large-format congresses are back at BEC Congress Center on October 8 with [...]
“Events are possible; our clients need to reactivate and BEC offers all the guarantees”
MARTA CAMPOS / Director of BEC Meetings&Events BEC Meetings&Events has closed a special 2020, conditioned by the pandemic. The director, Marta Campos, reflects on how the socio-sanitary situation [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre holds around one hundred events with 340,458 visitors in 2020, a year marked by the pandemic
In spite of the social and health restrictions, the economic impact was € 34.8 million Bilbao Exhibition Centre closed a complicated 2020 having held 94 events with the [...]
BEC is promoted as an outstanding space for events
Bilbao Exhibition Center facilities are characterized by their versatility and innovative character. This is reflected in the latest edition of the Guide of Spaces of Events plus, which [...]
BEC Meetings & Events attends the IMF Corporative National Forum in Madrid
The main decision makers of events of national and multinational companies based in Spain have an appointment with the National Corporate IMF organized by Iberian Mice Forums that [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre holds around one hundred events with 340,458 visitors in 2020, a year marked by the pandemic
In spite of the social and health restrictions, the economic impact was € 34.8 million Bilbao Exhibition Centre closed a complicated 2020 having held 94 events with the [...]
Presence in international forums
Marta Campos, director of BEC Meetings and Events, attended from November 1 to 4, together with the representation of the Bilbao Convention Bureau, the 59th Congress of ICCA, [...]
Xabier Basañez re-elected as member of UFI Board of Directors
Xabier Basañez Llantada, General Director of Bilbao Exhibition Centre, has been re-elected as a member of the Board of Directors of UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre receives “Safe Tourism Certified” seal for health protocol against Covid-19
The Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality declares that BEC is a safe space Bilbao Exhibition Centre has been awarded the “Safe Tourism Certified” seal by the Institute for [...]
BEC! Safe space
Bilbao Exhibition Center has designed a strict protocol to guarantee health and safety in its facilities both for its workers and for those attending the events that are [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre resumes its event calendar
With a protocol that offers maximum health and hygiene guarantees Bilbao Exhibition Centre is working to resume its calendar with the events that had been planned for the [...]
BEC activates its working from home protocol
Bilbao Exhibition Centre would like to inform its customers that it has activated a working from home protocol that applies to all employees, which will be valid for [...]
BEC meetings & events attends the IBTM fair in Barcelona
They will hold meetings with various actors related to incentive trips and presenting the capacity and versatility of the Biscayan team The main European agencies in the meetings, [...]
WORKinn, the job opportunities fair, keeps on growing
Two days of interviews and about one hundred job offers on the table. These are the credentials of WORKinn, the industrial employment fair that has just reached its [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre meets in Frankfurt with the main european event agencies
BEC participates in IMEX, the most important fair for meetings and incentive travel, where it will share the stand with the Bilbao Convention Bureau and several Biscay hotels. [...]
BEC joins the ICCA as a full member
The International Congress and Convention Association has over 1,100 member companies and entities from 100 countries throughout the world Bilbao Exhibition Centre continues to look to the future [...]
BEC closes a great year with the highest impact figure recorded since it opened its doors
An economic impact of 134.7 million Euros was reached in 2018, which led to the creation of 2,754 jobs and a tax revenue of 16.8 million Euros. A [...]
Ten BEC! Trade shows recognised for their international profile
by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Ten trade shows to be held at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre in 2019 have been recognised by the Ministry of [...]
Companies and institutions will visit WORKinn, the only industrial employment fair in spain
Around 200 job offers were closed in the last edition To identify talent and offer companies the most qualified workers – these are some of the main goals [...]
Shipowners and shipyards from 30 countries comfirm their attendance at World Maritime Week
Eight top speakers will share their views at the event The international maritime sector will gather from 12 to 14 February 2019 at WORLD MARITIME WEEK, at BEC. [...]
The Bilbao Exhibition Centre will be at IBTM World 2018
Representatives from the Bilbao Exhibition Centre convention and trade show organising team will be heading to Barcelona to take part in IBTM World from 27 to 28 November, [...]
Following a record-breaking 2018, BEC gets ready to host new international events
After hosting the EMA MTV Awards Ceremony, Routes Europe, EuroPM, and the BIEMH- International Machine-Tool Biennial Exhibition in a year that has been considered “record-breaking” for the venue [...]
Windeurope annual event returns to Bilbao in 2022
WindEurope and Bilbao Exhibition Centre today announced that the WindEurope Annual Event in 2022 will take place in Bilbao on 5-7 April. It will be the second time Bilbao has hosted [...]
World Maritime Week 2021, maritime meeting at the highest level
Over 5-7 October this year, Bilbao Exhibition Centre will become the benchmark meeting point for the international maritime sector, hosting WORLD MARITIME WEEK 2021. World Maritime Week provides [...]
Industry Tools by Ferroforma, the industry tools and supplies event in October
To run alongside six industrial trade shows at Bilbao Exhibition Centre This year sees the second edition of Industry Tools by Ferroforma from 26 to 28 October. The [...]
Around 30 companies of international prestige confirm their participation in Steel Tech 2021
The first edition will be held from 19th to 21st October 2021 at BEC. Technological advances throughout the whole value chain and promising research under way will be [...]
Next Events
Private meetings, corporate events, language exams, public job examinations, exhibitions ... The more than 50 spaces offered by Bilbao Exhibition Center facilities will host a wide variety of [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre will host Food 4 Future World Summit, the most innovative event and conference to transform the food and beverage industry
Food for Future World Summit will take place from June 15th to 17th 2021 in Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC) to showcase the latest technologies, solutions and automation systems [...]
Pumps&Valves conference programme grows to reach other areas in the sector
From 26 to 28 October, the 2021 Pumps & Valves conference programme, International Trade Show for Pump Systems, Valves and Equipment for Industrial Processes, will grow by including [...]
Startup Village, new feature at BeDigital 2021 to bring together start-up companies
A common space will be reserved to generate new opportunities. The technology-based start-ups, new companies with significant growth potential, will have their own space at the new edition [...]
20th edition of Subcontratación in 2021, a business forum for SMES and suppliers
This year will see the 20th edition of the Subcontratación, subcontracting trade show, closely working with small and medium enterprises to build an event aimed to do business. [...]
First exhibition with 4,000 people
The return of the fairs to Bilbao Exhibition Centre had a strong response from the public. 3,900 people were immersed in the vintage world of Desembalaje. The vintage, [...]
IMIC postponed until 2021 to be held alongside MAINTENANCE
The organising team of the third edition of IMIC, Industrial Maintenance Innovation Conference, has decided to postpone the event until 2021 and hold it at the same time [...]
ADDIT3D postponed until 2021
The organising team of ADDIT3D, Spain’s only professional trade show of industrial nature focusing on additive manufacturing and 3D printing, has decided to postpone the event until 2021. [...]
Bioeconomy will be the main focus in the technical sessions of Egurtek – 14 to 15 October in Bilbao Exhibition Centre
Papers will focus on new projects and challenges of their implementation in the forest sector and in sustainable construction Egurtek, International Forum on Architecture and Construction in [...]
Leading companies in the additive manufacturing and 3D printing sector confirm their participation in ADDIT3D 2020
From 25 to 29 May at Bilbao Exhibition Centre The 5th edition of ADDIT3D will gather major Spanish and international companies working in the field of industrial additive [...]
BEC meetings & events attends the IBTM fair in Barcelona
They will hold meetings with various actors related to incentive trips and presenting the capacity and versatility of the Biscayan team The main European agencies in the meetings, [...]
Addit3D 2020 will bring together the latest technology breakthroughs in additive and 3D manufacturing
It will take place from 25 to 29 May next year alongside BIEMH, the International Machine-Tool Biennial Exhibition ADDIT3D is the only professional industrial fair in Spain for [...]
BIEMH 31, a top-level technology exhibition
The International Machine-Tool Exhibition is presented at EMO Hannover Hanover, 18.09.2019. - Alongside an image of a large metal sphere that symbolises technology that will change the world, [...]
More than 19,500 professionals visited the show
+INDUSTRY: MORE EXHIBITIONS, CONNECTED PROFESSIONALS The industry has joined forces, consolidating its ability to showcase new technology, its innovative potential and external projection during this week, with the [...]
“Employment is the basis for developing our lives”
“Employment is the foundation on which we base our lives. Employment opens the doors to emancipation and with it comes the possibility of leading the life we want. [...]
From 4th to 6th June Bilbao Exhibition Centre will offer seven fairs for the most advanced industry at +Industry
From 4th to 6th June Bilbao Exhibition Centre will offer seven fairs for the most advanced industry at +Industry, the platform that will host in parallel Subcontratación, Industry [...]
The industry confirms its strength at +Industry
Seven trade shows come together from 4 to 6 June 2019 at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre. The industry will confirm its strength from 4 to 6 June at [...]
The MTV EMA shine at the Bizkaia Arena
A two hour show with over 500 million viewers and a live broadcast to more than 170 countries. Where? At the Bizkaia Arena. On 4 November, as the [...]
Bizkaia Arena, a unique space
Bizkaia Arena is a multi-purpose hall located at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre, and is one of the largest spaces in Spain and Europe. This unique area is available [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre to host #MTVEMA 2018
Source: MTV The 25th anniversary of MTV EMA will be held at the BEC! David Lynn, President and CEO of Viacom International Media Networks, the parent company of MTV, [...]
Windeurope annual event returns to Bilbao in 2022
WindEurope and Bilbao Exhibition Centre today announced that the WindEurope Annual Event in 2022 will take place in Bilbao on 5-7 April. It will be the second time Bilbao has hosted the event, after 2019. It will be [...]
World Maritime Week 2021, maritime meeting at the highest level
Over 5-7 October this year, Bilbao Exhibition Centre will become the benchmark meeting point for the international maritime sector, hosting WORLD MARITIME WEEK 2021. World Maritime Week provides a unique opportunity for leading top level [...]
Around 30 companies of international prestige confirm their participation in Steel Tech 2021
The first edition will be held from 19th to 21st October 2021 at BEC. Technological advances throughout the whole value chain and promising research under way will be the main features of STEEL TECH, Congress [...]
Next Events
Private meetings, corporate events, language exams, public job examinations, exhibitions ... The more than 50 spaces offered by Bilbao Exhibition Center facilities will host a wide variety of events in the coming months. The first [...]
Presentation of Bizkaia Orekan Sakonduz
The Provincial Council of Bizkaia met in BEC on December 18, 2020 the city councils and local development agencies of the territory to present the renewed action strategy of the Bizkaia Orekan Sakonduz plan. The [...]
Safe exams
Bilbao Exhibition Center welcomes countless academic tests throughout the year: language level exams, public job vacancies from various organizations or other employment tests. And for each one of them BEC offers a wide catalog of [...]
Bilbao Exhibition Centre will host Food 4 Future World Summit, the most innovative event and conference to transform the food and beverage industry
Food for Future World Summit will take place from June 15th to 17th 2021 in Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC) to showcase the latest technologies, solutions and automation systems that are transforming the food industry [...]
Pumps&Valves conference programme grows to reach other areas in the sector
From 26 to 28 October, the 2021 Pumps & Valves conference programme, International Trade Show for Pump Systems, Valves and Equipment for Industrial Processes, will grow by including new contents to cover a broader spectrum. [...]
Hydrogen Technologies hybrid conference of the Basque Energy Cluster
The conference on Hydrogen Technologies held on October 6, brought together more than a hundred participants who were divided into two scenarios: the face to face event in room 1, with more than 50 people, [...]
Large-format congress at BEC
More than 500 people attended the first major congress held in Bizkaia since March 2020. The large-format congresses are back at BEC Congress Center on October 8 with the celebration of the LAB Inter-Congress Assembly; [...]
Fun & Serious, the era of digitalization
The new technologies offer interesting possibilities, even more in the current circumstances, which force to look for alternatives and other participation models. The latest foray into the world of hybrid congresses has been the Fun [...]
IMIC postponed until 2021 to be held alongside MAINTENANCE
The organising team of the third edition of IMIC, Industrial Maintenance Innovation Conference, has decided to postpone the event until 2021 and hold it at the same time as the fourth edition of Maintenance. The [...]
ADDIT3D postponed until 2021
The organising team of ADDIT3D, Spain’s only professional trade show of industrial nature focusing on additive manufacturing and 3D printing, has decided to postpone the event until 2021. It will take place on 1-3 June, [...]
Bioeconomy will be the main focus in the technical sessions of Egurtek – 14 to 15 October in Bilbao Exhibition Centre
Papers will focus on new projects and challenges of their implementation in the forest sector and in sustainable construction Egurtek, International Forum on Architecture and Construction in Wood, will offer a program of high-level [...]
Leading companies in the additive manufacturing and 3D printing sector confirm their participation in ADDIT3D 2020
From 25 to 29 May at Bilbao Exhibition Centre The 5th edition of ADDIT3D will gather major Spanish and international companies working in the field of industrial additive manufacturing, such as ADDILAN, ADDIMEN, CNC, WASP, [...]
Addit3D 2020 will bring together the latest technology breakthroughs in additive and 3D manufacturing
It will take place from 25 to 29 May next year alongside BIEMH, the International Machine-Tool Biennial Exhibition ADDIT3D is the only professional industrial fair in Spain for additive manufacturing and 3D printing The most [...]
Wind Europe closes its 2019 edition at BEC with an economic impact of 10.5 million euros
Attendance by 8,500 professionals from 80 countries exceeds the organisation’s expectations. 8,500 professionals from 80 countries attend the WindEurope Conference & Exhibition 2019, held on 2 to 4 April at Bilbao Exhibition Centre, which has generated [...]
Energy and technological innovation highlight the second edition of World Maritime Week
New legislation reducing CO2 emissions and offshore energy as a huge business niche for the maritime sector, in addition to the digital transformation of the ports and generational replacement in the fishing industry, were the [...]
Pumps & Valves 2019 strengthens its wide range of activities including “Open Meetings”
The third edition of the show will be held between 4 and 6 June The third edition of PUMPS & VALVES, the International Trade Show for Pump Systems, Valves and Equipment for Industrial Processes, will [...]
Windeurope meets its steering committee in Bilbao Exhibition Centre
Representatives from WindEurope, EVE-Basque Energy Agency, Basque Energy Cluster, AEE-Spanish Wind Energy Association, IDAE- Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy, as well as the event ambassadors Siemens Gamesa RE and Iberdrola, and Bilbao [...]
Addit3d presents in Frankfurt its international campaign for 2019
The celebration of FormNext in Frankfurt this week is being the starting point for the international campaign of ADDIT3D 2019, which is preparing to face its 4th edition by expanding its exhibition offer with new [...]
