Ever wonder what goes on inside the walls of the Vancouver Convention Centre? For starters: a Consumer Virtual Reality expo; the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting; and, currently, more than 1,350 cruise-focused professionals who arrived today for major industry convention Cruise360. And last year? Numerous major medical conventions met within those walls, sharing new research and discussing breakthroughs.
Sought after by the world’s most prestigious medical associations, Vancouver has clearly earned a reputation as a premier meetings destination. Click through the following video to hear from organizers of the World Congress of Dermatology; International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention; FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics; and the World Diabetes Congress. Throughout, they discuss what makes Vancouver such a special meeting destination and the legacies these incredible meetings left behind in our city.