Portugal is increasingly establishing itself as one of the world’s leading destinations for international congresses and association meetings. The latest ICCA Country & City Rankings 2025 confirm this momentum with record-breaking results, placing the country, and particularly Lisbon, at the center of the global MICE industry landscape.
According to the International Congress and Convention Association, Lisbon secured the #1 position worldwide among cities hosting international association meetings and congresses in 2025, with a total of 188 qualifying events.
The Portuguese capital surpassed traditionally dominant destinations in the sector, including Paris, with 174 congresses, and Barcelona, with 166.
But this achievement goes far beyond a position in an international ranking.
It reflects the growing confidence of the international scientific, academic, and association communities in Portugal as a destination fully prepared to host knowledge-sharing, innovation, collaboration, and world-class global events.
EWEPA XVII conference will take place in Porto, Portugal from 28 June to 1 July 2020! It continues a successful path of Efficiency and Productivity Analysis Workshops, that started in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, in 1989 and moved along Europe up to the city of London in the last two editions (2017 and 2019).
EWEPA is the leading biennial conference devoted to the methodology and application of productivity, efficiency and performance analysis of firms, public services and industries, joining academics and practitioners from all continents. The first day of the conference is a pre-conference workshop with presentations of PhD Students and discussion by a senior researcher.
The 2020 International Conference on River Connectivity (Fish Passage 2020) organized by Abreu Events Congress Organizer, will bring together experts, managers, stakeholders and companies from around the world to discuss pressing issues on Eco hydraulics, Eco hydrology and fish passage problems, solutions and future forms of research.
Fish Passage 2020 will be held at the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC), which is located near the center of Lisbon, Portugal.
The next ECIIA European Conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal following the steps of its fellow institutes who hosted the previous events in 2016 Stockholm, 2017 Basel and 2018 Madrid.
The ECIIA is the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing.
The mission of the ECIIA is “To be the consolidated voice for the profession of internal auditing in Europe by dealing with the European Union, its Parliament and Commission and any other appropriate institution of influence and to present and develop the internal audit profession and good corporate governance in Europe”.
ISCTSC 2020 (The 12th International Conference on Transport Survey Methods) is going to be held in Portugal, Hotel Golf Mar, on the seaside, in Vimeiro , from May 31 - June 5, 2020.
The International Steering Committee for Travel Survey Conferences (ISCTSC) organizes these conferences with the aim of offering transport professionals (researchers, practitioners, modelers, planners, and others) the possibility to present their work, exchange information, network, promote international collaboration, and serve as a forum for the presentation of workshops, papers, and posters.
The AgEng2020 Conference will be held in Évora, Portugal, between 5 and 9 of July 2020 with the focus on New Challenges for Agricultural Engineering towards a Digital World.
This event is an opportunity to bring together engineers, scientists, technicians, academics and industry people to exchange knowledge, ideas, to present innovations and to discuss the state of the art and future perspectives for agricultural engineering as a motor for the sustainable future of agriculture.
The 3rd International Conference on Materials Design and Applications 2020 (MDA 2020) will take place in Porto, Portugal, 25-26 June 2020 and it counts with Abreu Events Congress Organizer organization. The conference venue is the campus of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) located in the town of Porto in the Northern region of Portugal.
Porto is a beautiful and lively city, steeped in history and rich in great experiences. With its magnificent location by the Atlantic coast, Porto is the city of the world famous Port Wine and the River Douro.
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