Copenhagen In Congress Super-League

Copenhagen secures coveted EWEA Offshore congress despite having just 14 days to prepare bid. The congress is expected to draw up to 10,000 delegates to the Danish capital in December 2015.

The bidding process for congresses can last many months or even years, but last week Copenhagen won one of the largest congresses despite having just 14 days’ preparation.

Steen Jacobsen, congress director at Wonderful Copenhagen, comments:

”In recent years we have intensified our efforts to bring international congresses to Copenhagen and have both won and held a large number of mega-events. As a result, today, we have a great deal of experience and some strong, broad alliances, which means that we as a destination are always in the starting blocks if we need to make a fast bid. That is why we were able to win a major congress like EWEA Offshore with such a brief preparation.”

Copenhagen had originally intended to bid to host EWEA Offshore in 2017, but when the host city for 2015 withdrew, the Danish Wind Industry Association were approached by the EWEA to hear if Copenhagen could bid. Together with Wonderful Copenhagen, and in close cooperation with, among others, Bella Center, State of Green, Københavns Kommune and the city’s hotels, a bid was put together which was judged superior to those of the competing cities, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Paris.