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All questions and answers about congresses in Tirol.

Information on congress funding, sustainably certified congress centers and organization can be found down below:

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In Tirol you can find two congress centers that have been awarded the Austrian Ecolabel and the Green Globe certificate: Congress Messe Innsbruck and Congress Centrum Alpbach. The K3 KitzKongress in Kitzbühel bears the Green Brand Certificate.

In Tirol, both Innsbruck Tourism with the Innsbruck Convention Bureau and Kufstein and the Convention Bureau Kufstein provide funding for national and international congress organizers, PCOs. Detailed information on the requirements can be found HERE.
You can apply for the funding via the Innsbruck or Kufstein region.

The amount of funding via the Innsbruck Convention Bureau depends on the number of participants. In Kufstein, the highest subsidy amount is € 3,000.
You can read the conditions in the guidelines for congress funding. You can download them below.

Applicants for funding can only be congress organizers, i.e. tour operators, travel agencies, PCOs (Professional Congress Organizers). Furthermore, it requires international participants, a minimum duration of 3 days, overnight stays in the region with proof of net overnight turnover.
You can find the guidelines for the funding as a download below.

The Convention Bureau Kufstein and the Innsbruck Convention Bureau will assist you with booking accommodations.

There are numerous international airports in the vicinity of Innsbruck:

  • Munich Airport
  • Zurich Airport
  • Vienna Airport
  • Salzburg Airport

For more information on how to get to Tirol by plane, train, car or bus, see Getting to Tirol.

Tirol is outstanding in a number of areas. Tirol has not only established itself as a tourism destination, but has also developed into a vibrant technology and health hub. The scientific focus topics are strongly in the areas of health sciences and field of sustainability research:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Sports science
  • Tourism
  • Physics

These renowned congress centers in Tirol are the ideal venues for your medical meeting: Congress Centrum Alpbach, Congress Messe Innsbruck, Gurgl Carat in the Ötztal Valley.

If you come to Tirol for a congress, you also book a feeling of life at the same time. Nature is always present and only separated from the meeting room through a glass pane and can easily be integrated into the side program. On foot to the congress center, lunch outside and an educational side program in the Tirolean nature. How exactly such a day can look like, you can read HERE.

In addition to the scientific focus topics, “Key Enabling Technologies” are also playing an increasingly important role in the Tirolean economy, especially in an international context:

  1. Smart Building
  2. Smart City & Energy
  3. Life Sciences
  4. Networked Systems & Industry 4.0
  5. Health Sciences & Medical Technology
  6. Health & Medical Tourism
  7. Alpine Technologies
  8. Product Innovation

You want to apply for a congress or have been assigned this task by your organization but don’t know where to start and what needs to be considered?

HERE you will find all the important aspects you need to consider when planning a congress.
In the First Aid Congress Kit below you will find a checklist and all important information summarized.

If you have any further questions, the experts of the Convention Bureau Tirol are at your disposal at any time.

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