The

convention center A convention center (American and British English spelling differences, American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a Convention (meeting), convention, where individuals and groups ...

ICM–Internationales Congress Center München belongs to

Messe München Messe München GmbH is the operator of the Neue Messe München exhibition center, the ICM Internationales Congress Center München and the MOC Veranstaltungscenter München. The exhibition space of the 16 halls together is 180,000 m2 and ...

. It is structurally integrated into the exhibition center in Munich's

Messestadt Riem Messestadt Riem (literally: Convention City Riem; Central Bavarian: ''Messestod Ream'') is an urban district in the east of Munich. It is part of the Trudering-Riem, municipality 15 Trudering-Riem, and located entirely on the grounds of Munich-Rie ...

and has been operating since 1998 together with Messe München. International medical and scientific congresses, general meetings of listed companies as well as events take place in the ICM. Since 2011, the ICM operates together with Messe München and the ''MOC Veranstaltungscenter München'' as the ''Messe München Locations''.

Premises

The convention center has an available exhibition space of 7,000 m². The 20 halls of the ICM can accommodate events with up to 6,000 people, and with the Messe München, the ICM provides space for events for tens of thousands of participants.

Technology and service

The infrastructure in the ICM include high-speed communication technology, modern lighting and sound equipment, audiovisual, transmission and stage equipment with movable stage areas and lighting grids and permanent interpretation booths. The convention center also has three restaurant areas.

Events

The customers of the ICM include international organizations and large corporations as well as agencies. The most visited medical congress in the ICM and on the fairgrounds, with over 30,000 participants, is the Congress of the

European Society of Cardiology The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is an independent Nonprofit organisation, non-profit, non-governmental professional association that works to advance the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases of the heart and blood vessels, a ...

(ESC), which has been held every four years since 2004.

DAX The DAX (''Deutscher Aktienindex'' (German stock index); ) is a stock market index consisting of the 40 major German blue chip companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It is a total return index. Prices are taken from the Xetra t ...

companies such as

MAN SE MAN SE (abbreviation of ''Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- Nürnberg'', ) was a manufacturing and engineering company based in Munich, Germany. Its primary output was commercial vehicles and diesel engines through its MAN Truck & Bus and MAN Latin ...

Munich Re Munich Re Group or Munich Reinsurance Company () is a German Multinational corporation, multinational insurance company based in Munich, Germany. It is the world's largest reinsurance, reinsurer. ERGO Insurance Group, ERGO, a subsidiary of Munich ...

and

The Linde Group Linde is a global Multinational corporation, multinational chemical company and the world's largest industrial gas supplier by market share and revenue. Founded by German scientist and engineer Carl von Linde in 1879 in Wiesbaden, Germany, the ...

organize their annual general meetings for many years now in the ICM.

Memberships

The ICM is a member of various industry associations, including the ''Europäischer Verband der Veranstaltungs-Centren (EVVC)'', the ''German Convention Bureau (GCB)'' and the ''Association Internationale des Palais de Congrès (AIPC)''.

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