Press Release

29th January, 2020
MICE Promotion Division, Culture and Tourism Bureau, City of Yokohama
Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau
Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama

Yokohama to Host Record-Breaking, Ten Large International Conventions in 2020!
YOKOHAMA, Japan, 29th January, 2020 -- Yokohama will host ten large international conventions
which respectively will attract 1,000 or more participants in 2020.
These are the fruit of the support the City of Yokohama, Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau andPacific Convention Plaza Yokohama (PACIFICO Yokohama) have together given to convention
organizers through public subsidies and other means designed to support their efforts to attract
international conventions to Yokohama. Promotional activities began up to approximately nine years ago
for these conventions to be held in 2020.
The Minato Mirai 21 district will further enhance its MICE functions with the successive openings ofPACIFICO Yokohama North, hotels and concert venues. Highlighting our track record of hosting events
including the APEC JAPAN 2010 meeting and the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African
Development (TICAD7) and our advantages in hosting MICE, we will continue proactive promotion
activities targeting medium- and large-scale international conventions and medical conventions, whichhave strong economic synergies, as well as conventions on IoT and other growing areas.
[Large international conventions scheduled in 2020]
Name of convention

PeriodSPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020 in2020
First time in Asia
Yokohama, Japan
June 14-19
https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/astronomical-telescopes-and-instrumentation
29th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligenceand 17th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial
July 11-17
Intelligence (IJCAI-PRICAI2020)
https://www.ijcai20.org/
International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting
September 2-4
https://iscosmeetings2020.org/
The 2020 Yokohama Sport Conference
http://yokohama2020.jp/jp/index_jp.html

17th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery
https://site2.convention.co.jp/wces2020/

Simultaneously
held in
PACIFICO
Yokohama North& ConferenceCenter22nd World Meeting of the International Society for SexualMedicine
First time in Japan
https://www.wmsm.org/
9th International Orthodontic CongressFirst time in Asia
http://www.wfo2020yokohama.org/jpn/index.html
31st International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic
Chemists (IFSCC) Congress 2020 Yokohama
https://www.ifscc2020.com/

September
8-12
September
9-12
September
16-19

No. ofexpected
participants
2,300

4,000

Venue
PACIFICO
Yokohama
PACIFICO
Yokohama
North

1,000

PACIFICO
Yokohama

2,500

PACIFICO
Yokohama
North

8,500

PACIFICO
Yokohama

1,200

PACIFICO
Yokohama

October 4-7

6,000

October 20-23

2,000

PACIFICO
Yokohama
PACIFICO
Yokohama

2020 JCI World Congress Yokohama, Japan
https://jp.jciwc-2020.com/

November 3-7

10,000PACIFICO
Yokohama
North

75th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Coloproctology(JSCP) / 30th Biennial Congress of the International Society November
11-14of University of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ISUCRS)
https://site2.convention.co.jp/isucrs2020/

2,000

PACIFICOYokohama
NorthFor more information, please contact:[On the details of the support provided by the City of Yokohama]Kozo KAJI, Director for MICE Promotion Division, Culture and Tourism Bureau, City of Yokohama
Email: bk-mice@city.yokohama.jp[On international conventions]
Seiichi HATA, Manager, MICE Sales & Promotion Department, Yokohama Convention & Visitor s Bureau
Email: mice@ycvb.or.jp[On PACIFICO Yokohama]
Tatsuya YAMASAKI, Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama (PACIFICO Yokohama)
Email: pr@pacifico.co.jp*MICE collectively refers to the following business events: Meetings (corporate meetings), Incentive Travels(travels as a reward or for training), Conventions (international conferences), and Exhibitions/Events.