Conventa Meet 2025

18 – 20 February 2025, Slovenia

Between 18 and 20 February 2025, Ljubljana hosted the 17th Conventa, the premier trade show in New Europe, dedicated to business events, congresses and incentive travel. Conventa is a regular fixture on the calendar of international event organisers and a renowned brand that attendees associate with Slovenia and Ljubljana. Since 2009, the organisers have welcomed 3,799 hosted buyers and 2,086 exhibitors through the doors of Conventa, who conducted 52,563 business meetings.

Before and after Conventa, attendees had the opportunity to explore ten destinations on so-called fam trips. Fredi Fontanot, the Director of the Slovenian Convention Bureau, which co-founded Conventa, stressed: “Conventa is the biggest fam trip organised by the Slovenian meetings industry for seventeen consecutive years. As part of the event, we have executed 119 Slovenian familiarisation trips since 2009. We believe fam trips represent the most effective marketing method for all participating destinations.”

Gorazd Čad, the co-founder of Conventa, explained: “We encourage and support event organisers en route to sustainably transforming their events. The mission of Conventa is to create a movement for responsible event organising based on measuring direct, indirect, multiplicative and regenerative effects. At the same time, we want to encourage event organising within planetary boundaries by thinking of everyone’s wellbeing. That is the main reason we strive to make our event sustainable.”

days

184

hosted buyers

124

suppliers

3,500

meetings

Conventa 42° NORTH

This educational networking event served as an introduction to Conventa, convening stars of the European meetings industry, who spoke about sustainability at the Paris Olympics and organising events in the biggest global event agencies. The exclusive educational event took place in Grand Hotel Union Eurostars.

The Meetings Star award ceremony

Conventa concluded with a memorable Meetings Star award ceremony, where the leading destination, venues and influencers were named. The purpose of the Meetings Star Guide has been to find the best meeting hotels and destinations in a region once considered a grey swathe of Europe on the east side of the Iron Curtain.

Conventa Green Zone

As part of Conventa’s socially responsible approach, Conventa enabled innovative companies to present their services free of charge. The companies presenting their pioneering projects were Cup Revolution, Velo Concerts, Calm Nest, Knof, Piran Sea Oasis, and Ljubljana Tourism with its innovative CO2 Offset Parks project.

Waste(d) Goldmine (Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)

Conventa strives to reduce the amount of generated waste. To achieve this goal, the team strictly manages, disposes and weighs waste in line with Planet Positive Event’s methodology. Attendees had the chance to join a unique waste tour to see Conventa’s Waste(d) Goldmine.

“Less is More” exhibition

Prepared by the team of Planet Positive Event, this unique exhibition explained why it is better to trust science and not intuition when organising sustainable events. Participants learned why sustainable event organising is cheaper and regenerative.

Conventa Walk and Talk

The organisers encouraged attendees to walk to the venue by relying on a dedicated map that showed distances between event locations, the number of steps needed and number of calories burnt.