Gran Canaria Convention Bureau

International Organization for Mycoplasmology 2024
2024-07-07 - 2024-07-11 | Hotel Cristina by Tigotan
The International Organization for Mycoplasmology (IOM) was founded in 1976 as a nonprofit organization and exists to promote the cooperative international study of mycoplasmas (Mollicutes) and mycoplasmal diseases and to disseminate knowledge about their characteristics, effects, transmission, and control.
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 25th Biennial Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology (IOM), which will take place from the 7th to the 11th of July 2024, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
This congress will include the latest research advances in clinical and veterinary researches, vaccine development, synthetic biology, pathogenesis, structural biology, Phytoplasma, Spiroplasma, Ureaplasma, Acholeplasma, Mesoplasma, and more.

II Jornadas Por-No Hablar
2024-07-02 | Palacio de Congresos de Canarias – Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Ctra. del Rincón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35010, España
Por No-Hablar Project with funding from the Directorate General for Youth of the Canary Islands Government.
The aim of this conference is to deepen the knowledge acquired in the previous edition through a series of lectures and workshops, exploring the different ways in which pornography affects intimacy, the perception of sexuality and relational dynamics in society.
The II Conference “Por-No Hablar” will once again be held in the municipality of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and has been designed to cater for two specific target groups and will therefore take place in two different venues.
2 July – Morning session – Venue: Congress Hall of the Alfredo Kraus AuditoriumMeeting with professionals and families, where aspects such as addiction to pornography, sexual exploitation within the industry, the pornification of video games and sex education as a response will be addressed.»Face-to-face or streaming.
2 July – Afternoon – Space: Palermo WorkshopsA space for young people with whom, through different activities, they will work on the differences between porn and real sex and will be introduced to strategies to counteract the effects of pornography.

Maritime Week Las Palmas (MWLPA24)
2024-06-17 - 2024-06-19 | Santa Catalina, a Royal Hideaway Hotel
Maritime Week Las Palmas (MWLPA24), the second edition of which will take place from 17-19 June at the Hotel Santa Catalina in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, will examine the port’s maritime activities, from bunkering and bulk storage to bunkering trials and ship repair; from cargo handling and agency to ship supply and spares services. It will also examine key international issues such as energy transition, environmental regulations and revolutionary geopolitical developments, including the diversion of international shipping from the Red Sea and Suez Canal to Southern and West Africa, an issue that is currently having a major impact on the maritime sector in the Canaries.

35º Congreso de la Asociación de Cardiología Intervencionista de la Sociedad Española de Cardiología
2024-06-12 - 2024-06-14 | Palacio de Congresos de Canarias – Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Ctra. del Rincón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35010, España

Fisaldo, la Feria de las Oportunidades
2024-06-12 - 2024-06-16 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
The Opportunities Fair consolidates its presence in the trade fair agenda.
In 2024 we will be back with the must-attend event for all those who want to buy quality products at the best prices on the market.

6th International Gran Canaria Spring Symposium in Tourism Development (VI SSTD 2024)
2024-06-12 - 2024-06-14 | Expomeloneras, Plaza de las Convenciones, Maspalomas, Las Palmas, 35100, España

Woman Rocks Canarias
2024-06-08 | Hotel Cristina by Tigotan
Woman Rocks is much more than an event. It is a meeting where women who have already managed to make a living from their businesses will show you how they have done it and give you their magic recipe so that you can do it too.

Fimar, Feria Internacional del Mar
2024-06-07 - 2024-06-09 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
The International Maritime Fair is the regional event of reference for the nautical and marine-maritime sector of the Canary Islands archipelago.
Its aim is to offer entrepreneurs in the sector a specialised event through which to promote and boost the Blue Economy. The fair, as well as hosting a commercial offer of suppliers from the sector, is completed with a technical programme, scientific dissemination and complementary activities related to the marine-maritime environment.
FIMAR is a promotional opportunity for companies and professionals in the sector, as well as a unique event for the dissemination of the importance of the marine-maritime environment and sustainability among the general public.

XXXII Congreso de Ecografía Obstétrico-Ginecológica de la Sociedad Española de Ginecología y Obstetricia (SEGO)
2024-05-23 - 2024-05-25 | Palacio de Congresos de Canarias – Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Ctra. del Rincón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35010, España

Canarias Comunica
2024-05-16 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
Canarias Comunica, the Canary Islands Communication Forum, will celebrate its 12th edition this year.
An essential event for Marketing, Communication and Advertising professionals, with the participation of the media, agencies, advertisers and all those who love these sectors.

En Modo Family
2024-05-10 - 2024-05-12 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
If you have children, if you’re thinking about having them, if your best friend has three girls, if your grandmother lives with you… then you know there are days when you have to get ‘In Family Mode’.
Education, health, entertainment, technology, safety, food and much more. At this fair you’ll find a wealth of ideas, resources, products and services to help you with family life.

50 Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Española de Reumatología
2024-05-07 - 2024-05-10 | Expomeloneras, Plaza de las Convenciones, Maspalomas, Las Palmas, 35100, España
From 7 to 10 May we have an appointment in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, to share science, experiences and much more during the 50th National Congress of the Spanish Society of Rheumatology, which will be held at the Expomeloneras Conference Centre.

XIV Jornadas de Innovación en Servicios Generales Hospitalarios
2024-04-24 - 2024-04-26 | Palacio de Congresos de Canarias – Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Ctra. del Rincón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35010, España
At this conference we would like to emphasise that the General Hospital Services and the professionals who make them up are one of the main driving forces behind healthcare management and organisation.

Feria Gran Canaria Me Gusta
2024-04-19 - 2024-04-21 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
The Gran Canaria Me Gusta Fair is conceived as the great fair of Gran Canaria, an event of reference on the island for both the primary sector and the local gastronomic sector.
Maintaining its content, once again, the Gran Canaria Me Gusta Fair will be the ideal setting to showcase the excellence of local produce and the island’s gastronomy, providing in the same space the direct sale of produce and an extensive programme of activities which, with the help of experts, will showcase the particularities of our products, their production and artisan preparation, enhancing their identity.

XII Congreso Español de Lactancia Materna de la Iniciativa para la Humanización de la Asistencia al Nacimiento y la Lactancia (IHAN)
2024-04-18 - 2024-04-20 | Expomeloneras, Plaza de las Convenciones, Maspalomas, Las Palmas, 35100, España
The XII IHAN National Breastfeeding Congress will take place in 2024 in Gran Canaria.

XI Jornada Conjunta de Pediatría Extrahospitalaria y de Atención Primaria de Canarias
2024-04-13 | Hotel Bull Reina Isabel & Spa
This conference is aimed at professionals related to paediatrics, especially in the field of primary care: paediatricians, family doctors, general practitioners, nurses, MIR and EIR and is currently the main meeting point for primary care paediatricians in the Canary Islands.

II Jornadas PROA+. Programa para la Orientación, Avance y Enriquecimiento Educativo
2024-04-10 - 2024-04-12 | Palacio de Congresos de Canarias – Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Ctra. del Rincón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35010, España
The impressive Alfredo Kraus Auditorium in Gran Canaria will host the 2nd PROA+ Conference on 10, 11 and 12 April 2024, organised by the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports of the Spanish Government and the Department of Education, Vocational Training, Physical Activity and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands. More than 300 education professionals from the 17 autonomous communities, Ceuta and Melilla are expected to attend in order to share experiences within the framework of the development of the PROA+ Programme and to take advantage of the spaces for debate and reflection that an event of this nature provides. During the conference, examples of good practices will be presented and academic research projects in line with the PROA+ objectives will be presented, with international speakers from the same field.

III Jornada de Conectividad Aérea Turespaña-AENA
2024-04-04 | Palacio de Congresos de Canarias – Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Ctra. del Rincón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35010, España
The island of Gran Canaria is preparing to welcome Spain’s main airlines to the third edition of the Air Connectivity Conference organised by Turespaña and Aena for Spain’s Tourist Destinations, which will take place on 4 April at the Canary Islands Conference Centre in the capital of Gran Canaria, with the participation of Gran Canaria Tourism.

13ª Feria de Artesanía de Gran Canaria, Primavera Sur
2024-03-15 - 2024-03-24 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
The Gran Canaria Craft Fairs, promoted by the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, through FEDAC, and organised by Infecar, aim to offer visitors a meeting place with the island’s craftsmen, promoting the dissemination and marketing of their crafts.
The handicrafts of Gran Canaria, as a sample of the art and cultural tradition of the people, represent the identity and the generational legacy of ancient crafts, offering a great diversity of unique products or limited series, made by the privileged hands of creators who pamper each piece in detail.
Unique objects and pieces made by hand, with a careful process of creation, which can never be copied.

17th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and other Implantable Technologies (CI2024)
2024-02-21 - 2024-02-24 | Palacio de Congresos de Canarias – Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Ctra. del Rincón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35010, España
The CI2024 will gather prominent global experts in this field including basic scientists, clinical specialists, and researchers. There will be very productive clinical debates on various topics related to all fields in Cochlear Implantation and other Implantable Devices, as well as a special focus on Basic Sciences, including the most important research groups in the world. Possibilities to publish the best presentations in best journals will be offered, and presentations will be available on-demand.

DigiON Canarias
2024-02-21 - 2024-02-22 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
DigiON Canarias, the Canary Islands Business Digitalisation Show, will return to Infecar for its second edition on 21 and 22 February 2024.
This professional and multi-sectoral meeting aims to bring together the latest digital solutions and technological innovation in the same space, thus boosting the digital transformation of Canary Islands companies.
In addition, on 19 and 20 February, Tourism Tech Adventures (TTA) – Canarias 2024 will be held in collaboration with the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Planeta Gran Canaria
2023-12-26 - 2024-01-04 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
Planeta Gran Canaria is a festival for the whole family to enjoy. This year it celebrates its 23rd edition, maintaining a wide range of fun and educational activities in which all the activities are designed for the enjoyment and entertainment of the whole family.
This fair was born with a clear vocation to be a space of fun, illusion and fantasy for all families on the island of Gran Canaria, making it possible for them to share educational leisure time at Christmas.
Live this positive family experience where emotions emerge from illusion and joint creativity.

ExpoAgro Canarias - Feria de la Innovación en el Sector Primario
2023-12-13 - 2023-12-14 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
ExpoAgro Canarias, the Innovation Fair in the Primary Sector, is a showcase for the exhibition of products and services linked to the primary sector, as well as a space for professionals in the sector to connect.
Farmers, livestock farmers, public entities linked to the primary sector, technological and innovative companies in the primary sector, greenhouses, machinery and tools, irrigation and tanks, among others, will participate in this event.

II Jornadas Internacionales de Traumaterapia
2023-12-07 - 2023-12-09 | Expomeloneras, Plaza de las Convenciones, Maspalomas, Las Palmas, 35100, España
The aim of this 2nd Conference is to bring the participants closer to the new approaches to intervention from the trauma therapy approach, with integration being the guiding thread of good professional practice. Few therapies today propose a framework of intervention from the internal observer. Tackling trauma from the knowledge of oneself, from the compassion of one’s own personal autobiography, but above all from the active participation in the recovery process. In short, the aim is to humanise professional practice from the point of view of harmony in therapeutic intervention. This conference aims to change the way we look at things, focusing on the somatosensory experience, creating an axis of work in harmony between the mind and the body, generating an integrating work map.

XIX World Saxophone Congress
2023-12-06 - 2023-12-10 | Palacio de Congresos de Canarias – Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Ctra. del Rincón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35010, España

SeaTech Canarias
2023-11-27 - 2023-11-28 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
Gran Canaria, new blue pole 5.0 celebrates its first International Summit on technological innovation in the marine-maritime sector: “SeaTech Canarias”. Organised by the IAT Marino-Marítima, an initiative of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria developed by the SPEGC, the event will take place on 27 and 28 November at Infecar – Feria de Gran Canaria.

XI Foro Internacional de Turismo Maspalomas Costa Canaria
2023-11-23 - 2023-11-24 | Expomeloneras, Plaza de las Convenciones, Maspalomas, Las Palmas, 35100, España
The Maspalomas Costa Canaria International Tourism Forum will hold its eleventh edition on 23 and 24 November 2023.
The continuity of the event is the best proof of the success of an event that annually brings together hundreds of tourism specialists and professionals in the main tourist municipality of Gran Canaria. Organised by the Town Council of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, the Cabildo de Gran Canaria and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, through the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, it offers the ideal framework for analysing trends, exchanging opinions and experiences on the main problems and solutions in the sector.

XXXIV Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo de Enfermedades Infecciosas y SEPSIS de la SEMICYUC
2023-11-23 - 2023-11-24 | Palacio de Congresos de Canarias – Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Ctra. del Rincón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35010, España

Animundo, Feria del Animal de Compañía
2023-11-18 - 2023-11-19 | Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR), Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35012, España
Animundo, the Companion Animal Fair, is a meeting place for professionals, families and animal lovers who wish to find products and services for the responsible care of companion animals in a single space (in no case the sale of animals), and where they can also enjoy an extensive programme of educational talks, workshops, exhibitions and adoption catwalks, where all those who wish to do so will have the opportunity to adopt.

19° Congreso de Centros Especiales de Empleo
2023-11-16 - 2023-11-17 | Palacio de Congresos de Canarias – Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Ctra. del Rincón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35010, España
This year, the magnificent city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will be the setting where experts, leaders and participants will gather to discuss, share and advance the most current and relevant topics in the employment and disability sector.
As we get closer to the date, we recommend that you keep a close eye on our social media channels. We will share more details about the programme, special guests, and many more surprises.
