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October 15 to 17, whilst the 8th edition of
the Southern European Veterinary Con-
gress (SEVC) was also hosted in 2015.
Corporate meetings in the field
of technology
The German company SAP held its SAP
FKOM corporate meeting from January
19 to 21 at the Gran Via venue with the
participation of more than 5,600 associ-
ates from different countries. The meeting
focused on the firm’s innovations and
business strategy, as well as the consoli-
dation of its network of professional rela-
tionships. The SAP TechEd meeting took
place from November 10 to 12, bringing
together 4,300 professionals to hone their
skills and training.
US giant Hewlett Packard held its HP
ETSS Winter from February 2 to 6 Febru-
ary with the participation of 1,500 people.
The main themes were Cloud Intelligence
and Big Data, and around 200 work ses-
sions and debates and 70 experimental
workshops were organised.
VM World Europe. The meeting of
the technology multinational VMWare, a
world leader in virtualisation and cloud
infrastructure, took place at the Gran Via
venue from October 12 to 15, with some
10,000 professionals attending more than
250 sessions, laboratories, workshops
and talks. The focus this year was on
training for data processing.
Microsoft organised the MS Con-
vergence EMEA from November 30
to December 2 with more than 5,000
participants. At the meeting, the US
multinational presented a number of new
developments, including Microsoft 365,
Dynamics CRM 2016 and PowerApps.
Other technological events
The 2015 Digital Government Congress
2015 was celebrated on January 21
and 22 with the participation of around
A view of the exhibition
area at the SAP TechEd
corporate meeting, which
focused on training and
skills.
Attracting major medical and
technology congresses is a
key goal in Fira de Barcelona’s
strategy
