MOSCOW, RUSSIA - World Trade Center Moscow received the "Event of the Year" Award - one of the most prestigious awards in the field of event industry. WTC Moscow was recognized in the special nomination "The best event in the field of innovations" for the project "33rd World Conference of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) ", which was successfully organized in 2016 in cooperation with R.I.M. Porter Novelli.

The 33rd IASP World Conference was held at the World Trade Center Moscow in September 2016, and became the largest Conference in the IASP history - it gathered over 1,700 participants from 74 countries, including 69 speakers. Within the framework of the conference, 1,099 business meetings were held (376 meetings involving residents and representatives of Moscow technoparks, 431 meetings with international participants, 292 meetings with participation of other Russian companies and technoparks), 496 applications were accepted from start-ups, 35 investment projects were signed.

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"Event of the Year" is a national annual award, the key professional award of the event industry in Russia. The main objectives of the award are to show the opportunities and prospects of the industry, to identify and recognize its leaders, to demonstrate the high level of organization of events, to introduce to the public the true professionals who create events in our country.