Global civil society activity in Netherlands

Meetings Statistics

From UIA's International Meetings Statistics Report

Top 25 over 20 years

Netherlands is ranked #12 over a 20 year period,
with 6964 meetings since 2005.

Top 25 in 2023

Netherlands is ranked #16 for 2024, with 196 meetings.

Local UIA Partner

Amsterdam-RAI Congress Centre

website: https://www.rai.nl/


We believe in the power of connecting. To bring people, ideas and visions together in a world full of opportunities.

As a facilitating and organising party, Amsterdam RAI connects context, content and communities with one another. We create the right conditions in which inspiring meetings can take place. In which various languages can understand each other as one. This synergy creates the added value of a good experience and/or a business success. Amsterdam RAI links people both physically and virtually so they can inspire, surprise and enrich one another. Always with an open mind and a global perspective.

In addition to organising 25 of its own exhibition titles, Amsterdam RAI facilitates over 500 events a year, including exhibitions, conferences, corporate events and other niche events organised in the exhibition halls and conference centre.

Amsterdam RAI Exhibitions annually organises over 25 national and international consumer and trade fairs. As the organising party, we wish to act as a matchmaker between visitors and exhibitors. Our international titles have regional spin-offs in China, America, Poland, India, Mexico and Turkey. Wherever they may be held around the world, the emphasis is on generating and maintaining new and existing business for our exhibitors, visitors, sponsors and partners.



Local UIA Partner

Maastricht Convention Bureau

website: http://maastrichtconventionbureau.com/


At the crossroads of Europe, in the South of the Netherlands, you’ll find Maastricht — a city of historic charm with excellent conference venues and easy accessibility. From here the Brightlands region unfolds. It’s one of the world’s smartest communities, where research and industry unite for real-world impact. With direct links to Belgium and Germany, this is your natural hub for international meetings.

Home to leading international conferences, this region thrives on the power of collaboration. More than 30.000 entrepreneurs, researchers and students work side by side in a unique ecosystem. Joined by world-renowned experts and driven by state-of-the-art R&D technologies, this community pushes boundaries. Multilingual, open minded and internationally connected — discover the four knowledge hubs near Maastricht where this ecosystem takes shape.

The Maastricht Convention Bureau will connect you to the right partners in science and hospitality. Backed by the regional government and local municipalities, they are the official convention bureau for the cities of Maastricht, Venlo, Sittard-Geleen, and Heerlen — a trusted non-profit with more than 40 years of expertise. As your gateway to venues, hotels, knowledge institutes, and local experts from both academia and industry, they open doors and create the right connections.


Local UIA Partner

Conference Compass

website: https://www.conferencecompass.com/



Making bright people brighter

At Conference Compass, we develop customizable mobile & web apps making events more inclusive, accessible, and engaging. And we serve some of the largest conferences worldwide.



Local UIA Partner

Conferli

website: https://www.conferli.com/



World’s First Match-making Platform for Association Events, a data-driven application that helps associations, destinations and venues find each other directly, enabling a transparent and efficient tender process. It cuts lead time, increases success rate and makes the tender process easy and fast.


Local UIA Partner

Amsterdam Convention Bureau

website: https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/conventions



Known for its progressive and liberal spirit, Amsterdam is the ideal destination for your next purpose-driven meeting, conference or business event. World-class venues, exceptional connectivity, a collaborative business and knowledge network, and expert support from the Amsterdam Convention Bureau make the city ideally placed for meetings to achieve success and inspire progress towards the creation of a better future.

Join Amsterdam’s dynamic meetings industry and benefit from over 750 years of culture and innovation to inspire lasting change with your next event in our city.



Local UIA Partner

The Hague & Partners

website: https://thehague.com/partners/en/business-units/convention-bureau



The Hague & Partners is the official marketing organisation for the promotion of leisure, conferences, and business developments in The Hague. It is made up of three business units: the Marketing Bureau, the Convention Bureau, and the Business Agency. As a professional non-profit organisation we aim to strengthen the economy of our city by sharing our diverse and distinguished city with visitors from all over the world.

It is our organisation’s mission to establish The Hague as one of the world’s most attractive destinations for tourists, events, and businesses. Our combined knowledge and expertise in the field as well as great enthusiasm for this city drives this ambition forward. Together, our three business units will strengthen the city’s profile and promote it to a wide range of target groups: leisure travellers, event organisers, event participants, as well as companies who are looking to establish their businesses in The Hague.

The Convention Bureau promotes The Hague as a meetings and conference destination and that facilitates event organisers in hosting conferences in The Hague. We are eager to facilitate the remarkable experiences that will live on in the memories of everyone involved and to contribute to the success of your company or association.
We offer a wide range of services that support events taking place in the city. The Hague is a wonderful event destination and is more than well equipped to turn any event into an outstanding one. Event organisers have enough to worry about without worrying about logistics, delegates’ safety and convenience, accommodation, travel to and from the venue, finding specialists in the field, entertainment, sustainability… The list is endless. We have professional staff and networks in every imaginable field to get you started.

We offer: Customised advice for your meeting, conference or congress on accommodation, whether it's an association event or corporate event; personal advice before, during and after the event; and mediation to establish contact with relevant business partners & service suppliers; connect you to venues, government authorities and a variety of networks such as the Hybrid City Alliance.


Organizations based in Netherlands

International Esperantist Scientific Association - Rotterdam
International Society for Agricultural Meteorology - Bruchem
Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property - The Hague
European Pocket Billiard Federation - Brunssum
International Association of Independent Art and Design Schools - Enschede
European Association of Intellectual Disability Medicine - Rotterdam
International Society for the Study of Trophoblastic Disease - Nijmegen
International Society of Intraoperative Neurophysiology - Groningen
International Forwarding Association - Venlo
JRE- Jeunes Restaurateurs - Eindhoven
Circuits International - Zandvoort
Unión de Asociaciones Ibéricas e Iberoamericanas del Benelux - The Hague
International Association of Customs Museums - Rotterdam
European Society for Oceanists - Nijmegen
European Network of Physiotherapy in Higher Education - Enschede
World Heart Failure Society - Rhoon
Fédération européenne de croquet - Utrecht
European Union of Wholesale in Eggs, Egg-Products, Poultry and Game - Veenendaal
European Laser Association - Bussum
International Society for the Study of Argumentation - Amsterdam
Federation of European Mineral Engineering Programs - Delft
European Association of Methodology - Utrecht
International Fortress Council - Utrecht
Earth Association for Regression Therapy - Kessel-Eik
European Federation of Farriers Associations - Oosterhout

View More profiles (1411) in the Yearbook of International Organizations

Future Events in Netherlands

2032 World ContestWorld Ploughing Organization - Oosterhout

2030 World CongressInternational Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association - Amsterdam

2030 International Hanseatic Day of Modern TimesInternational Union of Cities THE HANSA - Zwolle

2029 Annual CongressEuropean Orthodontic Society - Zwolle

2029 SymposiumhEART - European Association for Research in Transportation - Delft

2028 CongressEuropean Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery - Amsterdam

2028 International Symposium on the Ecology of AphidophagaInternational Organisation for Biological Control - Maastricht

2028 International Congress on Education in Botanic GardensBotanic Gardens Conservation International - Leiden

2028 Annual ConferenceInternational Society for Medical Innovation and Technology - Rotterdam

2028 International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology (ICCN)International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology - Rotterdam

2027 International CongressInternational Society of Craniofacial Surgery - Rotterdam

2027 International Epilepsy CongressInternational League Against Epilepsy - Amsterdam

2027 Annual MeetingEuropean Association of Archaeologists - Leiden

2027 MeetingNordic Spinal Deformities Society - Leiden

2027 International Conference on Automated Deduction (CADE)International Conference on Automated Deduction - Nijmegen

View More Future Events (93) in The International Congress Calendar

Past Events in Netherlands

2026 Biosimilar Medicines Conference – Medicines for Europe - Amsterdam
2026 General Assembly – European Federation of Loss Adjusting Experts - Rotterdam
2026 Annual Conference – European Association of Research Managers and Administrators - Utrecht
2026 Conference – Plastics Recyclers Europe - Amsterdam
2026 Geospatial World Forum (GWF) – Geospatial World Forum - Amsterdam
2026 Annual General Meeting – European Institute of Golf Course Architects - Utrecht
2026 EFTF 2026 – European Frequency and Time Forum - Noordwijk
2026 Spring Meeting – European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes - Noordwijk-aan-Zee
2026 Biennial Conference – European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and Environment - Utrecht
2026 Meeting – European Dental Students Association - Amsterdam
2026 DIA Europe Meeting – Drug Information Association - Rotterdam
2026 Colloquium on Personnel Economics (COPE) – Colloquium on Personnel Economics - Rotterdam
2026 DVB World Conference – DVB Project - Amsterdam
2026 StocExpo – Federation of European Tank Storage Associations - Rotterdam
2026 Forum – LRE Foundation - Gelderland

View More Past Events (19113) in The International Congress Calendar

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