IFEMA Madrid: Fair Institution of Madrid, Spain

Venue Name: IFEMA Madrid
Category: Venue
Location: Palacio De Congresos De Valencia- Av. de les Corts Valencianes, 60, Pobles de l’Oest, 46015 València, Valencia, Spain
Phone: +34 91 722 30 00
Email: palcon[at]palcongres-vlc.com
www: www.ifema.es/en
Timings: 09:00 AM – 17:00 PM

IFEMA MADRID: A hyperconnected fair organization

Founded in 1980, IFEMA MADRID is a consortium formed by the Community of Madrid, the Madrid City Council, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Montemadrid Foundation. Our activity has an economic impact on the territory of 4.374 billion euros and generates more than 26,000 jobs.

At IFEMA MADRID we have a very clear objective, to be a place to connect. To connect interests, challenges, concerns, knowledge, hobbies and passions. To do this, we have been designing environments for 40 years in which people, companies and society meet and share interests and challenges.

IFEMA (short for Institución Ferial de Madrid; “Fair Institution of Madrid“) is an entity charged with the organisation of fairs, halls and congresses in their facilities in Madrid.

The first fair organised by Ifema took place in 1980. Until then Madrid did not celebrate fairs, as it was a privilege reserved to cities such as Valencia or Barcelona. Initially IFEMA had facilities in the Paseo de la Castellana and the Casa de Campo, but as it grew bigger, new facilities were opened in the Campo de las Naciones near the Barajas Airport in 1991.

FITUR, SIMO, MOTORTEC, ARCO and the Madrid Fashion Week are some of the fairs organised by IFEMA. The facilities of IFEMA also served as the venue of COP25 and the 2022 NATO Summit. In March 2020, some halls of the Campo de las Naciones facilities were repurposed to serve as a 5,000 bed field hospital during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.