Postponement of proprietary events

The VDW (Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabrike; English: German Machine Tool Builders' Association), organiser of METAV 2020 – International Trade Fair for Metalworking Technologies – has decided to postpone the fair from 10 to 13 March 2020 to 23 to 26 March 2021.

The organizer of "Flotte! Der Branchentreff" has decided to postpone the nationwide networking event of the fleet industry from 18 to 19 March 2020 to 24 to 25 March 2021.

The INTERBRIDE will take place in spring 2021. An exact date will be announced in due course.

The BioWest is postponed to spring 2021. The new date will be announced in due course.

ElectronicPartner has cancelled its annual event 2020, which was to take place on 7 and 8 March at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre.

CHEFS CULINAR has postponed its trade fair in Düsseldorf scheduled for September 2020 to September 12 to 13, 2021.

The organiser of ALUMINIUM has postponed its event planned for October 2020 to 18-20 May 2021.

The Transgourmet Messe essenz in Düsseldorf planned for October has been cancelled by the organizer. An alternative date is not yet known.

Several organisers have postponed or cancelled their congresses or events in the Düsseldorf Congress locations (CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf and exhibition halls):

• The opening of the FOM semester, which was to have taken place on 27 February 2020, has been cancelled.
• The CroMa pedestrian experiments, which were to take place from 03 to 06 March 2020, have been postponed.
• The Düsseldorf Chamber of Skilled Crafts has cancelled the central Master Craftsmen's Party on Sunday, 8 March 2020 in the Messe-Congress Center/Stadthalle.
• The Professional Association of Gynaecologists (BVF) and the Federal Academy of Gynaecologists have cancelled their annual further training congress FOKO, which was to have taken place from 12 to 14 March.
• The Düsseldorf Allergy & Immunology Days, originally planned for April 3-4, 2020, have been postponed. A new date has not yet been set.
• The Ophthalmologic Academy Germany (German: Augenärztliche Akademie Deutschland, AAD) has cancelled its originally planned AAD 2020 event from March 24 to 28.
• The "Azubi Speed Dating" planned on 17 March 2020 has been cancelled.

Wolters Kluwer and the Verband Bildung und Erziehung (VBE) have decided to postpone the German School Principals' Congress (German: Deutscher Schulleiterkongress, DSLK), planned for March 19 to 21, 2020, until the fall. The new date is expected to be in September or November this year

Due to the effects of the corona virus, various foreign events of Messe Düsseldorf are also affected by postponements:

• CIOSH, Shanghai, 03-05 July 2020 (originally 08-10 April 2020)
• TOS+H, Istanbul, 11-14 July 2020 (originally 03-06 May 2020)
• Ugol Rossii & Mining, Novokuznetsk (Russia), 08-11 September 2020 (originally 02-05 June 2020)
• MEDICAL FAIR BRASIL, São Paulo, 16-17 September 2020 (originally 05-08 May 2020)
• Expomin, Santiago de Chile, 09-13 November 2020 (originally 20-24 April 2020)
• MEDICAL FAIR ASIA, Singapore, 09-11 December 2020 (originally 09-11 September 2020)
• OS+H Asia, Singapore, 09.-11 December 2020 (originally 26-28 August 2020)
• ProWine Asia, Singapore, 02-05 March 2021 (originally postponed from 31 March - 03 April to 13-16 July 2020)
• FAMDENT, Mumbai, 05-07 March 2021 (originally 29-31 May 2020)
• Meditech, Bogotá, 09-12 March 2021 (originally 14-17 July 2020)
• wire India, Tube India, METEC India and India Essen Welding & Cutting, Mumbai, 25-27 March 2021 (originally 23-25 November 2020)
• ENERGY STORAGE SUMMIT JAPAN, Tokyo, 08 December 2020 (originally 24 June 2020)
• in-store asia, Mumbai, 25-27 March 2021 (originally 23-25 April 2020)
• CHINAPLAS, Shenzhen (previously Shanghai), 13-16 April 2021 (originally postponed from 21-24 April to 03-06 August 2020)
• NEFTEGAZ, Moscow, 26-29 April 2021 (originally postponed from 13-16 April to 22-25 June 2020)
• Metalloobrabotka, Moscow, 24-28 May 2021 (originally postponed from 25-29 May to 10-14 August 2020)
• INDOPLAS, INDOPACK and INDOPRINT, Jakarta, 02-05 June 2021 (originally 02-05 September 2020)
• Metallurgy Russia, Litmash Russia, 08-10 June 2021 (originally 08-11 June 2020)
• MEDICAL FAIR CHINA, Suzhou, 17-21 September 2021 (originally 17.-19 September 2020)
• TOS+H, Istanbul, 14-17 May 2022 (originally postponed from 03-06 May to 11-14 July 2020)
• C-Star, Shanghai, event takes place - cancellation of the German participation (02-04 September 2020)
• CPM (autumn), Moscow (originally 01-04 September 2020), cancelled
• MEDICAL MANUFACTURING ASIA, Singapur (originally 09-11 September 2020), cancelled

Due to the effects of the corona virus, various official participations of Messe Düsseldorf are also affected by postponements and cancellations:

• JEC World, 09-11 March 2021, Paris, (originally postponed from 03-05 March to 12-14 May 2020)
• MIPIM, Cannes 16-19 March 2021 (originally postponed from 10-14 March to 02-05 June 2020)
• Ugol Rossii & Mining, Novokuznetsk (Russia), 08-11 September 2020 (originally 02-05 June 2020)
• Africa Health, Johannesburg, 13-15 October 2020 (originally 12-14 May 2020)
• EXPO REAL, Munich, 14-15 October 2020, only digital conference (originally 05-07 October 2020)
• Expomin, Santiago de Chile, 09-13 November 2020 (originally 20-24 April 2020)
• MEDICAL FAIR ASIA, Singapore, 09-11 December 2020 (originally 09-11 September 2020)
• Meditech, Bogotá, 09-12 March 2021 (originally 14-17 July 2020)
• wire India, Tube India, METEC India and India Essen Welding & Cutting, Mumbai, 25-27 March 2021 (originally 23-25 November 2020)
• CHINAPLAS, Shenzhen (previously Shanghai), 13-16 April 2021 (originally postponed from 21-24 April to 03-06 August 2020)
• NEFTEGAZ, Moscow, 26- 29 April 2021 (originally postponed from 13-16 April to 22-25 June 2020)
• Metalloobrabotka, Moscow, 24-28 May 2021 (originally postponed from 25-29 May to 10-14 August 2020)
• DRC Mining Week, Lubumbashi (Congo), 15-17 June 2021, (originally postponed from 17-19 June to 07-09 October 2020)
• INDOPLAS, INDOPACK and INDOPRINT, Jakarta, 02-05 June 2021 (originally 02-05 September 2020)
• Metallurgy Russia, Litmash Russia, 08-10 June 2021 (originally 08-11 June 2020)
• CHIC (Spring), Shanghai, event postponed, official participation cancelled (originally 11-13 March 2020)
• CIM Convention, cancellation (originally 03-05 May 2020)
• polis Convention, Düsseldorf, cancellation, (originally postponed from 06-07 May to 13-14 August 2020)
• C-Star, Shanghai, event takes place - cancellation of the German participation (02-04 September 2020)
• CPM (autumn), Moscow (originally 01-04 September 2020), cancelled
• MINExpo INTERNATIONAL, Las Vegas, event postponed to September 2021 (originally 28-30 September 2020)
• Plastimagen, Mexico-City, 11-14 January 2021 (originally 10-13 November 2020)

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