Postponements and cancellations of events

Reed Exhibitions Germany has cancelled the PSI planned for 18 to 20 May.

ALUMINIUM, the world's leading trade fair for the aluminum industry, scheduled for May 18-20, 2021, in Düsseldorf, Germany, has been rescheduled to September 28-30.

The VDW (Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken; English: German Machine Tool Builders' Association) will hold the "METAV digital" instead of the METAV face-to-face event planned for March 23-26, 2021. This format is to be retained in the future as a supplement to the METAV's face-to-face events. The hybrid concept is to be implemented as early as METAV 2022, which will be held from 8 to 12 March 2022 in conjunction with Messe Düsseldorf.

The organiser of "Flotte! Der Branchentreff" has decided to postpone the nationwide networking event of the fleet industry from 24 to 25 March 2021 to 9 to 10 June 2021.

The organiser of Tissue World has decided to postpone the event originally planned for March 2021 in Düsseldorf until September 2021. Tissue World Düsseldorf 2021 will now take place from 21 to 23 September 2021.

Reed Exhibitions Deutschland has postponed the trade fair trio consisting of PSI, PromoTex Expo and viscom planned for 12 to 14 January 2021 to 18 to 20 May 2021.

The INTERBRIDE will take place from 29 to 31 May 2021.

The BioWest was postponed to 16 May 2020.

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 Transgourmet Messe essenz in Düsseldorf planned for October 2020 has been cancelled by the organizer. An alternative date is not yet known.

Various organisers have postponed or called off their conventions and/or events to be held at Düsseldorf Congress venues (CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf and exhibition halls).  

In spite of this, some conventions and events ran successfully in 2020, including:

• Dokomi, Europe’s biggest Anime and Japan Expo with 28,000 participants
• The “Extraforum zur EEG-Novelle” (Extra Forum on the Renewable Energy Act Amendment) held by the North Rhine-Westphalian Association of Real Estate Managers (VDIV NRW e.V.)
• Meininger’s International Wine Conference

All events were held in compliance with strict infection protection and hygiene provisions. To this end, a comprehensive Protection and Hygiene Concept was developed.

In addition to this, Düsseldorf Congress has extended its portfolio to include professional streaming solutions. The spacious and flexible premises of CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf serve as a professional broadcasting studio. This year already saw a number of events successfully held as virtual or hybrid formats including:

• Uniper Annual General Meeting 2020 (virtual)
• Think Tank extended (hybrid)
• General Assembly of Städtetag NRW (virtual)
• Düsseldorf City Council meetings (hybrid)

If you need information on a specific event, please contact:

Mandy Pahl-Bauerfeind
Head of Sales
Tel.: +49 211 45608413
E-Mail: PahlM@duesseldorfcongress.de

Due to the effects of the COVID-19 virus, various foreign events of Messe Düsseldorf are also affected by postponements:

• CIOSH, Shanghai, 03-05 July 2020 (originally 08-10 April 2020)
• MEDICAL FAIR BRASIL, São Paulo, 16-17 September 2020 (originally 05-08 May 2020)
• All in Caravaning, Beijing, June 2021 (originally postponed from 12 - 14 June to 13-16 September 2020)
• MEDICAL FAIR ASIA, Singapore, 09-11 December 2020 (originally 09-11 September 2020) - cancellation of the German participation
• OS+H Asia, Singapore, 09.-11 December 2020 (originally 26-28 August 2020)
• ENERGY STORAGE SUMMIT JAPAN, Tokyo, 08 December 2020 (originally 24 June 2020)
• ProWine São Paulo, 2021, exact date to be announced (originally 20-22 October 2020)
• FAMDENT, Mumbai, 05-07 March 2021 (originally 29-31 May 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)
• MEDICAL FAIR INDIA, New-Delhi, 19-21 August 2021 (originally 25-27 February 2021)
• Ugol Rossii & Mining, Novokuznetsk (Russia), 01-04 June 2021 (originally postponed from 02-05 June to 08-11 September 2020)
• Metallurgy Russia, Litmash Russia, 08-10 June 2021 (originally 08-11 June 2020)
• Plastics & Rubber Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 22-24 June 2021 (originally 24-26 November 2020)
• INDOPLAS, INDOPACK and INDOPRINT, Jakarta, 11-14 August 2021 (originally postponed from 02-05 September 2020 to 02-05 June 2021)
• wire India, Tube India, METEC India and India Essen Welding & Cutting, Mumbai, 08-10 September 2021 (originally postponed from 23-25 November 2020 to 25-27 March 2021)
• MEDICAL FAIR CHINA, Suzhou, 17-21 September 2021 (originally 17.-19 September 2020)
• ARABPLAST, Dubai, 15-18 November 2021 (originally 09-11 January 2021)
• pacprocess India and drinktechnology India, Mumbai, 09-11 December 2021 (originally 09-11 December 2020)
• Expomin, Santiago de Chile, date in fall/winter 2021 to follow (originally postponed from 2020 to April 19-23, 2021)
• PLASTINDIA, New Delhi, 17-21 February 2022 (originally 04-08 February 2021)
• 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)
• Interplastica, Moscow, 25-28 January 2022 (originally 26-29 January 2021)
• Upakovka, Moscow, 25-28 January 2022 (originally 26-29 January 2021)
• in-store asia, Mumbai, 03-05 March 2022 (originally postponed from 23-25 April 2020 to 25-27 March 2021)
• Meditech/ODONTOTECH, Bogotá, 07-10 March 2022 (originally 09-12 March 2021)
• ProWine Asia, Singapore, 10-13 May 2022 (originally 02-05 March 2021)
• CPM (autumn), Moscow (originally 01-04 September 2020), cancelled
• CPM (spring), Moscow (originally 22-25 February 2020), cancelled
• MEDICAL MANUFACTURING ASIA, Singapur (originally 09-11 September 2020), cancelled
• pacprocess middle east Africa, Cairo (originally 16.18 December 2020), cancelled

Due to the effects of the COVID-19 virus, various official participations of Messe Düsseldorf are also affected by postponements and cancellations:

• EXPO REAL, Munich, 14-15 October 2020, only digital conference (originally 05-07 October 2020)
• MEDICAL FAIR ASIA, Singapore, 09-11 December 2020 (originally 09-11 September 2020) - cancellation of the German participation
• 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)
• JEC World, Paris, 01-03 June 2021 (originally 09-11 March 2021)
• Ugol Rossii & Mining, Novokuznetsk (Russia), 01-04 June 2021 (originally postponed from 02-05 June to 08-11 September 2020)
• MIPIM, Cannes, 07-10 June 2021 (originally 16-19 March 2021)
• Metallurgy Russia, Litmash Russia, 08-10 June 2021 (originally 08-11 June 2020)
• DRC Mining Week, Lubumbashi (Congo), 15-17 June 2021, (originally postponed from 17-19 June to 07-09 October 2020)
• Plastics & Rubber Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 22-24 June 2021 (originally 24-26 November 2020)
• INDOPLAS, INDOPACK and INDOPRINT, Jakarta, 11-14 August 2021 (origannally postponed from 02-05 September 2020 to 02-05 June 2021)
• wire India, Tube India, METEC India and India Essen Welding & Cutting, Mumbai, 08-10 September 2021 (originally postponed from 23-25 November 2020 to 25-27 March 2021)
• Plastico Brazil, Sao Paulo, 08-12 November 2021 (originally 22-26 March 2021)
• ARABPLAST, Dubai, 15-18 November 2021 (originally 09-11 January 2021)
• pacprocess India and drinktechnology India, Mumbai, 09-11 December 2021 (originally 09-11 December 2020)
• AIMEX, Sydney, 16-18 November 2021 (originally 24-26 Augsut 2021)
• Expomin, Santiago de Chile, date in fall/winter 2021 to follow (originally postponed from 2020 to April 19-23, 2021)
• Extemin, Arequipa (Peru), new date 2022 to follow (originally 20-24 September 2021)
• Interplastica, Moscow, 25-28 January 2022 (originally 26-29 January 2021)
• Upakovka, Moscow, 25-28 January 2022 (originally 26-29 January 2021)
• Mining Indaba, Cape Town, 07-10 February 2022 (originally 01-04 February 2021)
• PLASTINDIA, New Delhi, 17-21 February 2022 (originally 04-08 February 2021)
• Meditech/ODONTOTECH, Bogotá, 07-10 March 2022 (originally 09-12 March 2021)
• Plastimagen, Mexico-City, March 2022 (originally postponed from 10-13 November 2020 to 11-14 January 2021)
• 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, cancellation (originally 01-04 September 2020)
• CPM (spring), Moscow, cancellation (originally 22-25 February 2020)
• MINExpo INTERNATIONAL, Las Vegas, event postponed to September 2021 (originally 28-30 September 2020)
• Africa Health, Johannesburg, cancellation (originally postponed from 12-14 May to 13-15 October 2020)
• IMARC, Melbourne, cancellation (originally 27-29 October 2020)
• Chemie (Khimia), Moskau, 27-30 October 2020 - cancellation of the German participation
• pacprocess middle east Africa, Cairo (originally 16.18 December 2020), cancelled

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