General Overview

The Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre (MECC) in the southern Netherlands, is close to the city centre and overlooks the Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus and is opposite the Maastricht University Medical Centre along the river Meuse.

Location

The convention centre is located off the A2/E25 motorway that connects Germany and Belgium in central Europe. From the Maastricht Grand Central station, MECC can be reached in less than 10 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by train via MECC’s own train station at the campus site, or by bicycle from all over the city in less than 15 minutes. For delegates driving, MECC has over 5,000 parking spaces available.

Maastricht Grand Central station easily connects to large European hubs e.g. (London in 3 hours, Paris, and Frankfurt in 2 hours etc.) and 6 International airports are less than 50 miles drive away and connect the venue to more than 150 international destinations.

Design

The meeting rooms, congress halls and exhibition space are provided empty without any distinctive design to allow clients to create their own styling. 

Catering

On the ground floor is a public restaurant at the Brightlands meeting point and adjacent to one of the numerous venue entrances and in line with the contemporary business look & feel of the venue. Serving International cuisine, the restaurant can host up to 400 people seated down during various public and/or privatised events.

Meeting Support

As a conference venue, MECC manages a wide variety of services and works with a list of preferred suppliers specialized in catering, AV, exhibition stand builds, signage etc. MECC.

Meeting Space

The MECC can host up to over 5,500 congress participants in the fully daylighted and offers 55 break-out rooms, 2 Auditoria with up to 1,700 seats, a multifunctional Expo Foyer of 2,500 m2 and up to 2,000 seats, 30,000m2 of exhibition space divided over 3 halls which can be connected or divided or used for plenary settings up to 4,500 participants.

The transparent and interactive Conference Centre consists of 2 entrances (North-South) which allows for two meetings to be held separately from one another. 3 floors with break-out rooms that vary in capacity from 50 to 2,000 persons, combined or separate in use. The glass and fully carpeted Expo Foyer (2,500 m2) is located in the ‘centre’ of the conference centre, the ground floor, and adjacent to the entrances/ exits of the Auditoria. Accessible from all floors within less than 20 metres of walking distance from all breakout rooms and/or exhibition halls. The entire venue provides free Wi-Fi for clients, easily not modified towards the needs and wishes of our clients.

Experience

Located at the Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus with neighbouring institutions, such as the Maastricht University Medical Centre and Maastricht University, MECC has established connections to some of the world’s leading and renowned medical research groups and life & science companies. This will make the MECC a centre for global Life Sciences & Health meetings and events.

MECC Maastricht will host medical conferences and meetings, such as the European Vascular Course, the combined meeting of the European Association for the Study of Obesity Meeting vs. International Federation for the Surgery of OBESITY AND METABOLIC DISORDERS, World  Congress Tissue Engineering, several large corporate pharma meetings in upcoming years.

This is a multipurpose venue where arena events, conferences, exhibitions, concerts, and other pay-to-enter leisure entertainment events. This will be reflected in sales and marketing messaging and should not distract bookers looking to use the venue for healthcare meetings and events.

MECC Maastricht is within 15 minutes' walking distance from the city center