MCE Central & Eastern Europe is The MICE forum that brings together destinations and event suppliers from Central & Eastern Europe, as well as various other countries, to meet up in person with international event planners, keen on finding new business partners from all participation destinations. Through careful participant selection, the business synergy increases greatly. In combination with the highly time-effective and clever event programming, many new successful business partnerships get established.
February
27
ARRIVAL DAY
10:00 – 18:00
MCE Central & Eastern Europe - Registration
13:30 – 16:00
Highlights of Budapest Tour
14:00 – 16:45
Culinary Budapest Tour
17:30 – 19:00
Welcome Reception and Opening Speeches
19:00 – 23:00
Welcome Networking Dinner at the Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts at the Heroes' Square, opened in 1906, is reputed to be among Europe’s most prominent museums. After the most comprehensive reconstruction project in its history, the museum re-opened at the end of 2018. Thanks to the modernisation, the Museum of Fine Arts now satisfies twenty-first-century requirements for collection care and visitor engagement.
During its centuries of history, the number of works in some of the Museum of Fine Arts’ collections increased manifold; moreover, new departments were added. The number of artworks found in the museum today exceeds 120 thousand.
The Museum of Fine Arts boasts unique event venues, which are suitable for hosting a wide range of events, including gala dinners, buffet receptions, press conferences, business meetings, exclusive private events, protocol receptions, gala dinners and early evening cocktail parties.
February
28
FORUM DAY 1
08:00 – 08:30
Welcome Coffee/Tea
08:30 – 09:30
Destination Presentations
09:30 – 11:05
Scheduled One-to-One Business Meetings
11:05 – 11:30
Networking Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:40
Scheduled One-to-One Business Meetings
13:40 – 14:45
Networking Lunch
14:45 – 15:30
Keynote: The Science of Social by Jonathan Bradshaw
15:30 – 17:05
Scheduled One-to-One Business Meetings
18:30 – 23:00
Dinner Evening & Party at TwentySix
TwentySix Budapest
It’s all about the right temperature. 26° is the best degree!
Twentysix Budapest is the first of its kind, a cozy urban jungle and feel-good hub for all the nature and gastro friends located in the real heart of Budapest with various elements. GARDEN is a nutritious, soulful Mediterranean restaurant in the heart of downtown Budapest. An urban oasis, bar and eatery where nature meet gastronomy, conscious living and the mindset of sharing and community under the palms in Budapest’s greenest botanical garden. HOUSE brings a unique concept of kitchen workshops and space for tailored events. The 4 elements are completed by STUDIO for yoga and the TwentySix Shop.
March
01
FORUM DAY 2
08:30 – 08:45
Welcome Coffee/Tea
08:45 – 09:30
The Legendary EC Tombola
09:30 – 11:20
Scheduled One-to-One Business Meetings
11:20 – 11:45
Networking Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:55
Scheduled One-to-One Business Meetings
13:55 – 14:15
Forum Closing Session & Farewells
14:00 – 15:30
Lunch
14:45 – >
Budapest Fam Trip Departure
15:00 – 17:30
Highlights of Budapest Tour
15:15 – 18:00
Culinary Budapest Tour
When qualified as an event planner and hosted buyer participating at this unique destination experience you will also meet a carefully selected group of destinations and suppliers. Each hotel, hotel chain, DMC, congress center, convention/tourism bureau, or other event supplier is represented by a senior representative assuring the best possible outcome of your encounters. Welcoming you at the forum, all are ready to offer you their HQ services and products, seeking the best way to service your event needs. Meet up with 80 destinations and MICE providers from Central & Eastern Europe and beyond representing:
MCE Central & Eastern Europe is the most efficient meetings industry workshop with regional focus!
Attending EC events is a very pleasant experience! The content is informative and the agenda is very well organized. I also like it because of the intimate format and the great new contacts you can meet here and build relationships with!
Very efficient and effective, 2 nights stay, and 35 meetings that were the focus of the event. Thanks to the forum we are now working on a couple of requests for big conferences!
I find Europe Congress events very interesting and very rich, full of networking, discovering new trends, and meeting with suppliers from an entire region in a friendly environment.
After each participation at Europe Congress events, not only I make new great friends but, most importantly, I return home with potential business and leads. Excellent value for money!
Thank you for providing me with the opportunity to attend this superbly organized unique and important event! The program was excellent, the organization was flawless and the entire EC team was friendly and professional at all times!
Fantastic event with a very interesting format, excellent time management and a well-organized matching of buyers and suppliers. It was of great value to also meet solution providers from lesser known regions!
MCE Central and Eastern Europe events are a great promotion opportunity for CEE destinations! So many high-quality buyers in one place - it's amazing!
Very efficient events, excellent program, and most importantly, well selected Hosted Buyers having a lot of interest towards the destinations and MICE solutions present at the forums!
I had a lot of interesting meetings, made very valuable connections, and got many new impressions and inspiration for future business. I have to highlight the perfect organization of the event itself and the great selection of suppliers.
Extremely useful and intensive event on a top professional level! The event also offers a lot of opportunities for socializing. My experience is very satisfactory!
Very productive and interesting event! Everything was so amazing and professional!!!
It has been a very well organized event with a great timing of each meeting! My compliments on the dinner evening programs with a unique networking concept, which is a very smart way of getting to know other people and start business.
The perfect balance of business meetings and social engagement: far more productive than the larger tradeshows.
Your next business partners in your meeting schedule
Highly personable service in exclusive event venues
Limited out of office time, many new business leads
The ideal mix of meetings, keynotes & networking
Buyers with MICE business for participating destinations
Clean and safe protocols to assure your wellbeing
Communication in the event industry is key to ensuring the many peers to keep evolving to the benefits of any event participant in general. We seek to cooperate with International media to assure the benefits of the events reach far, and in exchange offer various benefits to the media. Please contact us soonest for further information: