YOKOHAMA, TO HOST GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE IEEE WCCI 2024, IN JAPAN FOR THE 1ST TIME Yokohama has been chosen to host the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) 2024, the world’s largest technical event on computational intelligence, featuring 3 flagship conferences of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. Organised by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, the renowned event will be held in Japan for the first time. Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau (YCVB) and PACIFICO Yokohama led the successful bid in collaboration with the City of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the Japan National Tourism Organisation. Yokohama was chosen for its safety, convenience, and track record in hosting international conferences. The professors involved in the bid were praised for their enthusiasm and vision, and Japan was recognised for its high-level of research in computational intelligence. Yokohama’s Next Generation Project, which welcomes researchers from across Japan and the world to the city to inspire future generations, supports this conference, whose economic ripple effect is estimated at UK£2.3million.
MICE TOURISM RECOVERING IN COLOMBIA In January and February 2022, Colombia registered 16,634 foreign traveller arrivals, who came to participate in events, business and professional meetings. A 123.1% increase from the same period of 2021. Travellers mainly came from the United States, Mexico, Peru, Spain and Brazil. As for the destination cities that received most of the travellers, these were Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena and Barranquilla. ProColombia has been promoting its MICE capabilities across the USA proving it is a regional hub for holding meetings of business, conventions and events, with the accolades to prove it.
