Past Events

Osaka has long been host to a large number of international conferences and exhibitions, and listed below are just a few examples of these events.

Year Conference Title Attendees
2019 The 3rd World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Congress 400
2019 The 8th Biannual Meeting of the International Federation for Artificial Organs (IFAO 2019)
The 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs (JSAO 2019)
1,500
2019 Tourism EXPO Japan 2019 160,000
2019 2019 IEEE 8th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2019) 500
2019 The 16th Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology (APCN) 1,000
2019 Devcon 5
5,000
2019 G20 Osaka Summit 6,500
2019 The 119th Annual Congress of the Japan Surgical Society 13,000
2019 The 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces 1200
2019 The 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Stoma and Continence Rehabilitation The 11th Congress of the Asian Society of Stoma Rehabilitation 3,000
2018 The 59th Battery Symposium in Japan 2,500
2018 The 66th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry/ Japanese Proteomics Society 2018 Conference
The 9th Asia-Oceania Humane Proteome Organization (AOHUPO) Conference
1,000
2018 The 15th Meeting of the Japan Association of Cardiovascular Nursing 1,500
2017 The 38th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Clinical Veterinary Medicine 3,000
2017 The 15th Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery Science and Technology- Japan 2017 2,000
2017 The 58th Annual Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology 5,000
2017 The 93rd Congress of The Japan Gastroenterogical Endscopy Society 7,000
2017 International Festival UTAGE (Osaka Food Expo) 2017 650,000
2017 The 60th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 3,000
2017 The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Stroke Society 8,000
2017 Mobac Show 2017
(The 25th Machinery Materials Marketing of Bakery and Confectionery Show)
35,000
2016 The 26th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2016) 1,143
2016 JIAM 2016 OSAKA (Japan International Apparel Machinery & Textile Industry Trade Show) 29,000
2016 2016 International Wedding Show 88,945
2016 The 29th General Meeting of the International Fire Chiefs' Association of Asia (IFCAA) 600
2016 The 15th Congress of the Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine 3,214
2015 The 79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society 56,100
2015 IEEE CDC (Conference on Decision and Control) 1,500
2015 The 118th Annual Meeting of the Japan Pediatric Society 6,000
2015 The 11th Congress of the Asian Society for Pediatric Research 1,000
2012 General Meeting of the Japanese Association for Dental Science 17,950
2012 Sibos 2012 6,236
2010 The 14th International Handbell Symposium 5,563
2007 The 27th General Assembly of the Japan Medical Congress 30,000
2006 World Rose Convention 703
2004 Rotary International Convention 2004 45,000
2003 The 3rd World Water Forum 5,000
2002 The 121st Ordinary Meeting of OPEC  
2001 The 14th Session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization 1,500
1995 The 7th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)