ACS constructed 31 temporary lecture rooms, to accommodate the record attendance of almost 33,000 participants at Parc des Expositions – Paris Nord Villepinte.
ACS was also responsible for furnishing all of the lecture rooms, placing state-of-the-art HD projectors, speakers, screens, microphones and lights in each of the rooms, the largest of which was the 3200 capacity plenary room. ACS is an invaluable partner in achieving a congress of such enormity and has been the preferred supplier of room building and AV to the European Society of Cardiology since 1998.
“The ESC Congress 2011 in Paris has been a record breaking event” said Prof Michael Böhm, chairman of the ESC Congress Programme Committee. “With a total attendance of 32,946 participants, this is our largest congress ever. We are especially pleased to see that more and more delegates are coming from outside Europe. Large delegations came from Brazil, Japan, China and India this year,” said Prof Böhm.
The planning for this colossal event starts years in advance, initially in finding a location that is able to accommodate such an immense number of attendees. The logistics by ACS are impressive: dispatching 38 trucks from Amsterdam to the venue in Paris. These trucks are packed full with: 59 projectors, 1400m2 of projection screen surface, 65 plasma screens, 720 spotlights, 360 microphones, 262 speakers, 42km of cabling, 6km of trussing, 7.2km of curtains, 2.5km of walls, 23,000m2 of carpeting, 18,000 stools, and of course the 80 ACS staff needed to build, set up and manage the operation at the Paris venue.
ACS played an integral role in realising the ESC Congress 2011 for the European Society of Cardiology
