48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (postponed)
- Wednesday, 10 March 2021 - Sunday, 14 March 2021
- Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
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Postponed on 17 February 2020 due to COVID-19
THE INVENTIONS POSTPONED TO 2021
In the current climate of uncertainty regarding international travel, the organizers preferred postponing the world’s largest event of its kind until next year. The International Exhibition of Inventions will therefore take place at Palexpo from 10 to 14 March 2021.
Indeed, nearly 50% of the exhibitors come from the Asian continent, a third of them from China and a third from Hong Kong. With the closure of certain borders and the quarantine measures imposed in some countries, planning business travel is proving complicated, especially as events involving more than 1,000 people will remain prohibited in Switzerland until 31 August 2020.
“The Climate Show, a guest of the International Exhibition of Inventions, is also postponed to the same dates in March.
From the organizer
The 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, which was supposed to be held in Palexpo from March 25th to March 29th is postponed to September. Due to the epidemic of Coronavirus striking in Asia, a very important actor of the Exhibition with a strong presence of inventions from China and Hong Kong.
Nearly 50% of exhibitors come from the Asian continent, a third of which from China and a third from Hong Kong. As obtaining visas and planning the trip to Geneva by air is becoming increasingly difficult for inventors from all over the world, the Exhibition management has chosen to be wise and decided to postpone the largest event of its kind in the world until September.
“We cannot imagine opening an exhibition that does not represent the mission we have been pursuing for many years, namely being a platform of visibility for the inventions from all over the world for which the WIPO grants us its patronage” declared Gaëlle Grosjean, Director of the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva.
The Climate Show, a guest of the International Exhibition of Inventions, is naturally also postponed to the month of September.
The Exhibition will therefore be held from September 16th to September 20th 2020 at Palexpo.
The International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva is unique in a number of ways. Firstly, in the interests of credibility, it is only open to innovations that have been patented for under a year and have never been presented in Geneva before. Secondly, it is sponsored by the highest-ranking political and technical bodies, namely the Swiss Federal Council and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Last but not least, it is supported by an 85-member expert jury covering the various categories of inventions, who hand out around 50 awards, including the prestigious Grand Prix and the Invention Oscar awarded by the public.
We recommend that you confirm your participation at least six to eight weeks before the event begins. This is due to logistic arrangement needs. Thank you.
