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What ESMO Congress is and when the 2026 edition opens
The ESMO Congress is the flagship annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology, bringing together clinicians, researchers, patient advocates and healthcare industry representatives from around the world. The 2026 edition runs from 23 to 27 October 2026 at IFEMA, Feria de Madrid, and its most recent edition brought together 37,000 participants from over 140 countries, with more than 2,900 scientific presentations across over 200 sessions, according to the organiser. The 2026 programme includes a strong focus on cancer prevention, early detection and artificial intelligence in cancer diagnosis and therapy. The visitor is a medical oncologist, a researcher, a hospital decision-maker or a policy regulator, which raises the technical and clinical bar of every conversation held on the stand.
Turnkey service for your ESMO stand
One team runs your project end to end: design, joinery, freight and installation at IFEMA Madrid. You brief once and keep the same contact through the whole process, which matters most when a stand needs private space cleared for a confidential discussion with a clinician about unpublished trial data, or a demo area planned for a diagnostic AI tool.
Design
Collaborative briefing, a strategy built around your visitor and a photorealistic 3D render of your space.
Manufacturing
In-house joinery and manufacturing with premium, high-quality and sustainable materials at our own workshop.
Build & install
Transport and coordination to IFEMA Madrid, on-site build and dismantling by our own crew, and dedicated support throughout the congress.
Projects that back every stand we build
Twenty years of custom stand design across Europe, including work for pharmaceutical, medical and healthcare brands where the exhibit had to earn the trust of a clinical audience. See our recent stand for Infarma, another pharmaceutical trade fair in our portfolio.
What your ESMO stand needs, depending on what you exhibit
ESMO Congress brings together very different exhibitor profiles under one roof, and each one asks the stand to solve a different problem before anything gets drawn.
Pharma and clinical trial data
A conversation about unpublished trial results or a drug’s safety profile is not one a competitor or a journalist should overhear. We build private meeting rooms with proper acoustic separation, positioned away from the busiest side of the stand, for the confidential conversations a medical congress actually runs on.
Diagnostics and medical imaging
A diagnostic device or an imaging demo needs a controlled environment and often its own power supply. We confirm power and connectivity requirements with the venue before the design is closed, so a live demonstration works the same on day one as it does on day four.
Digital health and AI in oncology
Your product is a screen, a dashboard and a conversation about how an algorithm reads a scan. We build demo stations with seating and reliable connectivity, so a clinician can sit down and actually test the tool instead of watching a screen recording over your shoulder.
Patient advocacy and non-profit organisations
The register here is warmer, not corporate. We design stands with an approachable, open layout that invites a passer-by to stop, rather than the closed, sales-driven feel that works for a pharma stand two rows over.
A stand that returns to Madrid every year
ESMO Congress is an annual fixture in Madrid through at least the current cycle, and the case for a reusable stand is simple: structural elements are stored, inspected and reconfigured between editions, so the recurring cost becomes graphics and layout rather than joinery from zero.
Frequently asked questions about ESMO stands
What oncology exhibitors ask us before booking their space at IFEMA Madrid.
When does ESMO Congress 2026 take place?
ESMO Congress 2026 runs from 23 to 27 October 2026 at IFEMA, Feria de Madrid. It is the flagship annual congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology.
Is this the same as ESMO Breast Cancer or other ESMO congresses I see when I search?
No. ESMO runs several congresses under the same brand, each in a different city and on a different date, such as ESMO Breast Cancer and ESMO Asia. This page is about the main ESMO Congress in Madrid. If your event is a different ESMO congress, tell us and we will confirm the right venue before designing anything.
Can our stand include a private area for confidential conversations about trial data?
Yes. We build private meeting rooms with acoustic separation, positioned away from the busiest side of the stand, for conversations that involve unpublished data or a confidential discussion with a clinician.
Can you confirm power and connectivity for a diagnostic or AI demo?
Yes. We check power and connectivity requirements with IFEMA Madrid before the design is closed, so a live demonstration works reliably for the full four days.
Do you handle transport, build and dismantling at IFEMA Madrid?
Yes. We manufacture in our own workshop, and our own crew handles transport, build, dismantling and support during the congress.
Can we reuse the stand at the next edition of ESMO Congress?
Yes. We design modular, reusable stands so the structure returns for the next edition with new graphics and layout, protecting your investment.
ESMO Congress 2026 takes place at IFEMA Madrid
ESMO Congress gathers the global oncology community at IFEMA, Feria de Madrid from 23 to 27 October 2026. We manufacture in our own workshop and install in Madrid with our own crew: production, transport, build and dismantling.
Exhibition stand design and build in Madrid
IFEMA hosts some of the busiest congresses and trade shows in Europe, and ESMO is no exception, with build access scheduled hall by hall. Arriving with a stand that has already been assembled once in our workshop is what keeps a tight slot from becoming a problem.
Contemporanea Eventi builds your ESMO Congress stand
You have the dates and a sense of what you need to display. Send us the layout and privacy requirements of what you are bringing to ESMO Congress 2026 and we will tell you what the plot supports before the first sketch. Curious who you would be working with? Meet the team.