Sissi Lignou - President & CEO, AFEA Congress- President IAPCO

"Our collaboration with the Maastricht Convention Bureau—from the bidding stage through to the design and delivery of the ASAS Annual Meeting 2025—was seamless, reassuring, and marked by exceptional quality. The CVB team’s expertise, responsiveness, kindness, efficiency, and strong local network lifted much of the burden of planning and played a decisive role in the success of this landmark event in ASAS history.

Their guidance and support truly made the difference — we could not have wished for a more reliable or effective partner.

It is of great importance and value when a CVB steps forward as the gateway to the destination, providing the Scientific Body, the Organizing Committee, and the PCO with both confidence and peace of mind. This is exactly how partnerships should be built.

Our heartfelt thanks go to Anna Dushyna and the leading team for their dedication, professionalism, and passion."

Helena Kandarova - President of the European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (ESTIV) 

'Its rich history of bridging cultures and ideas makes the city of Maastricht the ideal setting for the ESTIV 2026 Congress. MECC Maastricht boasts modern facilities and a large infrastructure, offering a professional and inspiring environment to promote new approach methodologies (NAMs) and integrate them in the toxicology of the 21st century.' 

Professor Emeritus Michael Jacobs, former Director/Founder of the European Vascular Course (EVC)

'For more than 16 years MECC Maastricht has been the trusted venue for the European Vascular Courses (EVC). With the rebuild and upgrade we now have even more fantastic opportunities to showcase the EVC to the maximum. There are very few convention centres in the world with such a perfect infrastructure where EVC can host hundreds of workshops. And all this in the beautiful city of Maastricht where  thousands of participants love to come every year!'