HANNOVER MESSE 2020 will be postponed to the week of 13 to 17 July. Deutsche Messe AG is thus reacting to the global developments surrounding Covid-19 (coronavirus).
The decision to postpone the event to July 2020 was made in close consultation with the Hanover Region Health Authority, the HANNOVER MESSE Exhibitors' Council and the partner associations VDMA (German Engineering Federation) and ZVEI (German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association).
The Hannover Region Health Authority had urgently recommended that Deutsche Messe AG follow the advice of the Robert Koch Institute. These include comprehensive measures to safeguard health when organising major events.
This includes fever measuring stations at all entrances, as well as implementing the measure of not admitting participants from risk areas and refusing entry to events to participants who have had contact with people from risk areas. This would have Comprehensive review of all trade fair participants from exhibitors and visitors to service providers, stand builders and catering companies.
The mentioned Measures According to the trade fair organiser not realisable. In addition, Deutsche Messe believes that its implementation would have the effect of disrupting the smooth running of the event to such an extent that the intended purpose of the event could not be achieved for either exhibitors or visitors, or could only be achieved with considerable restrictions. In consultation with the HANNOVER MESSE exhibitor advisory boards, it was therefore decided to switch to the July date.
„With the date in July, we are offering our exhibitors the earliest possible time to present their innovations to a global audience and initiate business,“ says Dr Jochen Köckler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Messe AG. „In view of the global economic challenges triggered by the coronavirus in the first half of the year, the new date offers considerable opportunities. This means that the world's most important industrial trade fair can provide important impetus for the global economy early on in July. HANNOVER MESSE is and will therefore remain the figurehead of German industry.“
Source: Deutsche Messe AG
