Bilbao Exhibition Centre, BEC, is a unique project aimed at bringing people, ideas, economic forces and enterprise together under the same roof. It is a meeting place where technology and innovation work hand in hand in the generation of new business opportunities. As a major promoter of economic, social and cultural development, the BEC has its sights set on becoming one of the world´s leading business centres.

The BEC has 150,000 m² of exhibition space in 6 halls, and currently hosts around 30 trade fairs per year. Its convention centre BEC CONVENCIONES has 12 rooms of different sizes and configurations on 5 floors, and can stage congresses, symposia and meetings of all types. The complex also boasts the BIZKAIA ARENA, a multi-purpose hall that can adopt a wide range of configurations to host different types of event. This hall also has excellent acoustics and can thus handle even the most demanding events, seating up to 26,000.