The Palaexpo Congress Centre is completely separate from the exhibition centre as such, easy to reach and has spacious parking in front of the premises. Spread over three floors, there are 8 fully-equipped halls having capacities from 30 to 600 places for a general total of 1400. These halls are adjacent to the reception, secretarial areas, the cloakroom, several small meetings rooms and a large multi-purpose of hall of 2300 sq.m. A spacious catering area optimises breaks by ensuring fast and top-quality service. All halls are equipped fitted with the latest amplification, reproduction and simultaneous translation technologies and can be linked by an audio/video system. Technical work has also been implemented, with the completion of meeting room wiring and the activation of a wi-fi system in the multi-purpose halls. The Conference Centre proposes two offers of excellence for the major events market. The first is the area of 10,000 sq.m. on the second floor of Palexpo. This facility can be divided into three modules separated by mobile partitions. The entire area can be customised to meet specific requirements and initiatives. Ideal for creating large plenary halls (up to 1200 places), exhibition areas, restaurants/catering areas and poster areas. The other offering concerns Hall 1, an environment-friendly facility built with the latest technological systems and equipped with photovoltaic panels, located close to the main entrance of the exhibition centre. The hall provides an area of 3500 sq.m. without columns or other obstructions, can be completely darkened and includes a fully-equipped industrial level kitchen. It is an extremely versatile space ensuring endless solutions: catering with 1200 seating places or a main hall for up to 2400 people. The Gallerie Mercatali, a unique industrial archeology structure. Two buildings with a parabolic vault in front of the exhibition center, which hosted the fruit and vegetable market activities until the 1990s. Since 2022, after the conservative renovation works and in compliance with the monumental constraint, with a redevelopment and enhancement of the entire remaining building and the external area owned, the structure is now available for multiple types of events and can accommodate up to to 2,000 people.
Beyond the equipped rooms, the Congress Centre different multifunctional spaces, that could be suitable for creating plenary rooms with big dimensions, exhibition areas, catering areas.
Sala Margherita is a multifunctional space of 2300 sq.m., composed by two different areas of 900 and 1300 sq.m.
The second floor of the Congress Centre Palaexpo is an area of 10.500 sq.m., that can be partitioned in three spaces divided by mobile walls. These spaces can be set up as exhibition area, catering area and plenary room with 1200 seats.
The modern Pavilion 1 has a surface of 3.400 sq.m. without obstructions. It can be set up as a plenary room of 2.400 seats; Pavilions 11 and 12, two large spaces of 7900 square meters each, with few columns and completely darkened, particularly suitable for hosting conventions, shows and commercial events.
The Mercatali Galleries, a unique industrial archeology structure. Since 2022, after the conservative renovation works, the structure is now available for all types of events and can host up to 2,000 people.