New: FIBO Business Weekend

New: FIBO Business Weekend

The first AXA Start-Up Pitch at FIBO, the DSSV Start-Up seminar or guided tours on various topics: The new FIBO Business Weekend also has a lot to offer on Saturday and Sunday.

As a trade visitor, you can also use the Fast Lanes at the South and North entrances. We also provide parking spaces in the immediate vicinity of the entrances. First come, first serve, because the contingent is limited.

DSSV – Start-Up Seminar

On Friday and Saturday DSSV will organise two seminars each on starting a business, securing its survival and succession planning. DSSV’s Start-Up Seminar provides people interested in starting up a business and operators with the necessary gear to rise to the challenges of establishing a new business or taking over an existing one successfully in the long term. In addition to valuable information participants will get useful hands-on tips from experienced industry and start-up experts.

EMS Symposium

2019 will see the GluckerKolleg again offer all interested visitors an ideal opportunity to learn about the latest trends in EMS. Themes include the latest scientific insights, the new DIN standard, EMS for senior citizens, the use of EMS for back problems, or EMS in competition sports. The EMS Symposium will be held at Congress-Centrum Nord on the Saturday of FIBO. Register online for the EMS Symposium.

Guided Tours for Trade Visitors

This year FIBO will offer guided tours of the trade show for the first time. These Guided Tours are free and guide participants to the areas Cardio & Strength, Physio, Sports Nutrition, Hotel & Wellness, Start Ups and Group Fitness. On the weekend the “Physio” tour will start at 10.00 am, on Saturday the “Hotel & Wellness” tour at 12 noon, the “Group Fitness” tour at 11.00 am and the “Cardio & Strength” tour at 2.00 pm. On Sunday the “Start-up” theme will feature on the agenda at 11.00 am. Visitors can register online for these tours at www.fibo.com/guidedtours.

New Business and Start-Up Pitch

Start ups are one of the focus themes of FIBO 2019. FIBO promotes young entrepreneurs with a special area and numerous expert lectures. In cooperation with the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control, the German Franchise Association and the AXA Startup Center, the New Business Area shows what successful start-ups look like, which first steps to take and what a good business plan should look like on all four trade show days.

And the Sunday at FIBO will see the AXA Startup Center organise its own pitch. Wanted: the best start-up at FIBO 2019.
Winners receive a stand space in the New Business Area of FIBO 2020 and will be allowed to compete for the Kitchen Pitch finals of the AXA Start-Up Center. The pitches will be presented in a relaxed atmosphere while cooking. Finalists stand a big chance of participating in the AXA Accelerator Programme with a start-up bootcamp, personal coaching and a workplace at the Factory Campus in Düsseldorf.

FIBO CAMPUS

From 2019 the FIBO CAMPUS will be the backbone of our continuous education programme and will also offer a comprehensive agenda for trade visitors on Saturday. It especially targets club operators and executives, physiotherapists, instructors and personal trainers. The new FIBO CAMPUS combines the well-known “FIBO Academy” and the congress programme. For the first time visitors will be able to put together their personal schedules on just one ticket. The Campus will be held on three days (Thursday to Saturday) at Congress-Centrum Ost. www.fibo.de/campus

Meetingpoint Physio

Trade visitors will also be in for a packed programme on the weekend at the Meetingpoint Physio in Hall 7. This is where physiotherapists, sports physicians, trainers and club operators meet. There will be talks here on legislation governing physiotherapy, customer recruitment, fitness at the physiotherapy practice, stress management and taping at the practice, to name but a few themes.