Sandton hosted largest exhibition ever seen in Africa
More than 3100 delegates attended the 18th World Petroleum Congress at the Sandton Convention Centre last month. WPC also saw the largest Oil and Gas Exhibition alongside the conference using a total of 15 000 square meters and making it the largest international exhibition that the centre has hosted to date.
Dr Eivald MQ Roren, President of the World Petroleum Council, says: "The Southern African International Oil & Gas Exhibition is the largest of its kind the continent has ever seen."
There were a total of 231 exhibition stands of which approximately 90% were international exhibitors. 3 000 day exhibition visitors clocked in and out of the Sandton Convention Centre for the duration of the conference.