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May 11, 2023
10th ordinary general meeting in the Hotel Schweizerhof Zurich.
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Jörg Arnold is re-elected as president.
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Martin von Moos resigns from the board. Thomas Wüthrich, Director of Zurich Tourism, is elected to the board as his successor.
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The remaining board members are unanimously re-elected.
May 18, 2022
9th ordinary general meeting in the Widder Hotel, Zurich.
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Jörg Arnold as president and the entire board are unanimously re-elected.
June 14, 2021
The board is conducting a workshop with an interdisciplinary expert committee to determine the needs for future congresses.
May 27, 2021
8th ordinary general meeting.
Due to the COVID-19 situation, the meeting was held as a hybrid event (Hotel Storchen and virtual).
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Jörg Arnold as president and the entire board are unanimously re-elected.
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Raphael Pedroncelli is unanimously elected as auditor, replacing Mark Jacob and representing the Zurich hoteliers.
May 14, 2020
7th ordinary general meeting.
Due to the extraordinary situation (COVID-19), the statutory part including elections was carried out in writing using an online form.
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Jörg Arnold is unanimously re-elected as the new president.
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The other board members and the auditors will also be unanimously re-elected for the next term of office.
June 27, 2019
6th ordinary general meeting in the Hotel Glärnischhof Zurich.
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Jörg Arnold will be the new president and successor to Dr. Elmar Ledergerber elected.
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The IG Congress City of Zurich is sticking to its goal (Zurich needs a new congress center) and is examining a wide range of projects and locations.
January 21, 2019
Extraordinary general meeting in the Hotel Glärnischhof Zurich.
January 2019
The initiative committee is withdrawing the popular initiative “New jobs instead of car parking spaces”.
The IG Congress City of Zurich will continue to campaign for a new congress center in Zurich using other means.
>> Press release IGKSZ January 21, 2019
December 2018
Zurich needs a congress center
Media release
>> Press release IGKSZ December 4, 2018
June 2018
There was a risk of a flop, but now the initiative for the congress center is in place. On Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at 4:45 p.m., the IG Congress City of Zurich will hand over 3,713 signature sheets from the popular initiative for a congress center on the car parking lot to city councilor Karin Rykart in front of the town hall. 3000 would have been necessary.
June 2018
Zurich residents vote on the congress center in the car parking lot.
Almost at the last minute, the initiators of a congress center near Zurich main station got the necessary signatures for their request. Nicole Barandun from the trade association appears relieved – and combative – in the interview.
May 31, 2018
4th general meeting in the Hotel Glärnischhof Zurich.
May 2018
The initiative for a congress center in Zurich is in danger of failing.
A month before the deadline, the initiators of a privately financed congress center on the Zurich car park have only collected half of the necessary signatures. ETH is withdrawing from the project. The signature collection started on December 20, 2017.
September 21, 2017
TheDecision in the local council The city of Zurich fell by 63 votes to 42 with 8 abstentions and is intended to prevent one thing in particular: a new congress center in the middle of Zurich.
August 2017
ETH interview with Daniel Schneider on the subject of the Zurich Congress Center.
May 15, 2017
3rd general meeting in the Hotel Glärnischhof in Zurich.
February 27, 2017 and March 6, 2017
Presentation of the project to representatives of various parties
On February 27, 2017 and March 6, 2017, ladies and gentlemen of the local council parliamentary groups accepted the invitation to find out about the details of the congress center project with a car parking lot.
December 22, 2016
Petition from the association 5im5i
The petition from the 5im5i association, entitled: “The car parking lot belongs in district 5,” demands that the car parking lot remain at its current location, supplemented by a residential and commercial project for the area.
7. November 2016
Vertreterinnen und Vertreter aus dem Kreis 5 und weiteren Organisationen sind zu einer Präsentation des Projektes eingeladen worden.
Der Einladung folgten Gemeinderätinnen, Gemeinderäte verschiedener Parteien aus dem Kreis 5 sowie Damen und Herren von Wirtschaftsorganisationen.
September 16, 2016
Presentation of the business plan to the Zurich city council.
Dr. Christoph Caviezel, CEO Mobimo Management AG, presented the business plan of the congress center project with the Carparkpatz location to the city council.
May 23, 2016
Conversation between the business delegation, IG Congress City of Zurich representatives and Mobimo AG
In addition to the presentation of the IG Congress City of Zurich, cooperation with Mobimo Management AG, a visualization of the project was part of the meeting.
April 19, 2016
2nd general meeting at the Hotel Atlantis by Giardino, Zurich
November 10, 2015
2. Discussion between the business delegation of the Zurich City Council and representatives of the IG Congress City of Zurich
June 9, 2015
Boundary conditions for a city tunnel for a congress center with a car parking lot.The Zurich Civil Engineering Office presented the city tunnel boundary conditions for the location of a congress center at the Carparkplatz location, based on the study by the Heierli engineering firm from 2010.
27. Mai 2015
1. Mitgliederversammlung
August 22, 2014
Founding meeting
15 representatives from various organizations, universities, hospitals and companies accepted the invitation to the founding meeting. The IG Congress City of Zurich was subsequently founded as an association within the meaning of Article 60 of the Swiss Civil Code.
April 11, 2014
First conversation between authorities and interested parties from business regarding the congress center project.
On April 11, 2014, representatives of the authorities met with a delegation of interested parties from business in the building construction department, office building IV.
