Hospitality, Retail, Theatre, and Attractions Members,
Below is a list of June to December 2018 conferences and conventions taking place in and around the Entertainment District.
JUNE 2018
International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT), 35th International Congress of the ISBT 2018
6/3/2018 to 6/8/2018
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre;CITYWIDE
Attendance: 3000
Princess Margaret Hospital, 2018 Ride To Conquer Cancer
6/4/2018 to 6/12/2018
Location: InterContinental Toronto Centre
Attendance: 300
Canada Green Building Council, 2018 CAGBC National Conference
6/4/2018 to 6/6/2018
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Attendance: 600
North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP), Annual Meeting
6/5/2018 to 6/10/2018
Location: Chelsea Hotel, Toronto
Attendance: 200
Power Transmission Distributors Association, PTDA 2018 Canadian Conference
6/6/2018 to 6/8/2018
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Toronto Downtown
Attendance: 175
GWN Events, Divas 1/2 Marathon and 5K Race 2018
6/7/2018 to 6/11/2018
Location: The Westin Harbour Castle;Chelsea Hotel, Toronto;The Strathcona Hotel
Attendance: 1000
International Atherosclerosis Society, International Symposium on Atherosclerosis
6/9/2018 to 6/15/2018
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre;CITYWIDE
Attendance: 3500
International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease (ISVHLD), International
Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease 2018 (ISVHLD)
6/13/2018 to 6/17/2018
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre;CITYWIDE
Attendance: 3000
Canadian Institute of Actuaries, 2018 Annual Meeting
6/20/2018 to 6/22/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 500
Rotary International, International Convention
6/24/2018 to 6/27/2018
Location: Bond Place Hotel Downtown Eaton Centre;Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel;The Omni KingEdward Hotel;DoubleTree by Hilton Toronto Downtown;Holiday Inn Toronto Downtown Centre;The Westin Harbour Castle;Fairmont Royal York;Radisson Admiral Hotel ‐ Toronto H
Attendance: 20000
JULY 2018
OpenText, OpenText 2018 Enterprise World
7/4/2018 to 7/14/2018
Location: Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel;Fairmont Royal York;InterContinental Toronto
Centre;Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel;Metro Toronto Convention Centre;Delta Toronto
Attendance: 2200
PwC Management Services LP, Meeting
7/9/2018 to 7/11/2018
Location: The Westin Harbour Castle
Attendance: 500
International Sociological Association (ISA), XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology 2018
7/13/2018 to 7/21/2018
Location: Bond Place Hotel Downtown Eaton Centre;DoubleTree by Hilton Toronto Downtown;HolidayInn Toronto Downtown Centre;InterContinental Toronto Centre;Hyatt Regency Toronto;Metro Toronto Convention Centre;The Strathcona Hotel;Residence Inn Toronto Downtown/Entertainment District
Attendance: 4000
American Crystallographic Association (ACA), ACA 2018 Annual Meeting
7/18/2018 to 7/26/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 1200
Society for Conservation Biology, North American Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB)
7/20/2018 to 7/28/2018
Location: The Westin Harbour Castle
Attendance: 1400
International Council Of Shopping Centers (ICSC), 2018 ICSC Next Generation National Conference
7/24/2018 to 7/27/2018
Location: Delta Toronto
Attendance: 500
International Consortium of Oral Ankylofrenula Professionals (ICAP), ICAP Conference 2018
7/26/2018 to 7/29/2018
Location: Hilton Toronto
Attendance: 400
American Society Of Civil Engineers (ASCE), ASCE 2018 UESI Pipelines Conference
7/28/2018 to 8/1/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 825
AUGUST 2018
Athletics Canada, 2018 NACAC
8/7/2018 to 8/14/2018
Location: Victoria University;Chelsea Hotel, Toronto;Chestnut Residence, University of
Toronto;Residence Inn Toronto Downtown/Entertainment District
Attendance: 1500
International Federation on Ageing, IFA Global Conference on Ageing 2018
8/7/2018 to 8/10/2018
Location: Chelsea Hotel, Toronto;Ryerson Conference Services
Attendance: 1000
Encephalon, LLC, Dr. Joe Dispenza Week Long Retreat Toronto
8/13/2018 to 8/19/2018
Location: Chelsea Hotel, Toronto
Attendance: 700
Marijuana Business Daily, MJBizCon 2018
8/13/2018 to 8/18/2018
Location: Fairmont Royal York;Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Attendance: 2200
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, Summer Leadership 2018
8/15/2018 to 8/18/2018
Location: Fairmont Royal York
Attendance: 500
American Orthopaedic Society For Sports Medicine, 2018 AOSSM Sports Medicine and Hockey
8/17/2018 to 8/19/2018
Location: Hilton Toronto
Attendance: 175
AOAC International, 132nd AOAC INTERNATIONAL Annual Meeting And Exposition
8/23/2018 to 8/30/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 850
SEPTEMBER 2018
Association for Talent Development (formerly ASTD), 2018 Fall Core 4 Conference
9/8/2018 to 9/12/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 300
Great Lakes Association Of Orthodontists, GLAO /MASO
9/12/2018 to 9/16/2018
Location: Fairmont Royal York
Attendance: 350
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 63rd Annual Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium
9/14/2018 to 9/21/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 500
Canadian Parking Association (CPA), 2018 CPA Annual Conference & Tradeshow
9/15/2018 to 9/19/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 300
Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario, 2018 Annual Conference
9/19/2018 to 9/23/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 400
Canadian Frailty Network, 2018 Canadian Frailty Network
9/19/2018 to 9/23/2018
Location: Hilton Toronto
Attendance: 225
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, IASLC ‐ 18th World Conference on Lung Cancer 2018
9/21/2018 to 9/27/2018
Location: Bond Place Hotel Downtown Eaton Centre;Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel;The Omni King Edward Hotel;The Westin Harbour Castle;Fairmont Royal York;Radisson Admiral Hotel ‐ Toronto Harbourfront;InterContinental Toronto Centre;Chelsea Hotel, Toronto;Sherato
Attendance: 7000
Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, 2018 Annual Conference 50th Anniversary
9/23/2018 to 10/2/2018
Location: Marriott Toronto Downtown Eaton Centre
Attendance: 500
National Angel Capital Organization, 2018 NACO Annual Conference
9/24/2018 to 9/28/2018
Location: Hilton Toronto
Attendance: 600
Canadian Psychiatric Association, 2018 Annual Meeting
9/26/2018 to 9/30/2018
Location: The Westin Harbour Castle
Attendance: 1000
Quanta Services Inc., Quanta: Utility Perspective 2018
9/27/2018 to 10/2/2018
Location: Four Seasons Hotel Toronto
Attendance: 200
KAO Germany GmbH, Annual Kao Global Zoom Event
9/29/2018 to 10/1/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel;Hotel X Toronto
Peak Rooms: 1650
Attendance: 2400
OCTOBER 2018
International Council Of Shopping Centers (ICSC), 2018 Canadian Conference
10/1/2018 to 10/3/2018
Location: Fairmont Royal York;InterContinental Toronto Centre;The Ritz‐Carlton, Toronto;Delta Toronto
Attendance: 2500
Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AAPS), 33rd Annual Conference
10/3/2018 to 10/6/2018
Location: The Westin Harbour Castle
Attendance: 1000
American Society for Aesthetics, ASA 76th Annual Meeting
10/8/2018 to 10/13/2018
Location: Fairmont Royal York
Attendance: 175
Canadian Medical Association, 2018 International Conference on Physician Health
10/9/2018 to 10/14/2018
Location: Fairmont Royal York
Attendance: 400
Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2018
10/9/2018 to 10/15/2018
Location: Bond Place Hotel Downtown Eaton Centre;The Omni King Edward Hotel;The Westin Harbour Castle;InterContinental Toronto Centre;Chelsea Hotel, Toronto;Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel;Marriott Toronto Downtown Eaton Centre;Hilton Toronto;Novotel Toronto Centre;
Attendance: 2000
International Air Cargo Association (IACA), ACF 2018
10/11/2018 to 10/21/2018
Location: Fairmont Royal York;InterContinental Toronto Centre;The Ritz‐Carlton, Toronto
Attendance: 3000
United Steelworkers Of America, 2018 United Steelworkers International Women’s
Conference
10/13/2018 to 10/18/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 1000
TCI Network, 2018 Global Conference on Clusters
10/16/2018 to 10/18/2018
Location: Chelsea Hotel, Toronto;Continuing Professional Development, University of Toronto
Attendance: 500
Canadian Cardiovascular Society, CCS 2018 Congress and Annual Scientific Meeting
10/19/2018 to 10/24/2018
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Attendance: 4100
Geneva Centre for Autism, 2018 International Symposium
10/24/2018 to 10/26/2018
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Attendance: 600
Messe Frankfurt Inc., Waste and Recycling Expo Canada
10/24/2018 to 10/25/2018
Location: Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel;Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 3000
American Dental Education Association (ADEA), ADEA 2018 Fall Meeting
10/24/2018 to 10/26/2018
Location: Hilton Toronto
Attendance: 360
Chemical Institute of Canada, The, 2018 Joint Canadian and International Chemical
Engineering Conference
10/27/2018 to 10/31/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 1500
Alternative Investment Management Association, AIMA 2018 Fall meeting
10/29/2018 to 10/30/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 200
The Parliament of the World’s Religions (PWR), The 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions
10/31/2018 to 11/8/2018
Location: Bond Place Hotel Downtown Eaton Centre;The Westin Harbour Castle;Sheraton Centre
Toronto Hotel;Marriott Toronto Downtown Eaton Centre;Metro Toronto Convention Centre;The
Strathcona Hotel;Courtyard Marriott Toronto Downtown;Delta Toronto
Attendance: 10000
NOVEMBER 2018
Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), 2018 CUTA Fall Conference and Trans‐Expo
Tradeshow
11/3/2018 to 11/7/2018
Location: InterContinental Toronto Centre;Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Attendance: 500
Canadian Council for Public‐Private Partnerships (CCPPP), 26th Annual CCPPP National
Conference
11/4/2018 to 11/6/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 600
Frontier Duty Free Association, 2018 Annual Conference
11/10/2018 to 11/14/2018
Location: Hyatt Regency Toronto
Attendance: 200
American Water Works Association, Water Quality Technology Conference 2018
11/10/2018 to 11/14/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 1200
The SK Group, Inc., SK Group November 2018
11/10/2018 to 11/17/2018
Location: The Westin Harbour Castle;Fairmont Royal York
Attendance: 900
College Of Family Physicians Of Canada, Family Medicine Forum (FMF)
11/11/2018 to 11/17/2018
Location: Fairmont Royal York;InterContinental Toronto Centre;Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Attendance: 3000
Critical Care Canada, 2018 Annual Conference
11/12/2018 to 11/18/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 500
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, 32nd Annual Conference
11/15/2018 to 11/18/2018
Location: Hilton Toronto
Attendance: 425
Ontario Nurses Association, Biennial Convention 2018
11/18/2018 to 11/23/2018
Location: The Westin Harbour Castle
Attendance: 800
Canadian Society for International Health, 2018 Canadian Conference On Global Health
11/19/2018 to 11/21/2018
Location: Hilton Toronto
Attendance: 600
Unifor, December Council 2018
11/28/2018 to 12/2/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 450
Special Olympics Canada, National Awards Night / Gala 2018
11/29/2018 to 11/29/2018
Location: The Westin Harbour Castle
Attendance: 140
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, The ‐ SOGC, Ontario CME 2018
11/29/2018 to 12/1/2018
Location: Hilton Toronto
Attendance: 350
DECEMBER 2018
Irish Dance Teacher’s Association Canada, Irish Dance Teachers Association Regional
Championships 2018
12/5/2018 to 12/9/2018
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Attendance: 1000
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, 2018 Clinical Update
12/6/2018 to 12/9/2018
Location: Hilton Toronto
Attendance: 250
Toronto Global Forum, Toronto Global Forum 2018
12/10/2018 to 12/12/2018
Location: Fairmont Royal York
Attendance: 300