IBTM World (formerly EIBTM) is the leading global event for the meetings, incentives, conferences, events and business travel industry, taking place in Barcelona. The event gathers meetings industry professionals for three days of focused business opportunities, thought provoking professional education and networking to drive your business into the future.

The conference has been co-organised by the Romanian Cluster Association, the Ministry of Economy, the National R&D Institute for Agricultural Machinery, the Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Romanian Academy and the Association for the Knowledge Economy Promotion. The event took place with support of CEC Bank, the Romanian Regional Development Agency "Centre", the Institute for Research and Automtion Design and enjoyed the patronage of the Ministry of Research and Innovation.

The TCI European Conference 2018 was officially presented during the 20th global TCI Conference in Bogota, 7-9 Nov 2017