AFID Congresos S.L.

What AFID Congresos S.L. does

AFID Congresos S.L. is a privately held Spanish professional congress management firm headquartered in Santander with a Center Delegation in Madrid. Founded approximately 25 years ago and led by Director and Founding Partner Gemma Martínez, the company specializes in two integrated service lines: (1) end-to-end congress management for scientific and medical events, covering planning, administration, venue sourcing, registration, speaker coordination, accommodation, promotion, social programs, and post-event follow-up; and (2) permanent secretariat services for scientific societies, encompassing legal advising, database maintenance, financial administration, website management, and ongoing society promotion.

The firm operates a B2B, sales-led model targeting nonprofit scientific and medical societies (e.g., SEEP, SEDAR, ACINAR, SADE, AELFA-IF), government and port-sector institutions (Puertos del Estado, Autoridad Portuaria de Santander, UIMP), healthcare providers (Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital), and selected enterprises. Services are custom-quoted per event with no publicly disclosed pricing. Its distribution is purely direct, anchored in long-standing professional relationships within Spanish medical and scientific communities.

Revenue is generated through professional-services fees tied to individual events and recurring retainers for permanent secretariat engagements. The company lists a small named team of approximately six core staff plus additional members, with no disclosed technology platform, no proprietary software products, no app or API, and no AI/ML capabilities. Strategic partnerships include a longstanding travel arrangement with Viajes Fortuín S.L. and recurring multi-year engagements with flagship clients such as SEEP and SEDAR. AFID has received EU/FSE+ co-financed subsidies and industry recognition including the 2017 Premio Ejecutivos for Best Business Management. The firm is privately held with no institutional investment, parent company, or M&A activity disclosed.

Name

AFID Congresos S.L.

Legal name

AFID CONGRESOS, S.L.

Website

https://afidcongresos.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AFID Congresos S.L. is a Spanish congress management firm that provides end-to-end event services and permanent secretariat support to scientific, medical, and professional societies in Spain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Congress and Event Management Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical, Scientific & Healthcare Congress Organizers (THAHACAD), Conferences & Conventions Operations Services (Registration, AV, Logistics) (MPAGAGAM), Government & Public Sector Conferences (MPAGAGAH)

Keywords

• Congress management services
• Scientific secretariat services
• Medical conference management
• Event planning services
• Scientific society administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Santander

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Technical Secretariat Services: Providing comprehensive technical secretariat services for congresses, conferences, and scientific events, including planning, administration, speaker management, registration, and post-event activities.
2. Permanent Secretariat for Scientific Societies: Ongoing management services for scientific societies including legal advice, database maintenance, financial administration, website management, and promotion of society activities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AFID Congresos S.L. provides end-to-end congress and conference management services for scientific, medical, and professional organizations, including planning, administration, venue sourcing, registration, speaker coordination, accommodation, promotion, social programs, economic management, and post-event services. The company also operates permanent secretariats for scientific societies, delivering ongoing administrative, legal advisory, financial management, member database, website, and promotional support. Services are custom-quoted and delivered by a dedicated project team based in Santander and Madrid, Spain.

Product overview

AFID Congresos S.L. is a conference and congress management company offering a comprehensive suite of services for organizing scientific, medical, and professional events. The core offering consists of end-to-end congress management (including planning, administration, venue sourcing, registration, speaker coordination, accommodation, promotion, and post-event services) and permanent secretariat services for scientific societies. These services operate as an integrated portfolio where the congress management services handle individual event logistics while the permanent secretariat provides ongoing administrative infrastructure for scientific organizations requiring year-round support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Congress Management Services End-to-end management of scientific and professional congresses, covering planning, administration, venue sourcing, registration, speaker and guest coordination, accommodation booking, promotion and dissemination, social programs, economic management, and post-event support. Sold as a contracted service package to scientific societies, medical associations, universities, hospitals, and event organizers in Spain.
• Permanent Secretariat Services for Scientific Societies Ongoing administrative and operational support for scientific societies, including board advising, document management, member databases, meeting coordination, institutional relations, financial administration, legal advisory, website management, and promotion of society activities. Sold on a retainer/ongoing basis to scientific and medical societies in Spain requiring year-round secretariat infrastructure.

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Viajes Fortuín S.L.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerViajes Fortuín S.L. is the travel and accommodation partner referenced in the services section, handling travel arrangements for congress attendees and participants. This is a longstanding partnership integral to the event management service offering.
• SEEP (Sociedad Española de Epilepsia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term client and partner for whom AFID provides both technical secretariat for annual congresses and permanent secretariat services including legal advice, financial management, database maintenance, and web promotion. This is a flagship, recurring engagement.
• Puertos del EstadominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-owned port authority that collaborates with AFID on port-sector educational events including Port Week UIMP and the Ibero-American Course on Engineering, Operations and Environmental Management.
• Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for port sector courses and summer programs. AFID acts as academic secretariat for UIMP's Port Week events.
• Autoridad Portuaria de SantanderminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSantander Port Authority partners with AFID on port industry events including Port Week and the Ibero-American Environmental Management course.
• SEDAR (Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor Pediátrico)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFID serves as Technical Secretariat for SEDAR's annual National Congress on Pediatric Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Pain Therapy, managing logistics, registration, and event coordination for events with 300+ attendees.
• Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization supporting the XX Ibero-American Course on Engineering, Operations and Environmental Management, with approximately 20 students from Latin American countries.
• Universidad de CantabriaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic institution collaborating on port sector educational programs and the Ibero-American course on environmental management.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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