VET International

What VET International does

VET INTERNATIONAL Srl is a Milan-based Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) founded in 2020 as a focused vertical spin-off from MZ Events, which had been active in the events industry since 1987. The company specializes in end-to-end congress organization for veterinary and animal science associations, delivering more than 30 major international events across European markets including Italy, Germany, Serbia, Hungary, Switzerland, and Greece. Its client base comprises scientific societies such as ESPHM, ICAR, ISFNF, ESPN, WVPAC, EAVLD, and IPVS, with mandates extending on multi-year biennial cycles through at least 2027.

The company's service portfolio spans congress and event organization, association management, registration, creative communications, mobile apps for delegates, and a proprietary abstract submission and review platform. The team of 9–11 includes PCCO-certified professionals carrying 35+ years of accumulated veterinary-congress experience inherited from the MZ Events legacy. Operational headquarters are in Milan (Via Carlo Farini 81) with a secondary office in Parma, and the firm engages with industry consortia such as Federcongressi&eventi and destination marketing bodies such as the Bologna Convention Bureau.

VET International earns revenue primarily through management fees on congress mandates, with delegate registration flows, sponsorship handling, and exhibition sales as ancillary revenue levers typical of the PCO model. Large flagship events such as WVPAC 2023 (1,869+ delegates, 100+ exhibitors) and the joint IPVS & ESPHM 2024 congress in Leipzig anchor the revenue mix. The business model is fundamentally a services-and-licensing operation: long-cycle society mandates, embedded infrastructure (abstract systems, member databases), and reputational continuity with scientific committees are the primary sources of pricing power.

Name

VET International

Legal name

VET INTERNATIONAL Srl

Website

https://vetinternational.eu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

VET International is a Milan-based Professional Congress Organizer founded in 2020, delivering end-to-end veterinary and animal science conferences for European scientific societies. It serves clients such as ESPHM, IPVS, and WVPAC via proprietary abstract, registration, and association management platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Congress Organization Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAMAGAM

Multi-site/Corporate Group Operations Platforms (Franchise/MSO Tools, Standardization)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Veterinary & Animal Health/Animal Health Digital Platforms (Practice Mgmt, Tele-vet)

Keywords

• Professional congress organization
• Veterinary conference management
• Association management services
• Scientific meeting planning
• Event management consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Congress Organization Services: Professional congress organization services for veterinary and animal science sector including planning, logistics, marketing, and hospitality management for conferences and meetings.
2. Association Management Services: Association Management Company (AMC) services providing professional support to scientific, non-profit, and charity associations including secretariat management, treasury management, training courses, and strategic consultancy.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

VET International is a Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) providing made-to-measure congress and meeting organization services for the veterinary and animal science sector. The company delivers end-to-end event management including venue selection, faculty hospitality, program development, abstract submission management, registration, marketing, and on-site operations. It also provides Association Management Company (AMC) services such as secretariat management, treasury services, training courses, and strategic consultancy to scientific and non-profit veterinary associations.

Product overview

VET International offers a modular congress organization platform for the veterinary and animal science sector. The core offering centers on made-to-measure congress and meeting organization, supported by an internal Abstract Submission Management System for academic conference workflows. Additional modules include custom congress website and mobile APP development, creative communication services (newsletters, social media, video), registration management with dedicated on-site software, and Association Management Services for scientific societies. The company operates as a Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) combining event management with proprietary digital tools and professional consultancy services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Congress and Meeting Organization Full-service organization and professional consultancy for congresses and meetings in the veterinary and animal science sector, covering venue selection, faculty hospitality, program development, abstract management, registration, marketing, and on-site operations for scientific associations.
• Association Management Services Professional support to scientific and non-profit veterinary associations, including secretariat management, treasury services, training courses, strategic consultancy, and member communication, provided as ongoing AMC engagements.

Quantifiable outcome

• WVPAC 2023: 1869+ delegates, 633 abstracts evaluated, 152 oral presentations
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MZ EventscoreOthersParent company with extensive experience in the meeting industry since 1987. MZ Events has a solid financial foundation and many years of international successes in the management of scientific and medical events. VET International was founded based on the experience of this leading company.
• SIDILV (Società Italiana di Diagnostica di Laboratorio Veterinaria)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific veterinary association for laboratory diagnostics. VET International provides association management services including secretariat management, training courses, and strategic consultancy as part of long-term partnership.
• ECVSMR (European College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean veterinary college. VET International provides association management services and organizes congresses for this association as part of long-term partnership.
• Bologna Convention BureauminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBologna's convention bureau that helped bring ICAR 2020+2 congress to Bologna through the Bologna Ambassador program.
• Federcongressi&eventiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian federation of congress and events industry. VET International participates in the Food for Good project coordinated by Federcongressi&eventi for recovering surplus food from events.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MCI Group: Large global events, association management and meetings company with a broad portfolio across industries. Overlaps with VET International in association management and scientific congresses, but at significantly larger scale and across many verticals.

Direct peers

• C-IN: Prague-based Professional Congress Organizer serving international scientific and medical associations. Comparable in dedicated focus on association-led scientific congresses and recurring multi-year event relationships.
• AIM Group International: Milan-based Professional Congress Organizer with deep experience in medical and scientific associations across Europe. Closely comparable to VET International in geography, size range, and scientific-association customer base, though it operates across multiple verticals rather than veterinary-only.
• Kenes Group: Global PCO and association management company specializing in medical, scientific, and life-sciences congresses. Directly comparable in business model (PCO + AMC services for scientific associations), with overlapping client profiles in the life-sciences and animal health space.
• Congrex Switzerland: PCO and association management company focused on medical and scientific associations in Europe. Operates a similar PCO + association secretariat model and competes for the same European scientific association mandates as VET International.
• Interplan: German PCO providing congress organization and association management for medical and scientific societies. Closely matches VET International's PCO-plus-AMC delivery model for European association clients.
• Congress Care: Dutch-headquartered PCO specializing in medical and scientific association congresses. Directly comparable in size range, customer segment (scientific associations), and core PCO service offering.

Regional players

• Eurocongressi: Italian PCO focused on medical and scientific meetings, with deep roots in the Italian association market. Comparable in service mix and Italy-based delivery, though operating in adjacent medical specialties rather than veterinary-specific.

Others

• MZ Events: Parent/heritage company of VET International, active since 1987 in scientific and medical event management. Not a competitor but the originating platform from which VET International's expertise, relationships, and financial foundation were built.
• Federcongressi&eventi: Italian federation of the congress and events industry in which VET International participates (e.g., the Food for Good project). Acts as an industry association and ecosystem player rather than a direct PCO competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@vetinternational9846
• Facebookfacebook.com/vetinternationalsrl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vet-international-srl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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