6-667: The World Forum (originally known as Nederlands Congresgebouw and formerly Nederlands Congres Centrum and World Forum Convention Center ) is a concert venue and convention centre in The Hague , Netherlands , near the buildings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and one of the administrative offices of
12-527: A convention center. In Francophone countries, the term is palais des congrès (such as the Palais des Congrès de Paris ) or centre des congrès (such as the Centre des congrès de Quebec). The original convention centers or halls were in castles and palaces . Originally a hall in a castle would be designed to allow a large group of lords, knights and government officials to attend important meetings with
18-529: Is a large building that is designed to hold a convention , where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees. Very large venues, suitable for major trade shows , are sometimes known as exhibition halls . Convention centers typically have at least one auditorium and may also contain concert halls , lecture halls , meeting rooms , and conference rooms . Some large resort area hotels include
24-667: The International Baccalaureate . It was opened in 1969 and was designed in the Dutch functionalism style by architect Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud . His son, Hans Oud , completed the construction after his father's death in 1963. In 2006 a part of the convention center, including the Statenhal , was demolished to make place for the Europol building. Many concerts and festivals had been held there before, such as
30-748: The annual North Sea Jazz Festival , and the Eurovision Song Contests of 1976 and 1980 . Between 2006 and 2010 The Hague Jazz festival was held at the World Forum (to replace the moved North Sea Jazz festival, which is now held in Rotterdam ). Since 2011 the festival is held in the Kyocera Stadium . Convention centre A convention center ( American English ; or conference centre in British English )
36-605: The king. A more ancient tradition would have the king or lord decide disputes among his people. These administrative actions would be done in the great hall and would exhibit the wisdom of the king as judge to the general populace. One of the most famous convention center debacles happened in France on June 20, 1789. King Louis XVI locked a group known as the Third Estate out of the meeting hall in Versailles. This led to
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