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Following difficulties
with the original venue it was still undecided where the 2006
Conference Week would be held. However, during the FIA General
Assembly in Rome representatives from the ADAC volunteered
to host the event to ensure that it could take place as planned.
The ADAC is confident that the infrastructure will be ready
in time for the four-day conference to take place in May next
year.
ADAC President Peter Meyer told the FIA General Assembly
in Rome that the club would be prepared to host Conference
Week in Germany, despite it being a very busy period for
tourism in the country in the build up to football’s
World Cup.
Meyer said: “We are delighted to host this
prestigious event. We expect to have a fruitful exchange
of ideas and views on the various subjects of mobility and
the automobile.”
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Cologne was chosen
as the host city because local organisers have experience of
putting on such a large event, having hosted the FIA General
Assembly in 2001. It also has the available accommodation to
host the delegates.
FIA Conference Week is the annual forum
for the national automobile clubs to meet and discuss mobility
issues such
as consumer protection and road safety. It is apt that the
event will be hosted by ADAC, the biggest automobile club
in Europe and the third biggest in the world.
The club has
15.4 million members, 7,500 employees and 180 outlets throughout
Germany. On the sporting side it organises 3,000 motor racing
events, including Formula One’s European Grand Prix
at the Nurburgring.
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