The welcoming city
Between 27th August and 1st September 2000 Rome's Palazzo dei Congressi hosted the 18th International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Italy's biggest congress event of last year. The author of the congress was the specialist PCO Triumph P.R., and the congress was attended by 9,000 people in total, including Pope John Paul II. The week of intense work was punctuated by social events organised by Triumph at some of Rome's most beautiful locations including Piazza Navona and the Colosseum. On the programme were a concert by the tenor Andrea Bocelli, a fashion show by Gattinoni and a ballet with prima ballerina Carla Fracci. Many of these "peripheral" events were featured in the national and international media.