Our Story

Interplan was founded by Anton Kössl in Munich in 1969. After 32 successful years, Anton Kössl converted his company into a stock-corporation in 2001 and sold it in 2002. Since then, the shareholders of Interplan are Anton Kössl’s long-time deputy Bruno Lichtinger and Dr. Markus Preussner (previously with the publishers moderne industrie) as well as the Kenes Group, one of the world’s leading Professional Conference Organisers (PCOs). Kenes was founded in Tel Aviv in 1965, by Gideon Rivlin, one of the pioneers in the global events industry. Today, the Kenes Group is headquartered in Geneva.

The first branch of Interplan was opened in Hamburg on July 1, 2003. Subsequently, on January 1, 2008 an office was opened in Berlin and in early of 2010 a further office in Leipzig was established.

To date, Interplan has successfully organised over 3 500 national and international congresses with a focus on medicine and science. With a team of over 120 employees in Munich, Berlin and Hamburg, Interplan is one of the leading congress providers in Europe and the German-speaking region.