A convergence center is a central place for information and meeting to serve participants during large and manifold protest or other alternative activities at summits

Summit (meeting)

A summit meeting is a meeting of heads of state or government, usually with considerable media exposure, tight security and a prearranged agenda.Notable summit meetings include those of Franklin D...

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They started to be used in the 1990s as a logistic tool to solve communication problems among the large number of people present at varying activities at European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 summits, sometimes also including living quarters.

See also

• Protests during the EU summit in Gothenburg 2001
  Protests during the EU summit in Gothenburg 2001
  The protests during the EU summit in Gothenburg 2001, parts of which are often called the Gothenburg Riots , took place in the Swedish city of Gothenburg during the three days of the EU summit and EU–US Summit, June 14–16, 2001...
  
  
• 27th G8 summit
  27th G8 summit
  -Overview:The Group of Seven was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada starting in 1976. The G8, meeting for the first time in 1997, was formed with the addition...