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I'm editing the Culture section of Cologne, Germany, by adding an Events and Conferences section.

Events and Conferences[edit]
Cologne is home to the worlds largest international photography fair, Photokina. Photokina’s opening event was in 1950, later becoming a biennial event during 1966, and is now held annually. In 2016 there were 983 exhibitors and approximately 190,669 visitors from 134 countries.

Cologne also houses the largest computer and video game convention in the world, Gamescom. Gamescom is a video game trade fair where game enthusiasts attend to play and preview upcoming games and gaming technology, and for developers to showcase their work. In 2017, approximately 350,000 visitors and 919 companies attended. Within Gamescom, game developers have a smaller conference called Devcom, which had its first showing in 2017. Devcom was originally a five-day conference, but will be shortened to two days starting in 2018. While Gamescom is designed with gamer's in mind, Devcom focuses on game development, networking, publishing, and building a community for game developers. Devcom’s inaugural year housed more than 3,000 people, and is expected to surpass this in 2018.