SMX Convention Center Davao

SMX Convention Center Davao occupies the third level of SM Lanang Premier on J.P. Laurel Avenue in Lanang, in the north of Davao City near the mouth of the Davao River. It opened on 28 September 2012 together with the mall, as the first SMX centre built outside Manila and, by its operator's account, the largest and first privately owned and managed convention and exhibition centre in the southern Philippines. The venue spans 7,853 sqm within the mall and offers 5,200 sqm of leasable space across three function rooms and five meeting rooms, with capacity for audiences of up to 5,550 or an intimate conference of ten. A footbridge links it directly to the Park Inn by Radisson Davao, which makes it workable as a residential conference campus. The centre inherits the green building agenda of SM Lanang Premier: the mall was built with a rain catchment system to cut storm-water peak flow, paver blocks in the car park, recycled water for toilets and cooling towers, park-finder systems in the basement, and LED and skylight lighting. Its halls carry regional trade fairs, government conventions, medical meetings and consumer shows for Mindanao. Francisco Bangoy International Airport is 10 to 15 minutes away by road, and the Lanang corridor connects to downtown Davao and the city's northern highway.