Italian tanning industry association UNIC has announced that it will host a second edition of the World Leather Congress, which first took place in Rio de Janeiro in November 2011. An official event of the International Council of Tanners, the 2015 edition of the congress will take place in Milan on September 8, the day before the Lineapelle exhibition opens in the city. On announcing the congress at the annual general meeting of the International Council of Tanners at the end of March, UNIC also pointed out that the second edition of the World Leather Congress will take place during Expo 2015, which Milan will host between May 1 and October 31 .