I Congreso Mundial del Encaje Español, Marbella (CMEE 2015)
(Málaga, Andalusia)
Organizers: la Federación Española del Encaje
Avenida / Las Palmeras, Nº 4-24, Piso ., C.Postal 29601
Ayuntamiento Marbella
Date: Thursday May 7 to Sunday May 10, 2015
Time:  See below.
Place: Palacio de Ferias y Congresos
José Meliá 2, 29600 Marbella
Website: http://tinyurl.com/ojxtkvj
Information: feesen@outlook.com, 610 09 65 51.

First the good news:
Feesen is a relatively new organization with ambitious goals, and an online magazine.  Here’s what I’ve been able to find out, although their website, http://www.feesen.es/# doesn’t seem to be working too well.
There is an extensive writeup of the event at http://issuu.com/federacionfeesen/docs/manual_patrocinio_cme2015.
The plan is to hold both the:
– 1st International Competition of Spanish Lace, on the theme of “La Peineta”.  A Peineta is the large hair comb women use with a mantilla.
– 1º Concurso Internacional de Jóvenes Diseñadores, focused on the design of lace for young fashion designers.

Now the bad news:
Everything has been cancelled due to economic considerations.