Sector: Conferences
Frankfurt: Healthcare Hub Wins Medical Meetings
Frankfurt has just enhanced its reputation as a healthcare hub with wins of two big medical events. The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the European League Against Rheumatism are both to hold congresses in the city. Frankfurt’s joint approach and quality of its scientific representatives helped seal the deals. From Intellectual Capitals…
South Korea Leads International Meetings Destination Survey
South Korea has been named the top destination for international meetings, for the second year in a row, by the Union of International Associations. The country hosted 1,297 meetings in 2017, thirteen percent of the 10,786 recorded by the UIA, and a three percent growth in global market share over the previous year. From Meetpie.com…
Darwin Convention Centre Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
The Darwin Convention Centre in Australia is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Over 680,000 people have attended events at the venue since the doors opened in 2008. The centre attracted a record number of 9,000 delegates from July to November 2017 through a combination of the international, national and regional conferences hosted. From CIM News Magazine…
2017 UK Meetings Sector worth £18.1bn, Says UKCAMS
The UK saw an estimated £18.1 billion of direct expenditure generated by delegates in venues and wider destination spend in 2017, according to the new UK Conference and Meeting Survey. The study also reveals that the overall number of conferences and meetings was lower than in 2016, but the size of events up slightly. From Meetpie.com…
Association Meetings Getting Smaller, Says Statistics Report
As the Iceberg’s Opinions section has already noted, the 2017 ICCA Statistics Report has revealed that association meetings continue to decrease in size. It also shows that cities holding the most association meetings in 2017, like top-placed Barcelona, were also those holding the largest. And the total number of association meetings is growing. From Association Meetings International…
Oklahoma City Breaks Ground on New Convention Center
Oklahoma City has hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new convention center. Scheduled to open in 2020, the $288 million Oklahoma City Convention Center will boast 200,000 square feet of exhibition space, a 30,000 square foot ballroom and 45,000 square feet of meeting space. Oklahoma City CVB has also launched a new website. From Successful Meetings…
Stem Cell Meeting Brings 2,500 to Melbourne
Leading researchers and physicians, and government health officials, have been in Melbourne for the 16th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. The event is the world’s largest in the field, and attracted over 2,500 delegates from 60 countries. Legacy projects included a free public forum. From CIM News Magazine…
Sydney Wins World Forum for Direct Investment 2019
Sydney has won the right to host the 2019 World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment. The official announcement was made at the 2018 event held in the UK. Business Events Sydney CEO Lyn Lewis-Smith said the World Forum for FDI would open up an important conversation between international and Australian decision makers. From CIM News Magazine…
Marketing Cheshire Offers Associations “Brilliant Science”
Marketing Cheshire has partnered with local organisations to deliver a new concept for business events. “Brilliant Science” is promoting the UK as a world leader in the field for international association events looking to make the most of the region’s scientific heritage and venues. Delegates will be offered tours of relevant facilities and attractions. From Boardroom…
Vegetarian Only Meetings: Further Sustainability Questions
When about 2,000 meeting delegates sat down for lunch at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Annual Conference, they were fed all plant-based food all conference long. In addition to the conference’s first-ever all-vegetarian menu, the organiser made another big move in 2017 by eliminating breakfast from the menu. From PCMA…
Transforming Events: Seven Fears to Face
Fear has been described by the acronym False Expectations Appearing Real. Change is often accompanied by it, so here’s a look at seven fears that come up with big changes to meetings, conferences and trade shows. Can we can flip those fears around and think about transformation in a whole new light? From PCMA Convene…
Desert Island Discs and the Conference Castaway
Dr Sue Black is a British computer scientist, academic and social entrepreneur. She also helped save the World War II codebreaking site Bletchley Park from falling into ruin. Recently Black was interviewed on a famous BBC radio programme, and told an interesting story of gender and the power of conferences. From editor’s blog at Meetpie.com…
Indianapolis: An Eventful MPI World Education Congress 2018
Meetings Professionals International’s World Education Congress has just concluded in Indianapolis, having welcomed around 2,200 attendees. Since WEC 2017 MPI had totally reimagined the event, and the 2018 running was certainly eventful, even to the extent of a Sudanese-Australian speaker being unable to attend because of a US visa waiver refusal. From Meetings & Conventions…
Sustainable Meetings: Six Areas to Shine a Light Upon
With an ever-increasing focus on the environment and growing demand for sustainable practice, green event and conference planning is now an established trend within the global meetings industry. Here are six areas to consider for a greener approach: the venue, carbon offsetting, the accommodation, the catering, technology and lighting, and the materials used. From the Event…
Vegetarian and Pescatarian Meetings: The Sustainability Question
In the GDS-Index white paper The Iceberg just published in Research, Finland’s Visit Espoo is committing to serve only locally-produced vegetarian food and sustainable fish to association delegates. Would you ever serve only vegetables and fish to your event attendees? Would they accept such a proposal? From editor’s blog at Association Meetings International…
Rotation: The Right Thing or a Big Risk?
As any youngster with a fidget spinner will tell you, rotation can be fun. But when a UK convention bureau suggested to the organiser of an event that had stayed in the same city since it started that they should be rotating destinations, there was surprising friction. From editor’s blog at Meetpie.com…
Medical Meetings Under the Microscope: Part II
Medical meeting organisers at the PCMA Education Conference also got a behind-the-scenes look at how the Cleveland Clinic is now reshaping the future of both patient care and medical education. David McMillin reports from the visit and offer his five takeaways, including the power art can play, especially one “amazing Iceberg”. From PCMA Convene…
Medical Meetings Under the Microscope: Part I
The Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland also hosted the recent PCMA Education Conference. The event included a focus on medical meetings. Convene Editor-in-Chief Michelle Russell took time out from the floor to put the evolution of the sector under the microscope with Robert Heard of the American College of Emergency Physicians. From PCMA…
Events: How Impact Can Shape the Hosting Community
Events have the potential to make a lasting impact on organisations that plan and own them, participants attending them, and communities hosting them. A focus on legacy at every stage is therefore essential. Karen Kotowski, CEO of the Events Industry Council, offer five criteria for creating the right community impact. From PCMA…
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