The UFI Exhibition Management School is a continuum of the Exhibition Management Degree that UFI initiated and has been organizing since 2007. UFI and MBB-Consulting Group are working to provide this new industry education programme for exhibition organisers. In the years to come, this collaboration will respond to a clear demand for high-level, focused quality…
The COVID-19 pandemic keeps us as industry professionals apart. But the need to talk, to discuss, and to learn is bigger than ever. Female Leadership in the Exhibition Industry: Driving Change, with Mary Larkin, UFI President and President of Diversified; Communications, USA; Simon Kimble, Executive Chairman, Clarion Events Ltd., UK; Margaret Ma Connolly, CEO, Informa…
Session in Portuguese, with Adele Bartolucci, General Manager, Transamerica Expo Center; Helvio Pompeo Medeira, President, Febratex Group; Mariane Ewbank, Director, Fulstandig Shows e Eventos; Juan Pablo de Vera, CEO, Grupo R1; Malu Sevieri, General Manager, Emme Intermediaciones, Partner of Messe Dusseldorf, Joao de Nagy, Vice-president, Ubrafe Joao Paulo Picolo, CEO, NürnbergMesse Brazil; moderated by Nick…
With Helen Harlow, Director, Benchmark Collective (UK); Raoul Monks, Founder & Director, Flume Sales Training (UK); Han Leenhouts, Owner, Sales & Pepper (Netherlands); Moderated by: Nick Dugdale-Moore – UFI Regional Manager Europe. UFI connects is a way to stay connected, to get through this pandemic, and to be ready for the time afterwards.
Geopolitics, China, Oil, Covid and beyond with Dr. Eid-Oakden, CEO and Chief Economist, Arabia Monitor (MENA), Moderator: Naji El Haddad – UFI Regional Manager for MEA. UFI connects is a way to stay connected, to get through this pandemic, and to be ready for the time afterwards.
During 2018 MeetDenmark, with consultancy and Iceberg partner GainingEdge, began a major project on legacy. The study involved desk research on fifty international associations and fifty destinations as well as interviews with twenty from each of the two groups. Some of the findings on the current global landscape were published last year in the MeetDenmark…
Wedged in amongst some of Norway’s most impressive fjords, Stavanger boasts a range of water-based and engineering industries, like shipbuilding and the building of rigs, platforms and subsea installations. But energy is the key sector, and “Europe’s energy capital” has a committed convention bureau keen to attract association meetings. From Boardroom…
To quantify the economic significance of exhibitions globally, Oxford Economics has prepared a comprehensive model of global exhibitions activity that references recent studies on their economic significance. The results of this study show the scope of the global exhibition sector in terms of direct spending and jobs, as well as the total impacts of exhibitions…
As authorities around the world are increasingly clearing business events to run again, organisers of conventions and exhibitions, as well as venue and centre operators need to put respective measures in place that create safe environments for participants. A new guide on the matter identifies and promotes globally emerging standards, protocols and good practices. Good…
A few things stood out in the latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard survey in which 515 business event professionals and 240 suppliers shared how they are envisioning and planning for the future. As the pandemic wears on and no clear plan for reopening the economy materializes, the business events community seems to be bracing for a…
As events begin to open in Asia and Europe, and regulations in Germany make the distinction between mass gatherings and business events, we see a glimpse of a post-COVID-19 future for our industry. Naturally attendees are concerned about health and safety and want assurances that the right measures are taken to maintain personal safety. Freeman’s…
Medical and scientific meetings came to a sudden halt when the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the world. Kenes Group kept cancellations to a minimum, postponing most events, but there was one event in particular that took a leap of faith to turn into virtual with less than three weeks’ lead time: the 2nd AAT-AD/PD™ Focus Meeting…
SITE Foundation has produced three long form studies commissioned from data compiled from the Incentive Travel Industry Index (ITII), its joint annual research project with partners Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) and Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP). The report is accompanied by a podcast Launch of ITII Report on Incentive Travel – A DMC Analysis with…
How to help women be more successful professionally: This UFI connects session will bring together several senior industry representatives including UFI President Mary Larkin, President of Diversified Communications USA, Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen CEO of Novo Cinemas in the UAE and Cliff Wallace, Senior Executive Advisor of Shenyang New World EXPO and former UFI President.
The best case scenario recovery will see all European events going ahead from September, according to a new study. Author the Strategic Alliance of the National Convention Bureaux of Europe assesses as much in “The Impact of Coronavirus on Europe’s Convention Sector”. A baseline and worst case are also presented. From Meetings & Incentive Travel…
Three of the meetings industry’s biggest associations have pooled expertise to produce a guide about making event environments safe to re-open. “Good Practice Guidance: Addressing COVID-19 Requirements for Re-Opening Business Events” is co-written by Iceberg partners AIPC, ICCA and UFI. From Association Meetings International…
Dozens of new conferences have booked the soon-to-open Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre during the coronavirus lockdown, according to the venue’s General Manager. Ross Steele said 67 new events were a 30 percent increase on bookings at the end of 2019, and would bring over NZ$40 million into the city. From Association Meetings International…
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