The world’s foremost researchers and practitioners from data mining, knowledge discovery, data analytics and big data will converge at Hilton Sydney from 10-13 August 2015.
The Daegu Metropolitan City announced that the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) chose Daegu as the host city for 2019 “10th World Congress of Neuroscience”.
Yokohama will host an event to promote a better understanding of people with reading and writing disabilities in June next year as a prelude to the 2020 World Dyslexia Forum to be held in Japan.
The Adelaide Convention Bureau, in advising its end of financial year result, has announced it has won the rights for Adelaide to host 119 national and international conferences valued at $150.6m.
Officially founded in December 2009, the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), a non-profit organization, is known as an industry-leading collaborative that brings together some 400 CEOs and senior management members from global companies that collectively generate a total of EUR 2.5 trillion in sales.
Taipei is the select host city for the 2021 Rotary International Convention (RIC), an annually rotating Rotary International global event. It is expected that 36,000 Rotarians, including over 10,000 global attendees, will join the event.
Brisbane is proving to be a popular business events destination for Australian associations after two peak industry bodies announced they would stage their 2016 national conferences in the city.
In this issue: a portrait of the the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), a focus on the latest ICCA statistics, an in-depth interview with Nikki Walker, from MCI, the UIA's thoughts on New Membership Models... and more.
Since July 8 major events organisers and promoters planning events in Auckland from 2016/17 onwards have an opportunity to apply for sponsorship with an annual application window.
Without a doubt, Japan has been hot these days, and so has Sapporo. The city’s announcement of its intention to bid for another Winter Olympics came as no surprise, with the country’s popularity constantly rising.
Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre (Suntec Singapore) was recently awarded the UFI 2015 Award during the UFI London Catering Tour in April 2015.
Following its successful bid for the International Federation of Forwarders Associations (FIATA) World
Congress 2017, Malaysia is set to welcome freight forwarders, port authorities and operators, and
government authorities
Interviewed at IMEX this week, Chief Executive Officer of the Melbourne Convention Bureau Karen Bolinger unveiled Melbourne’s new brand positioning for business events and how Melbourne can transform events and people.
ASAE expanded its Great Ideas Conference this year and hosted its first international event in Hong Kong from March 22-24. ASAE’s Great Ideas in Association Management Conference, Asia-Pacific had 176 participants from 16 countries, with 83 percent buyers (association staff) and 17 percent sellers (industry partners).
Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) is one of Malaysia’s premier meeting and convention venues. Nested in an oasis of green parks, lakes and wetlands, it’s a carefully planned, high-tech centre for meetings of any types and shapes.
Brisbane is exceeding expectations as a conference destination as two of the city’s major upcoming international business events report surging delegate numbers.
Accor announced it has been named as the operator for the Jaipur Exhibition & Convention Centre (JECC), the largest exhibition and convention facility in South Asia.
In this issue of HQ Asia-Pacific: a focus on the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR), the UIA Association Round Tables, an interview of Jeannie Lim, of the Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau, and some useful destination updates.
APSR President, Michiaki Mishima, himself a physician who manages the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Kyoto University, Japan, shares with us the challenges of running a medical association with about 15,000 members from around the world.
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