Prior to joining BestCities, Lesley was head of Business Tourism for Marketing Edinburgh where her key focus was sourcing and bidding for international conferences for the city. Lesley has served on a number of committees focused on raising the profile of Scotland as a world leading conference destination including involvement in the Annual Business Tourism for Scotland, as deputy chair of Business Tourism for Scotland and also as chair of ICCA UK and Ireland Chapter.
As The Meetings Show prepares to open its doors for the seventh year, the show is shaking up its education programme to deliver more than 40 hours of learning in a variety of exciting new formats.
Next generation of talent get glimpse of exciting world of events
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International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) will welcome high school students from across Sydney to Vivid School, the first vocational education program of its kind taking place as part of Vivid Sydney – the largest festival of Light, Music and Ideas in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Vice-Mayor of the city of Xiamen and the Head of Xiamen CVB have announced the formation of a Xiamen Bidding Taskforce, immediately following an IAPCO Edge Seminar delivered in partnership with IME Consulting and attended by over 60 local and regional delegates.
At the European Cities Marketing International Conference in Ljubljana, June 5-8, 2019, European DMOs will meet and focus on "Tomorrow Today" what's coming next in their way!
Speakers from the International Olympic Committee, Barclays, Cisco, Microsoft and KPMG representing some of the world’s biggest, pioneering companies shared their approach to events at Exclusively Corporate. The dedicated learning and networking event for corporate event directors and planners was held at the Grandhotel Hessischer Hof.
European Cities Marketing and London & Partners announced that this year will see the 33rd ECM Summer School take place in London, UK, August 24-28, 2019. The renowned educational programme on the Meetings Industry will provide at least 50 new delegates with the basis and know-how to progress a rewarding career in the sector.
As part of its drive to support and nurture young talent in the meetings and events industry, The Meetings Show has celebrated ten of the brightest up and coming event professionals at a celebratory lunch.
Virtual Educa, an organisation set to promote innovation in education, and Kenes Group, a professional conference organiser (PCO) and association management company (AMC), have signed a framework agreement outlining the collaboration on multiple projects for the next four years.
The Estonian Convention Bureau has just gained a new, high-powered partner in the world of academia. Tallinn University of Technology, also known as TalTech, became an ECB member.
Two-day accredited course set to take place from 10-11 April 2019 in Helsinki
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Finland is set to continue its journey in delivering world-class educational opportunities for its residents by hosting the next Meetings Design Course, delivered Eric de Groot, Author of ‘Into the Heart of Meetings’, which will take place on the 10th and 11th of April in HUONE Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, Finland.
AMC Institute is partnering with IMEX once again to provide exclusive association management focused education on IMEX Association Day (Monday, May 20th 2019, 10 am – 12:30 pm).
Since its founding in 1992, Meeting Media Group, publisher of Headquarters Magazine (HQ), has been a trusted guide and voice for associations and the global MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry.