In a joint bid, Visit Belfast and Belfast Waterfront have secured the annual International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) as the first conference to use the Waterfront’s new 7,000m2 facility.
World champion cyclists, international HIV, AIDS and immunotherapy experts, tropical agricultural scientists and nursing and education professionals are among those heading to the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) during the coming weeks as the Centre moves into its peak conference season.
Austria’s largest conference centre increases investment in maintenance and upgrades. New networking areas, contemporary furnishings and one of the most technologically advanced lighting systems in Europe work their magic on the centre’s clients.
With public authorities constantly wanting to move forward, Paris is reinventing itself all the time: there is always something happening in the city, new venues opening or being refurbished and expanded, innovative activities to experience.
Lighting the East African flame has been the making of super active Ethiopian Kumneger Teketel, the organising talent behind the well-established Hotel Show (Hospitality and Tourism Trade Show) in Addis Ababa.
New exhibitors and a packed education programme alongside a day of learning and networking at Association Focus means that a visit to IMEX America promises to be productive for association professionals from all parts of the world.
In July this year, Ines Antti-Poika, director of the Helsinki Convention Bureau, and her team invited HQ to join a fam trip simply entitled Highlights in HEL. Cécile Caiati-Koch reports.
Philip Springuel is the Head of Corporate Affairs of the European Food Information Council, commonly known as EUFIC. As it celebrates its 20 years of existence, Philip explains how the organisation operates and what challenges it has faced over the years.
Paris is renewing itself all the time. This is also true when it comes to meetings: after all the economic dynamism of Paris and its surrounding region has always relied on research and innovation.
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.
More than 3000 members of the international space industry, agencies and academia are expected to converge on Jerusalem for the 66th annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2015 that will take place October 12-16th.
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