Partners

  • Space Cities Network

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    The Space Cities Network is a global alliance of cities committed to advancing the space sector through collaboration, knowledge exchange and event development. Represented by Lausanne, Christchurch and Houston, the Network connects aerospace stakeholders across business, education and policy to foster innovation, grow sector expertise and attract international space-related events.
     
    For more information, visit: www.spacecities.net

  • AIME

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    AIME is Asia Pacific’s premier trade show for the business events industry, connecting global professionals with leading suppliers through high-quality, pre-scheduled meetings. Owned by Melbourne Convention Bureau and delivered by Talk2 Media & Events, AIME takes place annually at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

    For more information, visit: aime.com.au

  • Governology

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    Governology is a specialist governance advisory firm supporting associations and charities in the UK and Australia. Their legal and strategic expertise helps boards and senior leaders navigate constitutional, structural and regulatory matters unique to the for-purpose sector.

    For more information, visit: www.governology.org

  • EU CVB Network

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    The EU CVB Network is a collaborative alliance of eight convention bureaux representing Florence, Gothenburg, Ljubljana, Lyon, Porto, Rotterdam, Salzburg and Valencia. Formed in 2020, the network fosters knowledge sharing and joint promotion to better support international associations. By working together, these destinations offer organisers a unified and experienced approach to hosting impactful events across Europe.

    For more information, visit: eucvbnetwork.com

  • BestCities Global Alliance

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    BestCities Global Alliance is a network of 13 convention bureaux committed to delivering exceptional international events. The alliance brings together Berlin, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dublin, Guadalajara, Houston, Madrid, Melbourne, Singapore, Tokyo, Vancouver, and Washington, DC to promote impactful, sustainable conferences through global collaboration and knowledge sharing.

    For more information, visit: bestcities.net

  • Cvent

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    Cvent is the world’s largest event and hospitality technology company, connecting over 125,000 event planners with hotels and venues. Its platform supports the full event lifecycle, helping suppliers drive group business and streamline operations across the global meetings and events ecosystem.

    For more information, visit: www.cvent.com

  • Europe Congress

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    Europe Congress is a team of international event professionals organising high-quality MICE business forums across major destinations. By combining pre-scheduled meetings, keynotes, networking, and local experiences, their events connect event planners and suppliers in a format designed for meaningful business results and destination awareness.
     
    For more information, visit: www.europecongress.com

  • AIPC

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    AIPC (International Association of Convention Centres) represents professional convention and exhibition centre managers in over 55 countries. Dedicated to excellence in venue management, AIPC supports its members with research, education, and global networking opportunities. It plays a vital role in addressing the unique challenges of convention centres and promotes the cultural diversity and global impact of the meetings industry.
     
    For more information, visit: aipc.org

  • ESSA – Event Supplier and Services Association

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    The Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) is a UK-based trade body representing leading suppliers to the events industry. Focused on safety, sustainability, training and advocacy, ESSA provides a strong, unified voice for its members and supports continuous improvement through best practice, representation and collaboration within the wider Events Industry Alliance.
     
    For more information, visit: www.essa.uk.com

  • ExpoPlatform

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    ExpoPlatform is an AI-powered event management platform supporting organisers of live, virtual and hybrid events. With tools for registration, lead generation, mobile apps, and personalised experiences, it streamlines planning while boosting engagement and ROI for attendees, exhibitors and sponsors.
     
    For more information, visit: expoplatform.com

  • City Destinations Alliance

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    City Destinations Alliance (CityDNA) is a European knowledge-sharing alliance of city and urban destination organisations. Representing a diverse mix of capital cities, leading metropolises, and smaller urban areas, CityDNA empowers DMOs to champion strategic destination management that supports cultural, economic, and social value.
     
    More than a network, CityDNA advocates for the importance of cities as innovation hubs, knowledge societies, and engines of sustainable development. By facilitating collaboration across members, it helps shape a responsible visitor economy that benefits people, place, and planet.
     
    CityDNA supports DMOs in becoming key actors in strategic city-making—acting as agenda-setters, facilitators, and connectors across sectors.
     
    For more information, visit: citydestinationsalliance.eu

  • Membership World

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    Membership World is an organisation for membership professionals founded by membership strategist and influencer Gordon Glenister. Membership World offers support for those running associations, professional bodies, institutes, societies and corporate membership programmes.
     
    Its mission is to be at the forefront of the sector by offering its members the opportunity to learn from and engage with the best on the market.
     
    For more information, visit: www.membershipworld.co.uk

  • The International Association of Professional Congress Organisers

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    The International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO) is a not-for-profit membership association and the only international accreditation organisation for professional conference organisers.

    IAPCO Members are Professional Congress Organisers (companies, not individuals) who have qualified for Membership under the detailed application process by demonstrating that they consistently deliver PCO services to their clients and partners at high-quality standards.

    IAPCO today represents 180 accredited businesses of professional congress organisers in 45 countries.

    For more information, visit: www.iapco.org

  • GDS Movement

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    The Global Destination Sustainability Movement (GDS-Movement) empowers destination management professionals to create sustainable, regenerative places to visit, meet and live in. Through its three core pillars — the GDS-Index, GDS-Consulting, and GDS-Academy — it supports destinations in building circular strategies, skills and leadership mindsets for long-term impact.
     
    The GDS-Index benchmarks and accelerates the sustainability performance of tourism and events destinations. GDS-Consulting provides strategic guidance to transform destinations through stakeholder engagement and regenerative planning. GDS-Academy equips professionals with the knowledge and tools to drive systemic change in the visitor economy.
     
    Together, these initiatives enable the global meetings and events industry to align with the principles of resilience, regeneration and sustainability.
     
    For more information, visit: gds.earth

  • World PCO Alliance

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    In an increasingly adverse international climate, the World PCO Alliance recognises the significant implications for the level of security that conferences and congresses must provide for their attendees and other stakeholders. The Alliance believes it is incumbent on PCOs to assume responsibility for minimising such risks at the events under their care.
     
    Alliance partners jointly commit to the Alliance’s Duty of Care Commitment and to implementing rigorous initiatives to manage security risks on behalf of their clients.
     
    They make it a policy to initiate a dialogue with each client on security matters and ensure that appropriate measures are enacted by all parties involved in organising an event, including destinations, venues, suppliers, and public authorities. In addition to designing risk management strategies, partners also advise clients on communicating critical information to attendees.
     
    For more information, visit: worldpco.org

  • Interel Group

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    Interel is the world’s largest independent global public affairs and association management consultancy. In a complex global market, they focus on nurturing the essential connections that advance the interests of your association. They are a global consultancy with a local, specialist approach to public affairs and association management.
     
    They award-winning team headquartered in Washington, D.C. and Brussels, has seven international offices and sits at the heart of the Interel Global Partnership, a network of independent public affairs consultancies spanning over 65 countries with over 1,000 consultants. They leverage relationships with key decision makers and master the dynamics of government policy, complex markets, associations, and business sectors to advance your mission on a glocal level. Interel creates market opportunity while protecting your right to innovate, resulting in growth with purpose and a deeper level of support for all your initiatives.
     
    They have headquarters in the United States, Belgium, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, China and India.
     
    For more information, please visit interelgroup.com

  • IBTM World

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    IBTM World is a leading exhibition for the conferences, incentives, events, business travel, and meetings industry, held in the vibrant Mediterranean city of Barcelona.

    Its aim is simple: to deliver a world-class business-to-business exhibition floor, supported by high-quality networking, professional education, and a global Hosted Buyer Programme designed to foster meaningful connections and drive industry growth.

    For more information, contact ibtm World

  • IMEX

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    IMEX is the essential worldwide exhibition for meetings & incentive travel (IMEX Frankfurt and IMEX Las Vegas). With global business experiencing unprecedented change, IMEX is the show that exceeds your expectations every time. Three vital days when you’ll benefit from incisive thinking and intelligence on all the big issues. Where you’ll meet more top people in the global industry than anywhere else. Where new contacts, new ideas and new strategies will provide the tools and business you need to thrive in today’s business climate.

    For more information, visit: www.imexexhibitions.com

  • FIEXPO Latino América

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    FIEXPO Latin America is the leading meetings and incentives exhibition dedicated to showcasing the infrastructure and services of the Latin American and Caribbean region. For over twelve years, it has established itself as the region’s Meetings Market Week, offering a space for business, association dialogue, and industry collaboration.

    FIEXPO actively facilitates meetings for key sector associations, such as ACCCLATAM, COCAL, and the Latin America and Caribbean Convention Bureaus Association, while also engaging with international bodies including IAPCO, SITE South America, and ASAE.

    Appointed by JMIC (Joint Meetings Industry Council), FIEXPO is the exclusive continental host of the Iceberg Award, recognising events with lasting community legacies. The annual Latin American Political Forum on Meetings Tourism—a standout feature of the event—continues to attract high-level political interest from across the region and beyond.

    For more information, visit: www.fiexpolatinoamerica.com

  • Kenes Group

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    60 years of knowledge, experience and market expertise have led Kenes Group to the forefront of global conference management and to becoming one of the world’s leading Professional Conference Organisers (PCOs) that specialises in medical and scientific conferences.

    Founded in Tel Aviv in 1965 and headquartered in Geneva, Kenes Group has hosted over 3600 conferences in more than 100 cities around the globe, providing services to over 160,000 participants per year. This new partnership will shed light on the ins and outs of global medical and scientific events.

    For more information, please visit: kenes-group.com

  • ASSOCIATIONS FORUM

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    ASSOCIATIONS FORUM is the leading organisation in Australia facilitating the sharing of knowledge, information and experiences amongst associations and charities. This sector comprises over 600,000 organisations and contributes $43 billion to the Australian economy.

    With a membership of 500 associations and charities around Australia, Associations Forum supports and educates thousands of individuals on association management through its events, publications and consultancy offerings. Due to its unique membership base, Associations Forum can help expand a supplier’s reach into the associations sector, building greater awareness for products or services, as well as generating new contacts and leads.

    Through its premier events, including the annual Associations Forum National Conference, and its communication channels, including its magazine ASSOCIATIONS, Associations Forum provides significant promotional and brand awareness opportunities.

    More info: www.associations.net.au

  • ICCA

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    ICCA (the International Congress and Convention Association) is the global knowledge hub and community for the international association meetings industry. Representing over 1,000 member organisations in more than 90 countries, ICCA specialises in data, business development, and professional education for the international meetings sector.

    HQ Magazine maintains an ongoing global partnership with ICCA World, and has recently strengthened its ties with several regional chapters, including ICCA France-Benelux, ICCA Iberian Chapter, ICCA Latin America and Caribbean Chapter, and ICCA Middle East. As part of the ICCA community, HQ is committed to supporting its chapters and members through media exposure and editorial collaboration.

    ICCA offers a suite of global initiatives, including:

    • ICCALearn – A comprehensive education hub for business events professionals

    • ICCASkills – Professional development and certification, including the CICE course

    • ICCA Masterclass – Strategy-building for associations focused on purpose and impact

    • ICCA Advantage – Custom training for bidding success

    • ICCA Lift – A mentoring programme connecting emerging and experienced professionals

    • ICCA Congress – ICCA’s annual global congress, uniting industry experts worldwide


    For more information, visit: www.iccaworld.org

  • Incentive, Conference & Event Society Asia Pacific

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    The Incentive, Conference & Event Society Asia Pacific (ICESAP) is the peak membership body for professionals across the region’s business events industry. Its diverse membership includes corporate buyers, agencies, and suppliers working in the incentive, conference, and event sectors.

    ICESAP supports its community through an Annual Conference, regional networking events, and distance learning programmes across major Asia Pacific markets, fostering knowledge exchange and industry growth.

    For more information, visit: www.icesap.org

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  • Solvay Executive Master in International Association Management

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    Solvay Executive Master in International Association Management, a unique platform for mastering the fundamental skills in key management areas with a special focus on the association executives' needs.
     
    The programme is specifically designed for association professionals expected to take on wider responsibilities, grow within their respective organisation or to lead and ensure sustainable growth of their associations. Typical participants are senior leaders and executives of international associations and professional societies: CEOs, Managing Directors, Secretaries-General, Financial and Projects Managers, Marketing and Communications Officers, Head of Departments and Operations Managers.
     
    Solvay’s Executive Master in International Association Management provides a targeted, pragmatic and action-oriented curriculum focusing on the specific challenges facing the association sector in today’s economy. It is spread in 6 modules, each dedicated to a specific aspect of the association management.
     
    "The Solvay’s Executive Master in International Association Management enables participants to develop into efficient and effective leaders with a keen understanding of the economic, managerial and political landscape as well as practical skills in the management of international associations. They strengthen their ability to deal with increased competition in a context of economic crisis and a steady decrease in available financial resources," says Philippe Biltiau, Academic Director.
     
    The programme is organised in partnership with AcForum, the Federation of European and International Associations (FAIB), Visit.Brussels, Visit Flanders, European Society of Association Executives (ESAE), Wonderful Copenhagen and Union of International Associations (UIA).
     
    For more information, visit: exed.solvay.edu

  • UIA - Union of International Associations

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    The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a non-profit research institute documenting global civil society since 1907. As the most comprehensive source of information on international associations and their meetings activities, UIA offers trusted data on INGOs, IGOs, and civil society actors past and present. It supports collaboration and knowledge-sharing across the international association community.
     
    For more information, visit: uia.org

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