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Despite a recent report that men give more than twice as many talks than women at scientific conferences,Ā there are signs that female-to-male ratios are improving at some events. One of theĀ best strategies for tackling the gender agenda is to include women as part of the team that selects speakers. From PCMA Convene…
While The Iceberg prefers to write “familiarisation trips”, the rest of the industry seems to stick with the shorter “fam trips”, or sometimes the capital “FAM trips”. Which should be considered correct? One of our more particular partners places the use of that shift key under the microscope. From editor’s blog at Meetpie.com…
The Iceberg has previously covered the legacy created by Calgary for the International Play Association World Conference.Ā Now delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, have also taken time out to talk about play. Unilever, LEGO Foundation and IKEA Group founded the Real Play Coalition in partnership with National Geographic. From PCMA Convene…
As meeting marketers try to turn prospective participants into registered attendees, it might seem that publishing a complete schedule early would be more than helpful. But in a fast moving knowledge sector, like that of theĀ American Association of Cancer Research’s Annual Meeting, this can become a game of juggling crystal balls. From PCMA…
At the recent International Association of Professional Congress Organisers Annual Meeting in Tokyo, an Iceberg partner asked four distinguished industry voices – including IAPCO’s new president – what value a PCO brings to the table for associations, what sector trends they were seeing, and how they saw the importance of IAPCO certification. From Boardroom…
Even before the leaders of North and South Korea shook hands over theĀ Demilitarized Zone border, plans were already being made for a possible meeting betweenĀ Kim Jong-un and US President Trump.Ā Is this political coup the legacy of an event:Ā the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang? From editor’s blog at Association Meetings International…
Two years ago the authorities in China began the long process of decoupling an astonishing 700,000 associations or scientific societies from government sponsorship and control. International conferences also must have local partners.Ā Olivia Jia, Senior ManagerĀ of consultants IME and publisher of the China Social Organisation, reflects on working with associations in China. From Boardroom…
The new Ā£30 million hall at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre is now open for business. A year after an initial tour of the site, one Iceberg partner finds the finished facilities to be “gleaming” and “sparkling”: the new Hall 1 big enough to house three football pitches. From editor’s blog at Meetpie.com…
This Global Meetings Industry Day IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer has been reflecting on how the events and meetings industry has been evolving.Ā In a press release marking GMID, Bauer shared four major tipping points that have transformed the sector over the last decade: globalisation,Ā the emergence of innovation hubs, technology, and the TED factor.Ā From BizBash…
Proposed Trump administration legislation, if approved next month, will require most US visa applicants to relinquish all their social media identities from the previous five years. Convention bureaux across the country have already reacted, but what will the move mean for visiting international delegates? From editor’s blog at Assocation Meetings International…
In the US April 10th is Equal Pay Day. The date chosen reinforces a point. It takes women nearly four months longer to catch up to a manās annual salary.Ā Last year Conveneās Annual Salary Survey reported that female respondents earned 22 percent less than male respondents. This year’s survey has now closed. From PCMA Convene…
TED has just announced The Audacious Project, which will apply a startup funding model to bold, new philanthropic legacy projects every year. According to the press release, it is aĀ ājoint endeavor housed at TED, to surface and fund critical ideas that have the potential to impact millions of livesā. From PCMA Convene…
As UK firms must now submit gender pay gap data, it is clear thatĀ women working at large event agencies are on average paid less than men. But gender pay gaps and staffing makeup are separate issues.Ā If there are still more men at the top, is this for men to address? From editor’s blog at Meetpie.com…
Medical conferences that invite patients onto their stages and into their planning committees are finding out that patients are a virtue.Ā Over the last decade there has been a slow-moving revolution in leveraging the legacies that can accrue to both healthcare professionals and to patients when the latter play a meaningful role. From PCMA Convene…
Jeffers Miruka is President of the African Society of Association Executives, headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has over ten years of experience across association management and the meetings industry, and shares his views on how Africa is fast developing, both as an association and a meetings destination. From Boardroom…
Corporate social responsibility initiatives are becoming an increasingly important element of incentive programmes. They drive employee engagement and build corporate culture.Ā From ordering 800 garments for a gala evening, helping locals to buy an industrial sewing machine and start a business, to rebuilding a school, creating such legaciesĀ can be powerful, authentic and transformative. From motivate…
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