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Barcelona Leads ICCAā€™s Association Meetings City Rankings

Barcelona hosted more international association meetings than any other city last year, according to statistics from the International Congress and Convention Association. There is a familiar look to the top five of ICCAā€™s city rankings, but the Catalonian capital has claimed the headline spot for the first time since 2004. From Association Meetings Internationalā€¦

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Mary Larkin Elected UFI President 2019-20

UFI, the exhibition industryā€™s global association, has elected its first female and USA-based President. Mary Larkin (above right), Executive Vice President of Portland-based Diversified Communications, will serve for the 2019-20 term, after both incoming President Craig Newman (left) and the current President Corrado Peraboni (centre). From CIM News Magazineā€¦

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Middle East Growth in Both ICCAā€™s Rankings and Membership

According to International Congress and Convention Association statistics, the Middle East has been the fastest growing region for hosting international association meetings, even starting from a low base. ICCA has pointed to an eighty percent growth in the engagement of its own Middle East membership as proof. From Association Meetings Internationalā€¦

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Business Events: Change Agents or Travel Agents?

As politicians and policymakers gather at the IMEX Policy Forum in Frankfurt, key partners of The Iceberg are providing a timely reminder of the transformational contribution of business and professional events and their ā€˜beyond tourismā€™ benefits. GainingEdge CEO Gary Grimmer and Gregg Talley, President and CEO of the Talley Management Group, discuss what meetings actuallyā€¦

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Hauts-de-France: The Third Industrial Revolution

With a network of eight major association destinations, the Hauts-de-France region definitely plays alongside the big champions of the meetings industry. It is also now committed to an ambitious and innovative policy: the Third Industrial Revolution, a concept right at the meeting point of energy transition, digital transformation and new economic models. From Boardroomā€¦

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International Research Conferences: The Academic Impact

The study explores the benefits and barriers for individual researchers and universities when hosting research conferences. The study has been commissioned by the Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy ā€“ an advisory body to the Danish Minister of Higher Education and Science. Thereby the study situates the hosting of research conferences as a potentialā€¦

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Association Global Growth Trends Survey 2013 ā€“ 2018

For almost 30 years, GLOBALSTRAT has been collecting independent data on how international associations are approaching global membership, programs and engagement. This valuable information and insights are used to help associations to make better informed decisions when developing their international strategies and business plans. According to the United Nations, the world population is expected toā€¦

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The Gender Agenda: An End to All-Male Panels?

Despite a recent report that men give more than twice as many talks than women at scientific conferences, there are signs that female-to-male ratios are improving at some events. One of the best strategies for tackling the gender agenda is to include women as part of the team that selects speakers. From PCMA Conveneā€¦

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Scheduling: Better Late Than Early?

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 the American Association of Cancer Researchā€™s Annual Meeting, this can become a game of juggling crystal balls. From PCMAā€¦

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Three Key Questions: The USPs of PCOs

At the recent International Association of Professional Congress Organisers Annual Meeting in Tokyo, an Iceberg partner asked four distinguished industry voices ā€“ including IAPCOā€™s new president ā€“ 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 Boardroomā€¦

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A Practitionerā€™s Guide: The Decoupling of Associations in China

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. Olivia Jia, Senior Manager of consultants IME and publisher of the China Social Organisation, reflects on working with associations in China. From Boardroomā€¦

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Glasgow Wins 12th IEEE Meeting Since 2015

Glasgow is to host the 2020 World Congress on Computational Intelligence, a flagship event of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This brings to twelve the IEEE meetings the city has won since 2015, which have attracted 8,000 delegates in total and contributed Ā£14.8 million to the local economy. From Association Meetings Internationalā€¦

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Liverpool Wins Two Significant Medical Association Congresses

Liverpool has secured two high-profile medical meetings likely to generate Ā£15m for the city, says conference venue ACC Liverpool. The venue will host the International Orthoptic Associationā€™s congress in 2020, and the Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology the same year. 1,000 and 3,500 delegates are respectively expected. From Association Meetings Internationalā€¦

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The US Events Industry Gender Pay Gap

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 manā€™s annual salary. Last year Conveneā€™s Annual Salary Survey reported that female respondents earned 22 percent less than male respondents. This yearā€™s survey has now closed. From PCMA Conveneā€¦

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Are Men the Solution to the Gender Pay Gap?

As UK firms must now submit gender pay gap data, it is clear that women working at large event agencies are on average paid less than men. But gender pay gaps and staffing makeup are separate issues. If there are still more men at the top, is this for men to address? From editorā€™s blog at Meetpie.comā€¦

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Medical Meetings: Patients are a Virtue

Medical conferences that invite patients onto their stages and into their planning committees are finding out that patients are a virtue. 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 Conveneā€¦

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Africa: Ready for Association Legacies

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 Boardroomā€¦

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The Association of Association Executives Launches African Event

The Association of Association Executives has launched a new event for Africa among its international meetings. The Africa Associations Congress will take place in October at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. The event is aimed at pan-African, regional and national African associations and also for international associations with African members. From Boardroomā€¦

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