ICCA Statistics: Country and city rankings 2009The ICCA rankings cover meetings organised by international associations which take place on a regular basis and which rotate between a minimum of three countries. A press release on the new top 20 country and city rankings, measured by number of hosted events in 2009, will be published on Monday 17 May, one week before IMEX. Visit ICCA stand A302 for the rankings and background information. ICCA is now working on the details behind these headline results. Please note that the full ICCA statistics report for 2009 will be released end of June. The 10 Year statistics report covering 2000-2009 will be published late July.
Association Expert Seminar, 22-24 May
ICCA will once more be running this unique, interactive seminar which brings together 20 international association executives and 40 international suppliers (ICCA members) to share information and experiences, and to update themselves on the latest trends and ideas relating to international association conferences.
Association Day, 24 May
Held one day prior to the show, Association Day is one of the big successes of IMEX. As in previous years, ICCA is the lead meetings industry association working with IMEX to create this successful programme, which for the last three years has attracted the largest annual gatherings of international association executives in Europe. Every year over 250 association professionals, from 30 countries from this highly important market segment are expected to attend a full afternoon of seminars, round table discussion forums, and networking.
Association Networking Evening, 24 May
ICCA is the primary organiser of this IMEX-hosted event, which takes place at the Westin Hotel Frankfurt and is the traditional kick-start to IMEX. The participants are mainly international association clients and ICCA members, with additional guests from other meetings industry associations.
Convention 2020 – Update
ICCA, along with IMEX, is one of the Founding Partners of the Concention 2020 Research Project, the first official results from which are being released at IMEX.
A summary of the Phase 1 Report will be presented during five presentations and workshop sessions at IMEX to share and discuss the findings. The full report will be published in June. Full details of these sessions can be found here: www.convention2020.meetingsreview.com/IMEX10Sessions
