ABPCO has announced the theme for its 2011 annual conference as ‘Winning Partnerships’. The Conference, which will take place in January next year at Manchester United Football Club and will run over three days, offers delegates the opportunity to learn new skills and explore the ways in which different organisations in the events industry can work together to win new business, improve product and service offerings and deliver first-class conference and event experiences.
With a series of keynote presentations, practical workshops, discussion groups and networking opportunities, the programme offers delegates the perfect opportunity to discover how working together can help to build success and “Winning Partnerships” by sharing experiences and exchanging ideas.
ABPCO has launched a number of initiatives in 2010 which include the Corporate Membership Scheme and the ABPCO Academy. Both have proven to be very successful and ABPCO is expecting a strong student contingent for the first time ever next year.
ABPCO’s impressive line-up in 2011 includes keynote presentations from: Professor Adrian Furnham, an academic and consultant on organisational behaviour, a writer and broadcaster; Maarten Vanneste, a founder of the Meeting Support Institute, creating a knowledge base on support tools for meetings and conferences; and Andrew Stokes, CEO of Visit Manchester.
The conference will also be running 30 minute workshops, to include topics such as:
- The Perfect Pitch
- Sponsorship Management
- Registration Management
- Making Social Media Work for Events
- Marketing Events Effectively
- Project Pricing & Budgeting
ABPCO Chair Rebecca Cadman-Jones said: ‘We are very much looking forward to our forthcoming annual conference in Manchester. We will be joined by three fantastic keynote speakers and with our strong student participation expected, we will be running some very beneficial and educational workshops. We fully recognise the importance of students to the future of the events industry and are delighted to be accommodating so many at our annual conference.
We will also be welcoming all our new Corporate Members to ABPCO and we hope they will look forward to the vast networking opportunities that will be available to them.’
For more information on ABPCO’s annual conference please visit www.ABPCO.org
