IAPCO is delighted to welcome two new members during the first six months of the year, bringing the total number of members to 112 from 38 countries.
Copernicus Meetings, represented by Martin Rasmussen, Managing Director, of Göttingen, Germany was confirmed as a new member, following the audit inspection of the highly successful 10000 pax EGU 2011 (European Geosciences Union) in April this year.
At the same council meeting, MCCM Meeting Management, based in Harmelen, The Netherlands, was also confirmed as a new member, represented by Nicolette van Erven, Managing Partner. MCCM also had the accolade of having achieved the quality membership process faster than any other company has done before – in just three months, a record time by IAPCO accounts. “The timing of the application” said IAPCO President, Philippe Fournier “and the speed with which the client references responded, meant that we were able to process the application extremely quickly; a suitable event for an audit was being held the following month and interviews with exhibitors, delegates and both the international and local clients all went so smoothly, that the application was confirmed almost immediately!”.
ABOUT Copernicus Meetings organises scientific conferences, workshops, and exhibitions ranging from 150 to 15000 participants. As of 1988, Copernicus specialised in Earth sciences, but soon opened up to various disciplines. Copernicus uses self-developed online tools, which are modular and easy to extend, for the generation of the scientific programme: public session suggestion, session programme set-up, abstract submission, session organisation, scheduling, support management and online programme including personal programme generator. Besides abstract and programme management, their services include registration, invoicing and money revenue, taxation, budgeting, as well as the full range of local organising services. Being also an established publisher, Copernicus provides peer-reviewed conference publications.
ABOUT MCCM Meeting Management is an independent, full-service PCO with a track record in association meetings and corporate events. MCCM is based in The Netherlands, close to the country’s major cities, but operates both nationally and internationally. MCCM’s services are characterized by focus on quality, building effective relationships with customers and suppliers, and effective project management. About 50% of its activities are in the medical field, where MCCM provides (bio)medical content management services on top of the regular PCO services. The combination of PCO capacity and in-house biomedical expertise constitutes an added value not frequently encountered elsewhere.
