Contents
March 2019
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Association Event Manager
Best Cities Global Alliance
5:
Editorial
Managing editor:
Paul Colston
Editor:
Martin Fullard
Business
Managing director:
Julian Agostini
Group publishing director:
Liz Agostini
Senior designer
Kateryna Smirnova
Production manager
Elizabeth Nixon
Subscriptions
Circulation manager:
Bret Weekes
The importance of partnerships and impact work.
International Confex
6:
Preview: Association Event Forum at International Confex.
Roadmap to the future
8-9:
ABPCO shares its roadmap to a more sustainable future.
Excellence Awards
10:
Meet the winners of ABPCO's Excellence Awards.
Global Conference Network
13:
How to create a must-attend association event.
Winning formula
17: Meet Ann Swain, winner of ABPCO's Best Leadership of an
Association Award.
Brexit
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18: Richard Catton, media manager at Harrogate Convention
Centre, looks at hoe Brexit may impact association events.
Recognising
quality
The Association of British Professional
Conference Organisers (ABPCO)
held its annual Chairmen's Lunch and
Excellence Awards at the Scottish Event
Campus just before Christmas. It was
my first proper experience of the event
and offered a welcome opportunity to
mingle and chat with association event
managers from a broad range of sectors.
It was humbling, in fact, to see such
passion and enthusiasm for the industry
and, indeed, such knowledge of how it
works.
In this issue, we look back at the
event, as well as hearing from ABPCO
about what the Association Event
Forum at International Confex, 26-27
February at Olympia London, has in
store for event professionals. ABPCO
also shares with us their roadmap to a
sustainable future – which is a subject
that remains of paramount importance.
AEM also hears from Paul Vallee,
MD at Best Cities Global, on how
forging partnerships is key to long-term
success.
The Association of Association
Executives also confirms details of
its forthcoming Associations World
Congress. If you are at International
Confex, pop by the Conference News
Pavilion and say hi.
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