:: EUROPEAN MEETINGS INDUSTRY 2009 ::

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Strategic Alliance & Endorsing Partner

Media Partner

Meetings Industry ..

.. is one of the fastest growing segments within the tourism industry generating millions in revenues for cities and countries. Europe is still remains among the major markets worldwide in respect of the number of meetings, conferences and exhibitions. European Meetings Industry 2009 offers an effective platform for sharing the current MICE trends and challenges, networking and forging of new business partnerships in a unique business-driven environment. We call it Business Club Meeting
The event features a two-day educational session with case studies presentations and interactive sessions. European Meetings Industry 2009 only invites the decision makers and provides an exclusive, business-driven environment using prescheduled one-to-one business meetings and educational sessions that are strictly limited to upper-level executives.

Topics

Keynote presentations and case studies will enable participants to see how the region’s leading companies are dealing with current issues.
They will cover the latest in:

» The future of the Meetings Industry and the Potential for the European Market: Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies

» Distinctive Features of Meetings Management Education

» Trade Exhibition Management in the meetings industry

» Site (destination) Selection: Practical Advices and Tools Improving the Bottom Line - How to Plan Cost Effective Conferences

» Innovative events - content online.

» The benefits of today's video communication solutions in smart events.

» Staffing and management of large scale events and promotions

» Event Evaluation Systems – measuring ROI.

» Effective event marketing tips and how to market your event or faculty to an international audience.

» Globalization and knowledge sharing: making MICE relevant in the new global economy

» Medical tourism

» Internet marketing challenges and opportunities

» Risk + crisis management in MICE Industry

» Strategic tourism destination management

» 10 steps to planning a successful event. How to integrate environmental practices in your planning process

» The New Strategic Role of the Meeting Planner

» Media Impact on Security Concerns

» Best practices in new meeting technologies, innovations & trends in show and congress organisation

» Green Meeting Initiatives

DAY 1, Monday, 16^th February 2009

08:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:00 Opening Address from the Chairman

09:15 The future of the Meetings Industry and the Potential for the European Market: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies

09:45 Distinctive Features of Meetings Management Education

10:15 Site Selection: Practical Advices and Tools Improving the Bottom Line - How to Plan Cost Effective Conferences

10:45 Networking Coffee Break

11:00 Event Evaluation Systems – Measuring ROI

11:30 Globalization and knowledge sharing: making MICE relevant in the new global economy

12:00 Networking Coffee Break

12:15 Business Club pre-scheduled One-to-One Meetings

13:00 Buffet Luncheon

14:30 Medical Tourism

15:00 Internet marketing challenges and opportunities

15:30 Networking Coffee Break

15:45 Business Club pre-scheduled One-to-One Meetings

16:45 Creative Events: Set Your Brand Apart by Creating the Ultimate Event Experience

17:15 Internet marketing challenges and opportunities

17:45 Open Business Club Meetings

20:00 Gala Dinner

DAY 2, Tuesday, 17^th February 2009

08:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:00 Opening Address from the Chairman

09:15 Best practices in new meeting technologies, innovations & trends in show and congress organisation

09:45 The New Strategic Role of the Meeting Planner

10:15 Green Meeting Initiatives

10:45 Networking Coffee Break

11:00 Effective event marketing tips and how to market your event or faculty to an international audience.

11:30 10 steps to planning a successful event. How to integrate environmental practices in your planning process

12:00 Networking Coffee Break

12:15 Business Club pre-scheduled One-to-One Meetings

13:00 Luncheon and closure of event