New President for IAPCO

17/04/2014 23:51

Michel Neijmann, Managing Partner, K2 Conference & Event Management Co., Istanbul, Turkey, is the new President of IAPCO, to take effect as of 1 April.

"This is an extremely exciting chapter in my career" says Michel, "and I am making it my remit to uphold the quality and educational pillars of IAPCO. My guiding principles will be the 10-year Strategic Plan to which IAPCO adheres, at all times looking to IAPCO's Core Values and Long-Term Goals.

"Under the terms of the previous President, exciting innovations have been introduced into the programme of IAPCO: The Albert Cronheim Scholarship, The IAPCO Innovation Award for PCOs, the IAPCO Ambassador Programme, the Meetings MasterClass to name just a few. I intend to continue in this programme of development whilst at all times maintaining our quality standing in the industry".

Other current appointments include Jan Tonkin, Managing Director of The Conference Company, New Zealand, is now Vice President of IAPCO; Sumaira Isaacs, Chief Operations Officer, MCI, for India, Middle East and Africa. Philippe Fournier, MCI France, and Sarah Markey-Hamm, ICMS Australia, step down, their terms of office having ended.

ABOUT IAPCO: Meeting Quality

The International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO) was founded in 1968, is registered in Switzerland and represents today more than 114 professional organisers, meeting planners and managers of international and national congresses, conventions and special events from 40 countries. IAPCO members organise in excess of 6560 meetings annually, totalling some 2.257million delegates and representing an economic impact in the region of 4.15 billion euros [2012 data - 2013 to be released in May]

IAPCO is committed to raising standards of service among its members and other sectors of the meetings industry. Today IAPCO membership offers a unique quality assurance, since entry into membership of IAPCO is by meeting strict criteria and by continuous quality assessment.

The high quality standards are secured by means of continuing education and interaction with other professionals. The 'Wolfsberg' Annual Seminar, The Meetings MasterClass and the Annual Meeting & General Assembly of its members are the highlight events of IAPCO.

For further information, please contact:

IAPCO Head Office: Brambles House, Colwell Road, Freshwater, PO40 9SL, UK

Email: info@iapco.org www.iapco.org

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