ICCA has worked in collaboration with Maritz Global Events on the format of this years’ Congress. ICCA’s global community of member-suppliers and associations can experience the future of global events live in Kaohsiung, at a regional hub or virtually from 1-3 November 2020. An innovative virtual platform will give all attendees the opportunity to network […]
Founder and CEO of the nonprofit Khan Academy, Salman Khan, will be joining this years’ ICCA Global Hybrid Congress Experience as keynote speaker. Revolutionize education Salman Khan seeks to remove the barriers to education that leave over 600 million children lacking basic math and reading skills. His free, world-class curriculum—available to anyone, anywhere—has made a […]
Bob Bejan, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President: Global Events, Production Studios and Marketing Community, has been confirmed as a speaker for the 59th ICCA Congress, a global hybrid experience. Bob Bejan is responsible for the development, production and execution of global events and experiential marketing for Microsoft. He and his team are reimagining the corporate event […]
ICCA will hold a Global Kick-Off to share the journey and decision-making process behind the 59th ICCA Congress – a global hybrid experience, and answer questions from press and the wider audience. The broadcast will be held on Friday 11 September 2020, 13:00 CET from the DRPG studios in the UK. Hybrid congress format ICCA […]
The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) has started a liveblog on the Coronavirus outbreak. The goal is to help meeting professionals find reliable information about the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak and to share meetings industry-related resources with the global ICCA community of meeting suppliers and associations. When facing uncertainty or crisis, identifying reliable and […]
ICCA has announced the January 2020 launch of its “ICCA Association Community” in a message on October 15th to its global membership. Offering education, connections, tools and resources to assist and support international associations in organising more effective meetings, the new platform will officially welcome association executives into ICCA’s global association meeting community as affiliates. […]
Innovative and creative destination- and venue marketing will take centre-stage at the 2019 ICCA Congress in Houston, U.S.A., with three leading ICCA Members set to compete live on Tuesday 29 October for the chance be named the 22nd winner of the prestigious ICCA Best Marketing Award. The shortlisted finalists for the ICCA Best Marketing Award […]
As a testament to his pioneering advancement of association meetings industry education and advocacy, ICCA CEO Senthil Gopinath was recognised at the 2019 PCMA Visionary Awards on 7th May in Washington D.C. when he was named Business Events Strategist of the Year. The award honours a PCMA professional member who exemplifies professional excellence in their […]
For the third year in a row, Gothenburg has come out on top when it comes to sustainability, according to Global Destination Sustainability Index 2018, which was revealed on Wednesday. This is a broad international ranking of sustainability work being done in 50 world cities. “We are immensely proud of this award. The fact that […]
ICCA President Nina Freysen-Pretorius announced today during the General Assembly at the 57th ICCA Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, that the city of Cartagena, Colombia will be the host of the 60th ICCA Congress in 2021. The ICCA Congress is the flagship event of the International Congress and Convention Association and is highly-anticipated among […]
