Conference Design

The opening of the new CCH – Congress Center Hamburg in April 2022 has definitely put the city back on the map, with successful events like the Visceral Medicine Congress.

In November 2022, the 26th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, convene to Seoul gathering 2,000 respiratory experts in the organisation’s first face-to-face international conference in 3 years.

Abu Dhabi is a dynamic, global business events hub, a place of innovation - and unparalleled experiences as the new campaign describes.

Boardroom senior editor Vicky Koffa reports on a trip to Taiwan, ready on all fronts to welcome business delegates back in the country.

Paris Convention & Visitors Bureau just launched two Welcome Charter that have been designed to make any event run even more smoothly. Corinne Menegaux, Managing Director, tells Boardroom all about it.

Held at Dubai World Trade Centre 25-29 October 2021, the 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) was the first in-person IAC since the start of the pandemic.

After successful editions in other association hubs, including Brussels and Geneva, the ASSOCIATIONWORLD foundation launched its first very US-based initiative in Washington last week.

Cecile Koch reports on PCMA Convening EMA which took place in Vienna late September, attracting more than 400 delegates from 42 countries.

The city’s new Strasbourg Exhibition Centre aims at magnifying the attraction of events to the city in a responsible way.

In Luxembourg, the only Grand Duchy in the world, the ECCL, the country’s’ main congress centre, accommodates association events of all types and sizes, in the heart of Europe.

Hungary has known quite a degree of success in hosting congresses in the past decades, with world-class facilities enticing many associations to choose the country as a conference destination. But its success has created challenges and now it may need to expand its conference industry by adding more capacity to meet demand.

The virtue of resilience is a lesson the world learned the hard way during the pandemic, but Rotterdam in the Netherlands was no stranger to it. The city that has been rebuilt almost from scratch, knows a little something about hardiness and adaptability and has now set course to fortifying its future.

With the return of face-to-face events, the time was right to celebrate the abundance, vibrancy and diversity of Queensland’s fresh produce. Understandably, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) has launched its 2022 Menu Planner, which addresses the current issues of food security, sustainability and climate change.

As the number 1 tourist destination in the world, France often tops the list of conference destinations (it’s ranked third in the most recent ICCA ratings). But throughout the country, various sectors are stepping up and putting France on the map for other reasons, such as healthcare. In fact, the country is the third-largest in Europe in terms of the ICT and pharmaceutical sectors.

Choosing a destination for your next in-person meeting requires a new set of criteria. The safety and wellbeing of your attendees is the utmost priority nowadays of course, but how do you ensure a destination has top-tier creative meeting solutions? How can you tell the city you choose align with the mission and vision of your organization? In that regard, Budapest, in Hungary, has a few assets up its sleeves.

Sarawak’s Minister of Tourism, Creative Industries and Performing Arts, the Honorable Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, sat with Boardroom to discuss the region’s recovery strategy and their latest developments in highlighting legacy creation and sustainability through business events.