Legacy

The Sarawak Convention Bureau has hit on an effective and meaningful way to build CSR into ten national and international conventions that will take place in the Malaysian state this year.

Founded by Geneviève Leclerc, CMP, founder of Caravelle Strategies, along with several partners, the #MEET4IMPACT project aims to create an impact framework that offers support in social impact generation and measurement for associations and business events destinations. 

This is the first contribution by our partner ESAE, where Jenny Ennis, of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), and Fanny Senez, of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) look at two examples of association conferences that have left positive legacies in their host cities.

This is an ambitious project but a pioneering one, to which Boardroom is really proud to collaborate exclusively. The #Meet4impact Project will create an impact framework that will offer a comprehensive process for generating, managing and measuring the positive societal impacts of association conferences.

Boardroom receives some insights from ICC Sydney CEO and Director Convention Centres, AEG Ogden, Geoff Donaghy, as ICC Sydney prepares for its busiest year ever after a successful run of events of all kinds and formats in 2018.

The holding of the 2017 International Astronautical Congress (IAC)  in Adelaide has led to the selection of the city to be the home of Australia’s new A$41m Space Agency, creating one of, if not the largest legacies of any Australian business event.    

Japan is a treasure trove of world-leading scientific and industrial knowledge and talent. These forces come together to create dynamic and vibrant industries across all fields, making it the ideal place to exchange ideas, as happened during the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference in Miyazaki.

In partnership with the Vienna Convention Bureau and research firm Triconsult, the European Society of Radiology conducted a research on the value of its congresses... that, they found, go way beyond their economic impact.

The World Confederation for Physical Therapy, a UK charity and non-profit, represents more than 450,000 physical therapists in 109 member organisations around the world. It organized its World Congress in Singapore in 2015.

ICC Sydney represents a pivotal connection point between clients, delegates and the local Sydney stakeholders, as the team ensures the events it hosts create a lasting legacy, giving back to the communities in which it operates and placing people first.

An example of legacy at the Sapporo Convention Center when it hosted the 5thInternational Wildlife Management Congress in July 2015, which brought together 1,400 participants from 46 countries and regions.

International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) is committed to cultivating a lasting legacy for delegates, clients, its own people and the regions that underpin its success.

Cape Town is fighting the worst drought in recorded history, butleveraged the opportunity to position itself as a leader in innovation and resilience in the field of water management to attract new conferences.

Commissioned by the Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy, the study explores the benefits and barriers for researchers and universities when hosting conferences. From Boardroom's partner, The Iceberg.

Highly esteemed conferences in sectors like space are leaving a legacy that extend far beyond Jerusalem’s famed Western Wall, impacting the city and influencing others around the globe with groundbreaking new developments, Lane Nieset writes.

A special contributor to Boardroom, Olivia Jia, Senior Manager of IME Consulting Co., Ltd. and publisher of the ‘China Social Organisation’ magazine, reflects on the specificities of working with associations in China.