Aug 12, 2019 | Features, International Focus
by AIPC President Aloysius Arlando Convention centers today are increasingly facing a uniquely challenging—and somewhat contradictory—set of demands. On the one hand, they are expected to deliver their products and services consistently and to generally accepted... 
Jul 25, 2019 | Columns, Features, Guest Columnist
by Julianne Jammers, SwissTech Convention Center, Lausanne, Switzerland At the heart of the associations value proposition is networking and professional development and the benefits of these two features are the often the strength of the membership. Meetings have... 
Jul 9, 2019 | Europe, International, World
Under an overall theme of “Practical Strategies to Meet Changing Expectations,” the 2019 AIPC (International Association of Convention Centres) Annual Conference in Antwerp, Belgium, delivered as promised within a format that delivered sweeping changes from previous... 
May 6, 2019 | Columns, Features, Guest Columnist, International Focus
by Greg O’Dell, Walter E. Washington Convention Center & Events DC We know that audience demands are always changing. With new developments and emerging technologies, convention leaders know that they must constantly pay attention in order to keep up. As the... 
Jan 21, 2019 | Columns, Features, Guest Columnist
by Maurits van der Sluis, COO at RAI Amsterdam A big issue for medical congress organizers today is the need to comply with local rules in every country. In Europe these rules tend to apply on an EU-wide level. In particular, regulations for the advertising of...
