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The city on the Rhine has hosted numerous international congresses this autumn, including the European Congress of Pathology which was staged in the Congress Center Basel from 3 to 7 September 2022. And what was particularly gratifying was that, despite the conference being held as a hybrid event, almost 4,000 participants were welcomed in Basel in person.

Τhe Hellenic Association of Professional Conference Organizers & Destination Event Specialists, Τhe Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Thessaloniki Convention Bureau join forces to support the meetings industry in Greece.  Three major stakeholders from the Greek MICE industry have joined forces to promote Greece as a destination for high-quality conferences and events. The Alliance is designed to boost the economic impact of the meetings industry by connecting the regions of Greece, creating jobs and promoting investment.

Like many other fellow IAPCO members, Japan’s Congrès Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, has been proactively tackling environmental issues at meetings & events and at the facilities it operates, for many years. Now that the United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) have gained attention in many sectors and society in general, on a global scale, Congrès decided that the time was right to organize more in-depth workshops to enhance each employee’s sustainability knowledge, plus serve as a catalyst, as a part of the company’s 4 materiality themes (priority issues or key challenges) to promote the sustainable growth of its business and employees.

C-IN organised 33 conferences and congresses this year all around the world. To our long-term clients we also realised Czech Presidency in the The Council of the European Union, within which we brought the Prague summit at the Prague Castle, some events in the Parliament diction and informal meetings and conferences of ministers at the Prague Congress Centre. Thanks to such a special and unique event as Czech Presidency we organised more than 100 conferences and congresses.

Australasian PCO, Arinex, is working with ICOMOS Australia to deliver the General Assembly of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS GA2023) in September 2023. With a commitment social and environmental responsibility, here are seven ways Australia ICOMOS is acting on sustainability.