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A new virtual education programme – convenient, accessible and affordable – IAPCO web-EDGE virtual education delivers on all 3! IAPCO launches web-EDGE with a competitively priced starter pack containing seven webinars presented by leading IAPCO experts on a variety of introductory topics.

“It was with some trepidation that I agreed to host the first EDGE Seminar” commented Jan Tonkin, MD of The Conference Company, “as New Zealand is often perceived to be a faraway destination, possibly even on the edge of the world

The new educational offering “EDGE from IAPCO” was recently launched at IMEX. No longer will the Annual Seminar be limited to Switzerland, the dynamic educational seminar will now be offered worldwide with three seminars per year in different regions.

…………… And what does this all add up to: an economic impact to the local economy of meetings organised by IAPCO of 4.63 billion euros!

Andrew Dergousoff, of ICS Canada, was announced as the winner of the inaugural IAPCO Innovation Award at the IMEX Gala Evening at Frankfurt Opera House in May. The new award for PCOs attracted numerous applications, and the three short-listed nominees were presented by Council to the audience at IAPCO’s Annual Meeting in Lisbon earlier this year, for delegates to vote on the nominees’ innovative ideas, implementation, and successful contributions to their companies.