The relationship between the (IMC19) Organising Committee (OC) and its PCO Arinex has won the prestigious IAPCO Driving Excellence Award for Collaboration for its partnership-driven management of the 2018 Congress…
Read MoreCHICAGO – SmithBucklin is pleased to announce that Carol McGury, Executive Vice President, Event and Education Services, has been elected as chair of the Professional Convention Management Association’s (PCMA) Education Foundation Board of Trustees. She and the other elected officers and trustees will immediately take office following PCMA’s Convening Leaders meeting Jan. 6-9 in Pittsburgh…
Read MoreRoslyn McLeod OAM, Arinex Founder and Chair, has been named one of the industry’s 10 most Inspirational Women by ICCA at the 57th Congress. The announcement was made by ICCA Immediate Past President Nina Freysen-Pretorius overnight, following nominations from the ICCA Board and Regional Chapter chairs…
Read MoreAIM Group International are pleased to share with you their newly published Impact Story about the ESH Congress 2018, Live streaming from Europe to China to multiply the audience. …
Read MoreMadrid – AIM Group International, a leading agency in the organisation of congresses, meetings and events, celebrates its 10th anniversary in Spain with its Madrid office and announces the opening of a new office in Barcelona. The announcement was made during the 10 Years Celebration Party held yesterday evening in Madrid, which involved clients, partners, providers, journalists and industry representatives…
Read MoreDUBAI, UAE - MCI Group, the global leader in meetings, events, congresses, association management and strategic consulting acquires controlling interest in One Communications and Marketing Group (ONE CMG) – the holding company of Turret Media, Saluki Media, tmh, ONE PR and ONE Digital – in the Middle East…
Read MoreIn a lecture session at the PCCO Academy AIM Group’s vice president deepened the professional evolution of event organisers and the relationship with association clients…
Read MoreCHICAGO/WASHINGTON D.C. – SmithBucklin, the association management and services company more organizations turn to than any other, is pleased to announce that Henry Givray, Chairman of the SmithBucklin Board of Directors and former President & CEO, has been selected by the Events Industry Council for its prestigious Hall of Leaders…
Read MoreMILAN - AIM Group International, a leading company in the organisation of congresses, meetings and events, presents a new Impact Story about the World Scleroderma Congress, the first international congress exclusively dedicated to this rare disease, built from scratch with the World Scleroderma Foundation several years ago. It ended up with a won challenge: five editions have been organised, the last one recently in Bordeaux, with great results…
Read Moreby Matt Sanderson, President & CEO of SmithBucklin
There were many moments of heroism in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey last fall in Houston, but one in particular stood out to me. You may remember the video…
Read MoreAt the Eventex Awards, Floretina 2017 and AIPPI World Congress obtained three recognitions, and at the FCE Awards the SIAARTI Academy was awarded by the Jury and the Public…
Read MoreCHICAGO – The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) has selected SmithBucklin, the association management and services company more organizations turn to than any other, to provide full-service association management. ASBMT will continue to be headquartered in the Chicago area, but will move to the SmithBucklin office effective April 2…
Read MoreData management and compliance is one of the biggest challenges facing the events industry, leading events and conference management company Arinex has warned.
Arinex has urged clients to engage professional conference organisers (PCOs) that are fully compliant with new legislative changes, including Europe’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Australia’s Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB). Significant financial penalties apply under the European GDPR which apply to Australian companies who hold European citizen’s personal data and Australian privacy laws have been updated and now require self reporting…
Read MoreMonica Freire, Congress Department Director of AIM Group International - Portugal, has been elected to the new Council of IAPCO (The International Association of Professional Congress Organisers). IAPCO, with 118 company members across 41 countries, represents the best qualified professional organisers in the world with the mission to raise the standards of service by means of continuing education and interaction with other professionals…
Read MoreWe live in the time where virtually everything, from daily grocery shopping to grand trade shows is all about experiences; the pressure is on for companies and brands to go the extra mile for differentiating their marketing strategy from competition. How can they do that? The key lies in experiential marketing; addressing customer demands through more strategic, creative and immersive experience programmes...
Read MoreMedTech Europe, the European trade association representing the medical technology industry, certified AIM Group International as an Ethical MedTech Trusted Partner. Upon completion of a demanding three-step process, the Ethical Charter provided AIM Group a Trusted Partner logo valid for renewable periods of two years…
Read MoreMILAN - MilanoCard, the first Milan tourist card, and AIM Group International, one of the most important European groups for events and congresses organisation, have signed an agreement with the goal of encouraging participants to extend their stays in Milan and enjoy the leisure and entertainment services and amenities of the city…
Read MoreCHICAGO/WASHINGTON D.C. – Jan. 16, 2018 – SmithBucklin, the association management and services company more organizations turn to than any other, announced today the release of its annual publication, Circuit. It includes SmithBucklin’s "20 for 2018," which offers articles on 20 key trends, issues and developments that will impact associations in the coming year…
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