Advertisement 7 August 2018 Upcoming International Congresses Europe 9th Meeting of the European Network of Living Labs, 22-24/08/18, Geneva +++ 45th Congress of the International Society for Oncology and BioMarkers, 24-27/11/18, Hamburg +++ 56th Annual Congress of the International Association of Young Lawyers, 28/08-01/09/18, Brussels Asia 24th Congress of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health, 31/08-02/09/18, Dubai +++ 8th Asia Pacific Stroke Conference of the Asia Pacific Stroke Organization, 06-09/09/18, Jakarta +++ 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Arthroplasty Society, 06-08/09/18, Bangkok America 15th World Leisure Congress of the World Leisure Organization, 28/08-01/09/18, Sao Paulo +++ 37th World Congress of the International Society of Hematology, 13-16/09/18, Vancouver BC +++ 17th World Congress on Pain of the International Association for the Study of Pain, 12-16/09/18, Boston MA Africa 2nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the African Society of Dermatology and Venerology, 30/08-02/09/18, Durban +++ 11th Conference of the African Society of Human Genetics, 19-21/09/18, Kigali +++ 5th African Regional Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association, 06-09/09/18, Tunis Pacific Annual Scientific Meeting of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 29-31/08/18, Gold Coast +++ 9th All Together Better Health Conference of the World Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Coordinating Committee, 03-06/09/18, Auckland +++ 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, 05-08/09/18, Canberra Going from 0 to 1: PARIMA’s Certification Challenges By Stacey Huang, Executive Director of the Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (PARIMA). Stacey manages overall planning and development, and is in charge of the day-to-day operations of PARIMA. Since joining PARIMA, she has grown the association more than five-fold and introduced new initiatives such as certification, partnerships, competency modelling and self-assessments. There were a few raised eyebrows when the Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (PARIMA) announced our intention to launch a certification program within six months. Other similar associations which have been around for more than 40 to 60 years have yet to launch theirs and such a statement coming from one which was just three years of age seemed overly ambitious ... Read more Solvay Executive Master in International Association Management Training. The next intake of the Executive Master in International Association Management starts in January 2019. Register for the next information session taking place at Solvay (Brussels, Belgium) on 11 September at 18:30. This 17-day executive training for association professionals is operated by the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. The teaching faculty, drawn from Solvay academic experts, is teamed up with association executives from the programme's supporting partners, Union of International Associations (UIA), Federation of European and International Associations (FAIB), European Society of Association Executives (ESAE) and Visitbrussels. For more information: Contact Asja Kamenica at asja.kamenica@solvay.edu or + 32 2 650 38 94. UIA Round Tables 2018 Meet, learn, share. 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Read more Convention Highlights Bio Africa Convention 27-29/08/18, Durban, South Africa More ICOPA 2018 19-24/08/18, Daegu, Korea More Important shows GBTA Convention 11-15/08/18 San Diego More SuisseEMEX 28-29/08/18 Zurich More ibtm americas 05-06/09/18 Mexico City More Number of the month According to the 59th edition (published June 2018) of the UIA International Meetings Statistics Report, for 2017 there are 10,786 meetings of international associations recorded, in 166 countries and 1,104 cities. With 1,105 recorded meetings South Korea lays claim to the number one spot of host countries in the Report for the first time ever. Spotlight on associations Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (The Alliance) Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) Association Defending Victims of Terrorism (ADVT) feedback print unsubscribe subscribe imprint