World of Associations News 4 March 2014: Open Yearbook and Open Calendar

4 March 2014

Upcoming International Congresses

Europe

35th Annual Conference of the Conference of the European Association of Geographers, 15-17/05/14, La Valletta +++ 6th European Congress on Head and Neck Oncology of the European Head and Neck Society, 24-26/04/14, Liverpool +++ 54th Annual Congress of the European Regional Science Association, 26-29/08/14, St Petersburg

Asia

18th World Congress of the World Association for Bronchology, 13-16/04/14, Kyoto +++ 16th Annual Meeting of the Asian Musculoskeletal Society, 24-25/04/14, Beijing +++ 5th International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution of the International Society of Environmental Botanists, 03-06/12/14, Lucknow

America

55th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, 26-29/03/14, Toronto +++ 30th Quadrennial Congress of the International Actuarial Association, 30/03-04/04/14, Washington DC +++ 2nd World Dyslexia Forum of Dyslexia International, 17-20/08/14, Belo Horizonte

Africa

7th International Congress of the African Society for Blood Transfusion, 30/07-02/08/14, Victoria Falls +++ 83rd Congress of the International Wool Textile Organization, 28-30/04/14, Cape Town +++ 11th Conference of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, 01-02/04/14, Lagos

Pacific

23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, 22-24/04/14, Lorne +++ 19th World Congress of Cardiology of the World Heart Federation, 04-07/05/14, Melbourne +++10th Conference of the Australasian Lymphology Association, 03-05/04/14, Auckland

Open Yearbook and Open Calendar

By Ryan Brubaker, Webmaster and Online Database Programmer, and Judy Wickens, Volunteer Adviser

Data sharing. The UIA is keen to share its vast information resource more widely, as part of its efforts to promote the activities of associations in all their variety. So it is now offering two free products: the Open Yearbook and the Open Calendar.

The Open Yearbook is freely accessible and includes basic profiles of over 65,000 non-profit organizations working worldwide in all fields of activity, with the names, history and aims of organizations, and a useful search facility.

The Open Calendar shows some 7,000 international events in the near future, and includes a possibility to search this free service for essential information...

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Registration open

Association Summit. Registration has opened for the European Association Summit 2014 “Shaping Your Association for the Future - Inspire, Connect, Empower” on 14 and 15 May at the SQUARE in Brussels.

Social Media Strategy

Webinar. Nonprofit Marketing Guide runs the webinar Advanced Social Media Strategies: Running Campaigns and Building Engagement on Multiple Social Networks on 26 March 2014. Registration fee $75.

Invitation to IMEX

Association Day. UIA and IMEX, the international meetings show, are inviting association executives to join the IMEX Association Day on 19 May 2014 at the Sheraton Airport Hotel, Frankfurt. For registration, please click here.

Save the date

Round Table Europe. The next UIA Associations Round Table Europe will take place for the first time in Dublin, Ireland on 13 and 14 November 2014. 2013 more than 200 associations attended the UIA Round Table in Brussels.

After the meeting in Dubai

Steen Jakobsen, Director of the Dubai Convention & Events Bureau (DCEB)

My favourite places:
Three restaurants:

For a taste of traditional Arabian cuisine try Reem Al Badawi, one of the city’s most popular chains which offers a fantastic atmosphere and beautiful views of the Burj. There you can try a traditional sheesha water pipe and people-watch while experiencing a huge array of really great menu items...