Advertisement 2 October 2018 Upcoming International Congresses Europe 12th MED-MID Annual Mediterranean and Middle East Conference of the European Court of Arbitration, 26/10/2018, Larnaca +++ 28th Annual Conference of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, 25-28/10/2018, Helsinki +++ 49th World Conference on Lung Health of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 24-27/10/2018, The Hague Asia 29th Annual Congress of the International Solid Waste Association, 22-24/10/2018, Kuala Lumpur +++ 20th World Congress of the International Psycho-Oncology Society, 29/10-02/11/2018, Hong Kong +++ 14th Meeting of the Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, 23-26/10/2018, Bangkok America 29th Annual Congress of the Information Security Forum, 27-30/10/2018, Las Vegas NV +++ 40th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Cancer Registries, 13-15/11/2018, Arequipa +++ 11th Biennial Congress of the World Stroke Organization, 17-20/10/2018, Montréal QC Africa 34th World Congress of Audiology of the International Society of Audiology, 28-31/10/2018, Cape Town +++ 12th Biennial Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing and the Environment, 25-28/10/2018, Alexandria +++ 12th Biennial Meeting of the Pan African Pediatric Surgical Association, 07-09/11/2018, Addis Ababa Pacific 31st Sibos Annual Conference of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, 22-25/10/2018, Sydney +++ Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 18-20/10/2018, Perth +++ 20th Asia Pacific Congress of the International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections, 01-03/11/2018, Auckland ONLYLYON CONVENTION BUREAU: Our Know-How Dedicated to Associations By Faustine Maugat, Development Manager for Lyon Convention Bureau, Germany-Belgium-Northern Europe Thanks to its economic dynamism, excellent infrastructure and quality of its hotels, Lyon has become a major European business tourism destination. The city is ranked second at the national level for hosting of associations' conventions. With 176 meeting spaces and five major dedicated sites, Lyon is the second largest centre for the hosting of business events. The current classified hotel capacity in the Metropolis includes 18,000 bedrooms (hotels and tourism residences). Lyon Saint Exupery Airport is connected to 120 destinations, Lyon is under two hours from the European capitals. Known as the world capital of gastronomy, Lyon is a heritage city with 2000 years of history from Roman edifices to bold contemporary creations. 427 ha are listed on the UNESCO Heritage list ... Read more Advertisement 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 School (Brussels, Belgium) on 16 October 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 Associations Round Table Europe 2018 Meet, learn, share. International associations are active in all fields of human endeavor and come in all shapes and sizes: from professional societies to service organizations, from interest groups to charities. But they also have a lot of common issues: obtaining funding, attracting members, organizing events, and governance. The UIA Round Tables bring international associations together, providing an opportunity to learn through networking and practice, and the exchange of experience and knowledge. Associations are invited to send representatives to Lyon on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 November for the 12th UIA Round Table Europe, hosted at the Lyon Convention Centre. Please tell us your news! Feel free to get in touch. We would like to hear about you. UIA Reaches Final Week of 2018 Survey on International Associations' Meetings Behavior Associations’ participation. How do international associations organize and conduct their meetings? What behaviors do they share? What issues do they encounter along the way? These are the questions which the Union of International Associations (UIA) seeks to answer with its Survey on International Meetings Issues. The survey is conducted every three years allowing those involved in the process of organizing international meetings to see how issues evolve over time. The current seventh edition invited 25,000 associations of all types, representing civic, charitable, commercial, or industrial interests around the world, to share their experiences. As this survey is the largest of its kind in the world, the UIA is grateful to have the support of its sponsors Seoul Tourism Organization, the Monaco Convention Bureau and the Singapore Tourism Board to make its research goals a reality. After closing the survey in one week, the UIA will announce the results at its Annual Associate Members Meeting / UIA Associations Round Table Europe in Lyon on 15 November. Afterwards the results will be freely available on the website. Associations wishing to be a part of the survey can contact survey@uia.org for practical details on how to participate. MEETEX – Croatian Meeting Experience Summit Inevitable meeting place. 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The goal of this meeting is to provide updates in Haematology across the three disciplines (HSANZ, THANZ and ANZSBT) for clinicians and scientists, via a combination of commentary from international and local experts in the field, as well as by providing an opportunity for members to present the findings of their research. This is also an opportunity for clinicians and scientists to be awarded for excellence in their respective fields ... 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