IFES Convention 2007 - Designed for Return
The IFES Convention 2007 took place in Brussels from 21 to 23 June 2007 under the theme designed for return. Over 120 participants from 23 countries participated in the event, which was the ideal place for exhibition and event services professionals from all over the world to network and learn about the true impact of proper design of exhibition participant on return on investment for themselves but also for their customers.
The IFES convention 2007 was also the occasion for attendees to welcome three new IFES Members from India (Insta Group), Finland (Entre Marketing Ltd) and Russia (Expoconsta).
"This is the most succesful event we ever organised" said José Maria Pérez de Olacoeachea, IFES' President. "I am particularly pleased that people travelled from as far away as India, Singapore, South Africa and Northern America to attend the event. This high level of interest and the fact that our association keeps growing shows that companies in our industry feel the need to develop stronger international partnerships between exhibition and event services companies, which our association wants to support as much as it can. This is why we announced at the event that soon IFES will create an International PartnerGuide on its website, which will allow professionals willing to engage into international partnerships to find the right partner in countries they do not themselves operate in".
The Roger Taurand Award, which each year rewards an individual's strong engagement for the exhibition and event services at large, was this year given to Larry Kulchawik of 3DExhibits. Larry has been active within IFES for many year and served as President of the organisation between 2004 and 2006. Under his leadership IFES nearly doubled its membership and launched the first paper version of the International PartnerGuide, which was very well received in the industry.
The next IFES Convention will take place in Milan, Italy, from 26 to 28 June 2008.
To learn more about the event's programme and view speaker's presentations and the photo gallery, please visit the convention pages of our website: http://www.ifesnet.com/convention.aspx
For more information, please contact the IFES Secretariat: ifes@kelleneurope.com or call +32 2 774 9635