More international meetings will be
held in Rimini if a new agreement between Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) and
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (UniBo) yields positive results.
The three-year deal, part of a
long-standing relationship between the two organisations, allows for collaboration
on bids to secure conferences in Rimini and in the Romagna area of Italy.
IEG will be responsible for
developing bids in synergy and in support of UniBO professors and researchers
interested in bringing national and international congresses and conferences of
their reference associations or research fields to the Romagna area and to the
Palacongressi in Rimini.
The move will also benefit
international agencies and organisers, for which IEG's Event & Conference
Division will be able to activate preferential contacts with local university
expertise and, thanks to major international events, create significant opportunities
for cultural and professional growth.
Rector Prof. Giovanni Molari said: "The
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, in collaboration w with Italian
Exhibition Group, is committed to providing its lecturers and researchers with
advanced tools to continue as leading players in the promotion of science,
research and higher education at European and international levels."
Fabio De Santis, director of the
Event & Conference Division at IEG added: “The driving nature of the
professors in Italy’s founding universitymakes Rimini, which is home to one of
its campuses, an intellectual capital of excellence allowing us to aspire, as a
destination and as a local area, to previously unanticipated goals. IEG's
activity has already achieved a powerful shift forward guaranteed by an
operational alliance consolidated with a local area that for years has been
accustomed to partnering with one of the top venues in Europe.”
Written By
James Lancaster
AMI editor James
Lancaster is a familiar face in the meetings industry and international
association community. Since joining AMI in 2010, he has gained a reputation
for asking difficult questions and getting lost in convention centres. Proofer, podcaster, and panellist - in his spare time, James likes to walk,
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