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June 9, 2026Plans revealed to scale back Trump's unpopular tourism screening proposalThe Trump administration plans to scale back its proposal for foreign travelers from visa waiver countries to submit five years of social media history, targeting specific travelers based on their ESTA responses instead, following concerns from the international events community and civil liberties groups.Read More

Doing business with confidence

June 10, 2021Doing business with confidenceADNEC, Abu Dhabi’s flagship events space, welcomes back international events.

Legacy and research lands Edinburgh a major Endometriosis conference

June 7, 2021Legacy and research lands Edinburgh a major Endometriosis conferenceThe World Endometriosis Society has chosen Edinburgh as the host city for its 15th World Congress on Endometriosis in 2023.

Man sitting on euro coins

June 7, 2021Getting the message acrossProfessor Iain McInnes, past president of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), shares how the league streamlined its communications & advocacy functions...

The Association Contrarian: associations don’t ‘belong’ to their members

June 7, 2021The Association Contrarian: associations don’t ‘belong’ to their membersAs a follow-up to his first column, ami columnist Jeff De Cagna takes a scalpel to some of the traditional beliefs around association membership, cutting through three of the most common orthodoxies to reveal the problems that lurk within…

Consensus builder: ASAE appoints Michelle Mason as president

June 2, 2021Consensus builder: ASAE appoints Michelle Mason as presidentMichelle Mason will take on the new role of president and CEO of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) on 1 September 2021.

Major Mass Spectrometry conference heading to Maastricht in 2022

June 2, 2021Major Mass Spectrometry conference heading to Maastricht in 2022Academics and industrial researchers in the field of Mass Spectrometry will descend on the Dutch city in 2022 for the biennial conference.

WA flaunts Neuromuscular expertise to win major congress

June 2, 2021WA flaunts Neuromuscular expertise to win major congressAn international gathering of experts on neuromuscular diseases will meet in Perth for the first time in 50 years.

Balai Sidang

June 1, 2021Balai SidangCommitted to reopening in accordance with strict hygiene protocols in place, the Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Center looks forward to welcoming back international events

Five Minutes With... Finola Quinn

June 1, 2021Five Minutes With... Finola QuinnIn the latest Five Minutes With... Holly Patrick talks to Finola Quinn, congress development manager at the International League Against Epilepsy and manager at the Associations & Conference Forum.

More delegates less money – ICCA statistics reveal typical lockdown meeting

May 27, 2021More delegates less money – ICCA statistics reveal typical lockdown meetingThe average association meeting was 50 per cent BIGGER last year – but only because they happened online, according to the 2020 ICCA statistics published today.Show More