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Said Al Shanfari, UFI president

June 5, 2026Oman meeting leader is new UFI presidentSaid Al Shanfari, CEO of the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC), has been elected as President of UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, for the 2027–28 term.Read More

Meetings are not inclusive if they are not also accessible

December 6, 2021Meetings are not inclusive if they are not also accessibleLizzy Eaton, founder of Oddity Events & Marketing reveals the difficult events that led her to get serious about accessibility and why event planners must take action...

Cvent CEO: going public will inspire meetings industry return

November 30, 2021Cvent CEO: going public will inspire meetings industry returnMeetings management titan Cvent in July announced that it planned to go public during the fourth quarter of 2021 via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. II.

Be less afraid and take risks Mark Cooper CEO of IACC

November 23, 2021Be less afraid and take risks Mark Cooper CEO of IACCOn this episode of Deep Dive, Holly Patrick asks Mark Cooper, the CEO of the International Association of Conference Centres and chair of the Events Industry Council, whether it’s okay for association leaders to take to calculated risks, how important is it to surround yourself with a good team in a...

Deep Dive S3EP2: Communication is crucial Annamaria Iagnocco

November 11, 2021Deep Dive S3EP2: Communication is crucial Annamaria IagnoccoHow have association leaders managed through the pandemic, how have they overcome challenges and how have they adapted to lead from the front in a post-pandemic era? Here to discuss all this and more with Holly Patrick is professor Annamaria Iagnocco, president of the European Alliance of Associations...

Five Minutes With...Nadia Rubtsova

August 24, 2021Five Minutes With...Nadia RubtsovaNadia Rubtsova is the founder of the Business & Events Academy, an online platform for professional and personal education for event professionals around the world. A former Events & Partnerships Manager of the European Health Management Association, Nadia is passionate about the association’s sector...

Power of meetings: how a chance conversation led girl guides to become beekeepers

July 30, 2021Power of meetings: how a chance conversation led girl guides to become beekeepers

Five Minutes With... Sabrina van Spijker senior event coordinator European Association for International Education

July 27, 2021Five Minutes With... Sabrina van Spijker senior event coordinator European Association for International EducationIn this episode of Five Minutes With... Sabrina Van Spijker, senior events coordinator at the European Association for International Education chats to Holly Patrick about her passion for international collaboration, the association's sustainability targets and why there's no feeling in the world like...

Five Minutes With... Marc Mekki co-founder of Bond

July 13, 2021Five Minutes With... Marc Mekki co-founder of BondHolly Patrick talks to Marc Mekki, co-founder of Bond for this bonus-length episode of Five Minutes With…

Five Minutes With... Wouter Lox secretary general European Fruit Juice Association

June 15, 2021Five Minutes With... Wouter Lox secretary general European Fruit Juice AssociationIn this episode of Five Minutes With... Holly Patrick catches up with Wouter Lox, secretary general, European Fruit Juice Association.

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…Show More