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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

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.

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.

Five Minutes With... Kit Lykketoft

April 20, 2021Five Minutes With... Kit LykketoftJoin Holly Patrick and Kit Lykketoft, director of Convention at Wonderful Copenhagen and the newly elected chair of the Best Cities Global Alliance Board, as they discuss events post-pandemic, swimming in Copenhagen harbour and elevating buyer confidence to meet again.

MEDIA RELEASE

April 16, 2021MEDIA RELEASE“I would be ok if buffets never came back...”

The Association Contrarian: on being contrarian

April 9, 2021The Association Contrarian: on being contrarianExclusive to AMI, this new column from Jeff De Cagna, has one, overarching mission: to provoke associations into thinking - not following trends, repeating fashionable buzzwords, or meekly cleaving to tradition, but using all the skills, knowledge and experience at their disposal to solve the pressing...

Five Minutes With Laura Porter senior manager of education at SCAI

April 6, 2021Five Minutes With Laura Porter senior manager of education at SCAILaura Porter, senior manager for education at the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions tells Holly Patrick how a formal education in music led her to a career in the medical association industry. "After college, I started with a temp agency and they put me in an association," Laura...

Five Minutes With...Leslie Zeck director of meeting IADR

March 25, 2021Five Minutes With...Leslie Zeck director of meeting IADRIn this episode of Five Minutes With, Leslie Zeck, director of meetings at the International & American Association of Dental Research, explains how she turned a love of travel, good food and glamorous galas into a 30-year career. But with the glorious highs, come the tragic lows as Leslie recounts...

Five Minutes With Alain Pittet Ega Worldwide

March 11, 2021Five Minutes With Alain Pittet Ega WorldwideIn this episode of Five Minutes With, Holly Patrick asks Ega Worldwide executive director for international business development, Alain Pittet, where his event career began, what he wishes he had known when he started, and how he managed to safely evacuate 6,000 delegates from a welcome reception...

Lykketoft new chair of legacy-focused destination alliance

March 10, 2021Lykketoft new chair of legacy-focused destination allianceBestCities, the Global Alliance of business events destinations, has appointed a new chair, incoming chair and treasurer.

Five Minutes With... Sharon Ashton EURORDIS events director

February 26, 2021Five Minutes With... Sharon Ashton EURORDIS events directorIn this episode of Five Minutes With... Sharon Ashton, events manager at EURORDIS, The Voice of Rare Disease Patients in Europe, chats to Holly Patrick about her journey into association event planning, how to cope with stress and the 'PROLIFIC' motto she swears by.Show More