Conference & Meetings World Issue 99 | Page 3

Life Sciences is a prime example of how the meetings industry works hand in hand with the knowledge economy Leader Leading the race for innovation Managing editor, Paul Colston s Formula 1 revs up for a new season, it struck me that the pace of our international meetings industry this time of year is just as unrelenting. A real busy time with specialist industry shows coming one after the other. Conventa and Convene in South East Europe and the Baltic Region, respectively, showed off their boutique wares again to good effect, while the UK’s powerhouse show, International Confex, wowed the crowds in London again (and I hope some of you managed to drop by our International Pavilion at Olympia). Certainly, there was plenty of inspiration and innovation on view in the London February sun. Likewise, in The Hague, where the Dutch MANAGING EDITOR PAUL COLSTON [email protected] GLOBAL ACCOUNT DIRECTOR IAIN STIRLING [email protected] chapter of MPI took it upon themselves to manage the 2019 edition of EMEC, MPI’s key education gathering in Europe always challenges with fresh approaches and new things and this year’s ‘Changing the game’ theme did not disappoint, as you can read in our report in this issue. Down Under, Melbourne served up its AIME exhibition under new management and delivered a superb showcase of the industry strengths in Asia Pacific. Meetings Africa also ran a successful 14th edition in February. Of course, headwinds still test us, in the UK with the challenges of Brexit and elsewhere trade wars and sanctions are exercising too much creative energies. Where there has been a seismic shift in CONTRIBUTING WRITERS SIMON GEORGE RAMY SALAMEH STEPHANIE ACKLAND PHILIP COOKE MASH MEDIA GROUP LTD 2ND FLOOR APPLEMARKET HOUSE, 17 UNION STREET, KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES KT1 1RR PRODUCTION MANAGER ELIZABETH NIXON TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone] EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: WWW.C-MW.NET @CM_WORLD CIRCULATION MATTHEW WILLIAMS GRAPHIC DESIGNER KATERYNA SMIRNOVA [email protected] PRINTED BY PENSORD approaches is the way we now lead to the world with new messages and approaches to market our industry’s strengths: Our supplement on Canada’s powerful and world-leading Life Sciences sector is a prime example of how the meetings industry works hand in hand with the knowledge economy and innovation to spread the best of human endeavour. Conferences and meetings are the ideal medium for disseminating and promoting our scientific, industrial and research innovation and research work, integrating it with the delivery process and spreading the knowledge wider. Let’s continue to spread the word even wider. © COPYRIGHT CONFERENCE + MEETINGS WORLD ALL MATERIAL PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCE + MEETINGS WORLD IS COPYRIGHT AND REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF THE PUBLISHERS. NO MATERIAL MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE PUBLISHERS. THE PUBLISHERS DO NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS, NOR DO THEY ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INTERPRETATION IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLICATION. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE COPIED OR REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, OR BE TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM BY ANY MEANS ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING OR OTHERWISE WITHOUT THE PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE PUBLISHERS. ISSUE 99 / CONFERENCE & MEETINGS WORLD / 3