As businesses and organisations face the current climate, EIBTM 2003 (20-22 May, Palexpo, Geneva) is to put the spotlight on the…
As businesses and organisations face the current climate, EIBTM 2003 (20-22 May, Palexpo, Geneva) is to put the spotlight on the meetings and incentive industry`s role in fostering worldwide peace and eradicating poverty.
The `Meetings Makes Peace` debate, featuring industry leaders and chaired by Louis D`Amore, President and founder of the International Institute of Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) will take place at the EIBTM stage on Thursday 22 May at 11.00 am.
The debate follows a four-day Global Summit on Peace Through Tourism, under the patronage of HM Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan and with keynote speaker Roger Moore, spokesperson for UNICEF, which took place in Geneva in February, organised in partnership with the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
My hope is that our audience will be inspired by our discussions on the stage and that they will benefit from a greater appreciation of this important dimension of international meetings and conferences, said Mr. D`Amore.
The aim is that everyone will have further understanding of this opportunity for the industry and will leave with at least one idea as to what they might implement in planning future meetings and events.
Taking part in the debate are Didier Scaillet, Director of European Operations, MPI; Terrance Barkan, Managing Director, Association Global Services; Tim Chudley, European Chairman, Association of Conference Centres and Corbin Ball, Owner and Chief Executive Officer of US-based Corbin Ball Associates.
Mr. D`Amore added: The panelists will be introducing some powerful insights, perhaps with examples, as to lifelong friendships, mutual understanding and cross-cultural appreciation that result from people of goodwill coming together for international meetings and events.
EIBTM`s Exhibition Director Debbie Jackson said that the debate came at a particularly pertinent time for the industry and recognized the role that Geneva played in the latest global peace summit.
She said: We are delighted to be able to bring to the industry a fresh new dimension on the work of meetings and incentives throughout the world. This is a subject which must touch everybody`s hearts.
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