Every year I look forward to our annual European conference for so many reasons. Primarily because I don't often get the chance to work face-to-face with my European MPI colleagues and it's great to be amongst such a diverse group of pros. And also because it's always exciting to explore a new part of Europe I haven't seen, and get to mix it up in a different culture.
I think those are also two compelling reasons that many people attend the European Meetings & Events Conference - camaraderie & exploration. And as we narrow in closer, and closer to 29 January 2012 I get more excited about how the team is delivering in those areas too. All under the umbrella of Innovation. Re-Imagined.
In recent email with our MPI Chairman, Sebastien Tondeur, he mentioned, "Innovation is key to social progress, economic development and, therefore, growth and job creation." So of course, that's incorporated in the latest press release my team and I sent out this week. <insert smiley face of your choice here>
And it's true, but I also know that the word "innovation" gets bantered about so much in marketing and corporate lingo that it's often mind-numbing. So our wordsmith team here at HQ answered my challenge to come up with alternatives and countered me with 36 different words that also mean innovative. Some of my favorites that I think really apply to EMEC 2012 are:
You'll see on the EMEC website that the delegate experience is organized under the topical areas Educate, Exchange and Experience, with a full slate of content from 22 European speakers (and a few from North America) will explore special interest areas. Then, pulling from the best our European members have to offer, the Chapter Best-of-Best sessions will be choice content and speakers submitted by chapter leadership that reflect the needs specific to the European region, a design that has proven to be popular with EMEC delegates.
Registration is available now, with early rates of €599 for members and €899 for non-members until 6 January 2012.