Integrated Systems Europe, new congress in Barcelona for 2021
The last edition of the ISE held in Amsterdam from the 6 to 9 of February 2018 attracted more than 80,000 attendees. Due to the annual growth of around 10%, the Dutch city will host two more congresses, those of 2019 and 2020, but from 2021 it will be held in the Catalan capital, specifically from the 2 to 5 of February in the spaces of the Fira Barcelona, which will become the congress’s permanent home.
In this way, ISE will become the second largest congress held in Barcelona after the Mobile World Congress (MWC), and it is estimated that it will produce an economic impact of 400 million euros.
Return to work fully charged
Dear friends,
We can tell you that we have a very full agenda for the final quarter since we will be defining the new Plan of Actions and Objectives for 2019 and will agree the new Marketing Plan of Tourism and Meetings with the sector.
I should also mention that on the 25 October we will be organising CONNECTA2018 in firaReus, and in November taking part in the IBTM World fair in Barcelona with our own stand.
Have a great end of the year!
Sònia Serracarbassa
Director of Catalunya Convention Bureau
Presentation David Font i Simon
Dear friends,
I am sending you this note to introduce myself and make myself available to you. My name is David Font and at the end of September, I was appointed the new director of the Catalan Tourist Board.
I am facing this challenge aware of the importance of tourism for the economy of our country, and with the desire to work so that Catalonia continues as one of the leading international destinations.
I know about the great work you undertake within the Ambassadors Programme, a programme that unites the tourist sector with other industrial and research sectors, which now has 146 top-level professionals with international renown.
Therefore, I am counting on you, so that through your work you continue to be endorsers of Catalonia for attracting professional events, which not only provide a return for the tourist services but also help position and boost the Catalan economy in the world through the institutions they represent.
Outstanding upcoming professional events in Catalonia
NOLTA’18: The International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications
2 to 6 of September at the Trade Fair Hall of Congresos de Tarragona
Meeting of the European Association of Archaeology (EAA)
5 to 8 of September in the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB)
VI Conference of the Sociology of Organisations Teachers
13 to of 15 September in the University of Lérida
I Forum of Indian Municipalities
20 to 21 of September in the Municipal Library Lloret de Mar
XXVII Conference of Catalan Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
19 to 20 of October in the Congress Hall of Gerona
Welcome to the new members of the Ambassadors Programme
Martí Manyalich: president of the Donation and Transplantation Institute.
Teresa Mogas: university chair in veterinary studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Vicente Javaloyes: vice-president of the Catalan Association of Professional Sports Agents.
Joan Soler: president of the Catalan Association of Archivists-Managers of Documentation.
Josep Maria Mestres del Valle: president of the Silk Textile Federation.
María Pérez-Hickman: president of Sustainable Fashion (Moda Sostenible) Barcelona.
We are starting up the Universities Programme
Now that this programme has established itself, and having analysed the needs of the sector, the new Catalunya Congresses Programme of the Catalunya Convention Bureau has been created, which will be the umbrella organisation of the Ambassadors Programme and the Universities Programme.
Therefore, the other element that will help us develop this new Catalunya Congresses Programme and linked to the Ambassadors Programme is what we have named the Universities Programme.
The universities are one of the main sources of congresses and of the associative network, and through them, we will be able to detect and make contact with these possible new members for the Ambassadors Programme.
As well as working jointly in order to recruit new ambassadors, we will establish a more flowing relationship of collaboration and communication that will enable us to provide a more complete service and new tools for the universities to create synergies between them and the Catalunya Convention Bureau.
Lunch-debate Ambassadors Programme 2018. 2nd lunch-debate
The 2ndlunch-debate was held on the 2ndof July in the Hotel Princess Barcelona, and taking part were Xavier Espasa, director of the Catalan Tourist Board; Joan Romero, board member of ACCIÓ, the Agency for Company Competitiveness; and Jaume Boltà, president of OPC Catalunya and director of Bocemtium. The meeting was also attended by ambassadors from the company and economics field, who were able to discover the circumstances and professional needs of their sectors, as well as forge synergies between each other.
Lunch-debate Ambassadors Programme 2018. 1st lunch-debate
The 1stlunch-debate of 2018 took place on the 24thof May in the Casa Convalescència (UAB).
The speakers were Francesc Ramón Subirada i Curcó, managing director of research at the Company and Knowledge Department; Xavier Espasa, director of the Catalan Tourist Board; and Rafel Peris, vice-president of OPC Catalunya and chief executive of the Meetings and Science Group. The main aims were to find out about the situation of events organisation in the field of research and innovation and to create synergies between the scientific world and that of events tourism.
Dear Ambassadors
As we mentioned in the previous newsletter, we are working on the development of the Catalunya Congresses Programme which, as well as strengthening and helping the Ambassadors Programme to grow, we also highlight the start-up of the Universities Programme, which we explain in this newsletter.
We take this opportunity to wish you a happy holiday and are grateful for your interest in forming part of the Ambassadors Programme. We would also encourage you to contact us if you have any doubt when organising your congresses.
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