ITMIC HOLLAND

	Connected International Meeting Professionals Association

itmic holland

August 24-28, 2002

Maastricht, Netherlands

THEME: SMART MOVES FOR SLOW TIMES

Let's face it: The pace and face of business changed after September 11. Few industries have been hit harder than the travel, meetings and incentives industries. Just as the fears were starting to subside and travel starting to recover, we are hit by an escalation of the Middle East crises. Once again, our newspapers and television screens are filed with images of violence and travel jitters return.

Travel and tourism are intertwined with meetings and incentives. One cannot separate one from the other. What affects one inevitably affects the other.

Time to get really creative. This is the absolute wrong time to sit and cry or sit and wait it out. Cutting marketing budgets and stopping to attend trade shows, conferences and meetings is the absolute wrong strategy.

Networking is:
1. Showing up
2. Participating
3. Giving - of your time, contacts and knowledge

4. Follow-up, follow-up, follow-up

What is the right strategy? Attend this conference and find out what you can do now to shorten the slow times and make quantum leaps in the near future.

How is this different from other industry events?

	Focus on real-life issues and problems
	Ideas you can take home immediately
	A visionary approach to building communities on the internet
	peapod sessions (smaller groups of like- minded individuals connect more easily)
	World-class speakers
	certification credits
	collaboration on current business development projects.You are invited to partner with US and international counterparts in Friendship Corps projects and develop new business.
	More importantly, the attendees in this conference are not the same as those you would ordinarily meet in other industry conferences and trade shows. Ask yourself: Who will be my clients 5 years from now? The market is constantly changing. Should I be limiting myself to the ones I know? What new types of clients are making the decisions? What new priorities do they have? How well set am I to respond to these new needs? *You cannot afford to miss this conference.*

BONUS:

	It will be held during Floriade 2002. This is THE biggest garden show in the world held only once every 10 years. Don't wait until 2012 to experience the visual opium of millions of tulips, fragrant roses, exotic orchids and other horticultural wonders from all over the globe.
	Experience the Preuvenemint. Some 200,000 people sample the most exquisite Dutch cuisine and the world's finest beer each year as they make their way through this fun international food-tasting festival in late August. CIMPA will be there. Hopefully, you will be there with us.

MCI SOLUTIONS, a trade show and educational program for meeting professionals in the Benelux Region, has invited CIMPA to organize joint events and seminars with their participants. This means more exciting networking and more possibilities for international partnerships. Whether you are a supplier or a planner, you will benefit from this opportunity to explore joint projects with colleagues you will probably not meet anywhere else.

Plus pre and post conference tours to Iceland, Belgium and Amsterdam.

We look forward to seeing you on August 25-28, 2002 in Holland!

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Tentative Schedule

Tentative Topics

Speakers

Pre/ Post -Conference Tours

FEES

Scholarships

Sponsorship Opportunities

Nomination Form for Awards

Project: Friendship Corps

Conference Venue: MECC, Maastricht, nETHERLANDS

Official Hotel: Apple Park Hotel

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Connected International Meeting Professionals Association (CIMPA)

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