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The 12th International Technology, Meetings and Incentives Conference will be held in Portugal on November 5-8, 2003

Information on Madeira

Site Inspection Report: Portugal

More about Portugal

Site Inspection Report: Seville, Spain

Welcome Message from Portugal Chapter President

Portugal Chapter Officers 2002-2003

2003 Host Team

Schedule At A Glance

Preliminary Program

Conference Fees

Seville Tour

Fantastic Madeira

Pilgrimage to Fatima

Sponsorship Opportunities

Special Airfare

Hotel

Discount Coupon for Gold Members

Print and Fax Registration Form

Online Registration Form

 

WIN A TRIP TO MADEIRA

Linda Pereira, Portugal Chapter President, has arranged a fun competition for all organizers. Among the prizes: a 7-day stay on the island of Madeira for the organizer who brings the most delegates to the conference. Click here for more information

WHY DO YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE? 

Whether you participate or not, whatever happens on the other side of the earth affects you. A narrow focus on immediate return on investment is short-sighted. Provincial thinking where you are concerned only with what takes place within a hundred miles of where you live or how many bodies you can put in your meeting and sleeping rooms is not only counter progressive - it is also dangerous.

Progressive economists argue - and I agree - that the solutions to global economic and political problems are, in the end, cultural rather than economic or political. The premises by which economists explain international trade are, in the end, descriptions of how certain basic cultural norms work out in practice on a global scale. Hence, social changes intended to alter the present disastrous course of events (Think Afghanistan. Think Middle East. Think how these have caused huge cancellations and serious drop in business) must, if they are going to solve humanity's fundamental problems, start with understanding culture and developing tolerance and friendships. 

We should be asking ourselves the question: "How can we construct cultures of peace, justice, and ecological balance ?" This is a question that should precede and set the framework for more specific questions about business and the economy. 

When the world is at peace, people are just and the environment is protected - tour, travel, meetings and conferences can flourish and you will be able to take tons of money to the bank. 

Every little effort helps. There is a desperate need to understand each other's culture and do business with other peoples in the world. Hence the need to reach out and participate in international conferences and take meetings to a level beyond logistics, standardization, ROIs. 

Meetings and technology promote understanding and friendships. That is what CIMPA is trying to do. Will you help?

 

 

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Connected International Meeting Professionals Association (CIMPA)

8803 Queen Elizabeth Blvd, Annandale, Virginia 22003 USA

Tel 1 512 684 0889 Fax 1 267 390 5193

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