IMEX-MPI Future Leaders Forum at IMEX
The next IMEX-MPI Future Leaders Forum at IMEX will take place on 27 and 28 May 2009.
For details of how to register please see below.
Starwood Hotels sponsored a drinks reception for Future Leaders during IMEX 2008 at the Sheraton Airport Hotel which included a presentation of Starwood's graduate Vita Futura Programme. Around 120 students attended the sixth IMEX-MPI Future Leaders Forum at IMEX 2008, most of them studying at European universities in Austria, France, Germany and the UK for degrees in meetings and events management, tourism or related business or administration studies. An impressive team of senior executives from the meetings industry gave presentations to the students aimed at motivating and assisting them in deciding on a career in the meetings industry.
Click here to view the programme.
2008 Future Leaders Forum seminar programme at a glance:
Date |
Title and Speaker |
Presentation |
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23 April |
Making the most of personality differences – in life, in business and in events Ann Holmes CMM, author of The Rainbow-Plus® personality type assessment system |
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24 April |
Future Leaders Forum Introduction |
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24 April |
Building Community Jurriaen Sleijster, Executive Vice President, MCI, HQ Office |
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24 April |
Recruiting Top Talent - What makes you stand out against the crowd?
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24 April |
Literature Review Lara Poethig, Project Coordinator, MCI - Geneva Office |
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24 April |
Discover and explore career opportunities in the meetings and events industry
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24 April |
Meeting Content Manager: your future job title?
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24 April |
Gaining the competitive edge with experiential meetings
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| 24 April | Communicating for results in a multicultural MICE world
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What past students said..
"The Future Leaders Forum at IMEX was an extremely good and amazing experience for me. It was really educational to hear the leaders of today. To learn about their best practice and things that they have found useful from their own experience. It was interesting to meet other Future Leaders who might be working with me in the future at the same time. After IMEX I now have connections all over Europe which will be useful for me in the future"
Maria Pyotsia, Lahti University of Applied Sciences
"I am studying European Business Studies at the University of Applied Sciences in Osnabrück, specialising in Event Management and Logistics. In 2005 I visited IMEX and the Future Leaders Forum for the first time. Taking part in the Future Leaders Forum with around 160 other students from other universities was a good possibility for networking and exchanging. I got in touch with people with the same interests and collected a lot of tips and ideas for my further studies and my way of life. Next year I will be in my last year of studying and I will visit IMEX again to gain more experience and to probably find a job."
Petra Gerke, University of Applied Sciences
Do I Qualify?
Students qualifying for the Forum will be in their second or final year of university/college studying meetings and conventions, tourism or hospitality and will not have attended an IMEX Future Leaders Forum before. You will not necessarily have made up your mind to enter this industry.
If you would like any further information please contact Dale Hudson on dale@imex-frankfurt.com.
Please note that attendance at the Forum is complimentary however students pay for their own travel to Frankfurt and accommodation.
