UFI Open Seminar in Europe, Thessaloniki, Greece, 16-18 June 2008
"Key Success Factors in Difficult Market Conditions
Options for Organizer and Venue Owners"
| 19:30 - 21:30 | Get-together
with a welcome speech of Mr Themis Kartsiotis Managing Director of Hellenic Exhibitions - HELEXPO S.A. |
Tuesday 17 June
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Introduction by the Moderator
Håkan Gershagen, Commercial Director, Mack Brooks Exhibitions, London (UK) |
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Presentation | |
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Profitable business opportunities in the South Eastern European market
Kyriakos Pozrikidis, General Manager, Thessaloniki International Fair SA, Thessaloniki (Greece) Mania Seimeni, Managing Editor, Exporama Crossmedia, Athens (Greece) |
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| 10:15 - 11:00 | Keynote Speech | |
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Achieving success in difficult market conditions
Sandy Angus, Chairman, Andry Montgomery Ltd, Montgomery Exhibitions Ltd., London (UK) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Panel Discussion | |
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Internationalisation - A practical approach to international markets
Panellists: Kurt Schraudy, Managing Director, IMAG, Munich (Germany) Ids Boersma, Managing Director, Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam (Netherlands) Stephen Brooks, Chairman and Chief Executive, Mack Brooks Exhibitions, London (UK) |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | One-to-One | |
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A one-on-one interview
Interviewer: Roisin Duffy, Publisher and Managing Editor - Exhibition World, Mashmedia, London (UK) Boguslaw Zalewski, Chairman, Centrex-International Exhibition Statistics Union, Budapest (Hungary) |
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| 14:45 - 15:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:15 - 16:45 | Brainstorming for Better Events | |
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Barriers and Opportunities in Event Planning, Operations & Venues.
A brainstorming opportunity for everyone! Leigh Breslau, Partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP, Chicago (USA) |
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| 17:00 - 18:30 | |
Matchmaking Session
Join in our Matchmaking session and meet others who share your business targets! |
| 20:00 - 22:30 | Dinner Party | |
Wednesday 18 June
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| 9:15 | Welcome Coffee | |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Discussion | |
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Pricing strategies - the road to increasing turnover
Anna Holzner, Managing Partner, Management Information Systems & Services, Freising (Germany) Peter Hazelzet, French Foreign Trade Advisor and Member of the Advisory Board of easyFairs Group, Brussels (Belgium) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Interactive Panel Discussion | |
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Developing new products which meet market demand
Panellists: Simon Kimble, Chief Executive, Clarion Events Ltd, London (UK) Andrew Shanks, Development Director, Reed Exhibitions, London (UK) Toni Laznik, General Manager, ICM d.o.o., Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
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| 12:00 - 12:45 | Panel Discussion - Ask the experts | |
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How to make things happen when the going is tough!
Panellists: Tom Beyer, 2006 UFI President, CEO, Stockholmsmässan AB, Stockholm (Sweden) Cliff Wallace, UFI President, Managing Director, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong (China) Jochen Witt, UFI Executive Vice-President, CEO, JWC, Cologne (Germany) |
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| 12:45 | Closing Remarks by the Moderator | |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
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