ICCA Congress 2015

31/10/2015
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10:00 - 17:00

Registration
Pavilion 9, La Rural

Transfers from Official hotels to La Rural
Pick up from official hotels

13:00 - 17:00

Optional City Tour
Pick up from La Rural

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01/11/2015 Printable agenda

07:50	Transfers from Official hotels to La Rural Pick up from official hotels
08:00 - 18:00	Registration Pavilion 9, La Rural
09:00 - 09:30	First Time Attendees Welcome Coffee Yellow pavilion, La Rural
09:30 - 12:00	First Time Attendees Introduction Programme Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural
10:30 - 11:00	Networking Break Yellow pavilion, La Rural
10:50	Transfers from Official hotels to La Rural Pick up from official hotels
11:00 - 12:00	Australian Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting) Ceibo B, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural
12:00 - 13:30	Welcome Lunch Pavilion 8, La Rural
13:30 - 14:30	Destination Marketing sector meeting Room D - La Boca, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Meetings Management Sector Meeting Room B - Recoleta, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Transport sector meeting Ceibo B, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural
13:30 - 14:30	Meetings Support Sector Meeting Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural		Venues sector meeting Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
14:30 - 15:00	Networking Break Yellow pavilion, La Rural
15:00 - 16:00	African chapter meeting Room F - Retiro, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	North American chapter meeting Room D - La Boca, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Scandinavian chapter meeting Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
15:00 - 16:00	Mediterranean chapter meeting Ceibo A, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural	Latin American chapter meeting Terrace El Central, Pavilion 11, La Rural	Iberian chapter meeting Ceibo C, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural	Middle East chapter meeting Ceibo B, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural
15:00 - 16:00	France Benelux chapter meeting Restaurant Central Salon, Pavilion 11, La Rural	Asia Pacific chapter meeting Room B - Recoleta, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Central European chapter meeting Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural	UK / Ireland chapter meeting Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
16:00 - 16:15	Networking Break Yellow pavilion, La Rural
16:15 - 17:30	ICCA General Assembly Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural
17:30	Transfer to La Colon from La Rural Pick up from La Rural
18:25 - 19:20	Opera Performance La Colon Colon Theatre
19:30	Welcome Reception Gran Salón, Panamericano Hotel
21:00	Transfer to The Sheraton Hotel from the Panamericano Hotel Panamericano Hotel

02/11/2015 Printable agenda

08:30 - 17:30	Registration Pavilion 9, La Rural
08:00 - 08:30	Transfers from official hotels to Centro Cultural Kirchner Pick up from official hotels
08:30 - 09:45	Opening Ceremony Centro Cultural Kirchner
09:45 - 10:30	Transfer to La Rural from Centro Cultural Kirchner Centro Cultural Kirchner
10:30 - 11:30	Monday Morning Wake up Call Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural
11:30 - 11:45	Networking Break Yellow pavilion, La Rural
11:45 - 13:00	Models of City Competitiveness - Exploit your global rankings Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural	The ABC of Ambassador Programmes Room B - Recoleta, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	PCO Hot Topics: How to transform a single event into a cost-saving and/or profitable re-usable product - Designed in partnership with IAPCO Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Venues policies and business practices: The ICCA Venues Survey 2015 (This WAS the explosive growth of the internet of things and what this means for the meetings industry) Room F - Retiro, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
11:45 - 13:00	The Fast Show - whats new? Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Big Data to Smart Data? Room D - La Boca, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	ICCA Data Workshop - An Introduction Nogal, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural
13:00 - 14:15	Lunch Pavilion 8, La Rural
14:15 - 15:45	Entrepreneurial thinking and practices to enhance your marketing, sales and performance Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural	It's not all about the sport Room D - La Boca, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	How can ICCA and ICCA members help associations develop in emerging regions? Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
14:15 - 15:45	CEO Deep Dive - Essential leadership skills Room B - Recoleta, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Fundamentals of Bidding Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Reverse Hybrid - Star speaker corner Room F - Retiro, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
15:45 - 16:15	Networking Break Yellow pavilion, La Rural
16:15 - 17:45	Strategic content orchestration Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural	Growth & Opportunities in the Latin American meeting market Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	New ways to create international association meetings Room D - La Boca, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
16:15 - 17:45	CEO Deep Dive continued... Ceibo A/B or C, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural	Fundamentals of Bidding continued... Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Reverse Hybrid continued... Room F - Retiro, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
18:00	Transfers from La Rural to official hotels La Rural
18:00 - 19:00	Development Counsellors International (Closed Meeting) Ceibo C, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural		Introduction to CMP Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
18:00 - 19:00	Business Exchange Session Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
19:00	Transfers from La Rural to official hotels La Rural
19:20	Transfers from official hotels to Argentinian CAT Night Pick up from official hotels
20:00	Argentinian CAT night Sheraton Hotel
22:00 - 23:59	Transfers from Argentinian CAT night to official hotels Sheraton Hotel

03/11/2015 Printable agenda

08:15	Transfers from Official hotels to La Rural Pick up from official hotels
08:30 - 17:30	Registration Pavilion 9, La Rural
09:00 - 10:15	ICCA Best Marketing Award Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural
10:15 - 10:45	Networking Break Yellow pavilion, La Rural
10:45 - 12:00	Presidents Choice 2015: Why empowerment and equality for women is a critical international meetings industry issue Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural	Change management for small companies Room B - Recoleta, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	How to re-invent your venue - refurbishment; expansion; rebranding; tech-upgrades; demolish or replace Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Advanced Ambassador Programme knowledge exchange - Pre-registration Room D - La Boca, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
10:45 - 12:00	How to intelligently add Airlines to your bids, offers, and marketing strategies Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Sustainability & CSR on trial: Is this really a way to win more business, or only generally good for the planet? Room F - Retiro, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	ICCA Data Workshop: An Introduction Nogal, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Pavilion 8, La Rural
13:30 - 15:00	Visual Storytelling: How to transform your presentation into an engaging story Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural	PR Excellence - Learning from the best Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Staff-centric marketing success stories Room F - Retiro, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
13:30 - 15:00	Using neuroscience to design unforgettable guest experiences Room B - Recoleta, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Healthcare Meetings - Critical topics, trends and challenges Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Meetings Industry Advocacy Issues - What should we shout about, and how can we get the right people to listen? Room D - La Boca, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
15:00 - 15:30	Networking Break Yellow pavilion, La Rural
15:15 - 17:45	Outside The Box: Piazzolla Tango - Pre-registration (40 max capacity) Sarmiento Ave. 2704, La Rural	Outside The Box: Boca Juniors Football Stadium - Pre-registration (40 max capacity) Sarmiento Ave. 2704, La Rural	Outside The Box: Visit to the New Buenos Aires Convention Centre - Pre-registration (50 max capacity) Sarmiento Ave. 2704, La Rural
15:30 - 17:00	So long big idea! Branding and marketing just isn't what it used to be Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural	Getting away from it all - turning relative isolation into competitive advantage Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Use creative thinking hands-on! Room F - Retiro, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
15:30 - 17:00	Using neuroscience to design unforgettable guest experiences continued... Room B - Recoleta, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Healthcare Meetings - critical topics, trends and challenges continued... Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Meetings Industry Advocacy Issues - What should we shout about, and how can we get the right people to listen? continued... Room D - La Boca, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
17:15 - 18:15	EU Next Cities Meeting (Closed Meeting) Ceibo A, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural	World PCO Alliance Meeting (Closed Meeting) Ceibo B, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural	Japanese ICCA member meeting (closed meeting) Ceibo C, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural	Global science & Convention alliance meeting (Closed Meeting) Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
17:15 - 18:15	Business Exchange Session Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
18:30	Transfers from La Rural to official hotels La Rural
19:15	Transfer to Tango Night from the Sheraton Sheraton Hotel
19:30	Buenos Aires Tango Night Tango Porteno
22:00 - 23:59	Transfers from Tango night to The Sheraton hotel Tango Porteno

04/11/2015 Printable agenda

07:30 - 08:25	CMP Breakfast (closed meeting) Panamericano Hotel
08:15	Transfers from Official hotels to La Rural Pick up from official hotels
08:30 - 14:30	Registration Pavilion 9, La Rural
09:00 - 10:00	The Copenhagen Denmark Lecture Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural
10:30 - 11:45	The Big Debate - are we draining the swamp or wrestling with alligatiors? Room B - Recoleta, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	Getting more out of ICCA - why you're (almost certainly) missing out, and what you can do about it! - Pre-registered Room F - Retiro, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	PCO Hot Topics - Boosting delegate numbers in the New Digital Age - Created in collaboration with IAPCO Room D - La Boca, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural	The explosive growth of the internet of things and what this means for the meetings industry (This WAS the venues policies and business practices session - now scheduled for monday morning) Room E - Palermo, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural
10:30 - 11:45	International association strategic challenges and solutions Room C - Puerto Madero, Yellow Pavilion, La Rural		ICCA Tools Training: How to use Big Data, the Statistics Tool and the PR Kit Nogal, White Pavilion, 1st Floor, La Rural
11:45 - 12:00	Networking Break Yellow pavilion, La Rural
12:00 - 13:00	Closing Session Room A - San Telmo, Red Pavilion, La Rural
13:00 - 14:30	Next Destination Lunch Pavilion 8, La Rural
14:30 - 18:30	Optional City Tour Pick up from La Rural