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BAPCO stands for ‘Belgian Association of
Professional Conference Organisers’. It is a not-for-profit association representing its members in institutional, legal, ethical and associative matters.

UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS

Friday 29 January 2010: BAPCO New Year’s Dinner at the Brasserie de l'Ommegang, at Maison du Cygne in Brussels.

Monday 8 March 2010: “Green Meetings”

Wednesday 28 April 2010: “Marketing II” (follow-up meeting of the first meeting on this topic)

Monday 17 May 2010: “New technologies”

Monday 21 June 2010: General Assembly with election of new board

PAST MEETINGS & EVENTS 2008-2009

Wednesday 25 November 2009: “Insurances” with Hiscox, hosted by Radisson Blu, Brussels.

Monday 26 October 2009: “Human resources”, hosted by hotel Le Plaza, Brussels

28-29 August 2009
BAPCO Annual Retreat, hosted by Gent Congres and Marriott Ghent

Thursday, 25 June 2009
BAPCO General Assembly & meeting, hosted by Le Meridien, Brussels

Thursday, 28 May 2009
Theme: "Everything you always wanted to know about the new social networks but never dared to ask" Guestspeaker: Johan Vos, Lodgon.
H hosted by Marivaux Hotel, Congress & Seminar Centre Brussels

Thursday, 23 April 2009
Theme: "Discussion on professional ethics and deontology - Revision of the Charter" , hosted by Martin's Hotels at Château du Lac, Genval

Monday, 2 March 2009
Theme: “Trends in the industry from clients point of view / What do clients want”, hosted by the Conrad Hotel, Brussels

Thursday, 8 January 2009
BAPCO New Year’s Dinner at restaurant Notos, Brussels

Thursday, 11 December 2008
Theme: “Contracting clients”
Venue: Hotel Le Méridien, Brussels

Thursday, 30 October 2008
Theme: “How to increase revenu for congresses?” (on congress marketing)

August 23-25
BAPCO Annual Retreat, Hotel Ambassador, Paris
hosted by the Paris Convention Bureau and its partners VIPARIS and Thalys/Rail1

Monday 23 June
BAPCO General Assembly at BIP, Brussels

Thursday 22 May
Monthly meeting at the Heerlijckyt van Elsmeren (Geetbets).

Thursday 24 April
Thematic meeting 'The internet, threat or opportunity' with as guest speaker, Johan Peeters (http://johanpeeters.com)
Venue: Faculty Club Leuven (www.facultyclub.be)

Friday, 14 March
Brussels Job Days Meeting Industry , "La Tentation", Brussels

12 February 2008
Monthly BAPCO meeting
hosted Hotel Vendôme-Marivaux, Brussels

Landmark Congress for EFAPCO - 7-9 January 2010 - SQUARE, Brussels

A record-breaking 180 delegates, from 17 countries, took part in EFAPCO’s 4th Congress held at the new state-of-the-art SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre.

Themed on Sustainability and Competitiveness in the Meetings Industry, it proved to be a landmark event in many ways.

Two days of action-packed plenary and parallel sessions featured experts from all manner of fields analysing the impact of new social media on the meetings industry, the implementation of sustainable solutions and creating new opportunities out of the current global economic challenges, to answering the expectations of PCOs and the upcoming Generation Y, plus understanding the impact of new VAT regulations on the congress industry. Read more

Plenary session have been webcaptured by our partner Streamdis and can be viewed on-line by clicking this link: http://www.streamdis.eu/efapco

Brussels Meeting Week - 13-20 March 2009

Each year, Brussels promotes and reinforces the Meetings Industry’s image during a whole week of activities. Everybody has the opportunity to learn what the Meetings Industry means for Brussels.
Politicians, media, European & international institutions, corporate decision-makers, job seekers, students…all have a big part to play in recognising the value and raising awareness of the Meetings Industry. It makes a vital contribution to the Brussels economy and employment

It all started back in 2006 and is now in its 4th edition. In its first year the Brussels Meetings Week won an important international award from the Joint Meeting Industry Council, the body representing the industry at a global level. The event has since gone from strength to strength.
This year it has a new look, a new logo, a new website and an even more positive and youthful spirit!

The Brussels Meeting Week is concluded with an Award Ceremony which will take place this year at the AA Dock's. During this ceremony, BAPCO is again awarding its Belgian Meeting Industry Award 2008.

Welcome to Brussels Meetings Week 2009!

BAPCO's BMIA2008 for Emmanuel van Innis

The Belgian Association of Professional Conference Organisers, assigned its 8th « Belgian Meetings Industry Award » to Emmanuel Van Innis, president of BECI and member of the Board of Directors of Suez Tractebel, for his commitment in the Brussels Metropolitan Region 2018 project, which aims at turning Brussels into a genuine European capital, by the encouragement of visionary projects. This award is also for the commitment of Suez to foster cultural development of our region, more in particular the patronage to the Magritte Museum, which will be undoubtedly an important asset for our industry!

Download the Press Release on the full award ceremony here (FR / NL)