Newsletter 11 2006

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Congress Initiative Dresden successfully integrated into Dresden Convention Bureau e.V. (DCB)

The Congress Initiative Dresden (established in April 2005) was integrated into the Dresden Convention Bureau e.V. on 13th September 2006 in order to promote and market Dresden more effectively as a congress and meetings destination. Its 24 members represent event centres, conference facilities, meetings & congress hotels, congress agencies, technical suppliers and regional transport companies

The new Chairperson of the DCB Board is Dr. Michael Hupe (Managing Director of Dresden Airport). Other board members include Daniel Werner as Deputy Chairperson (General Director of The Westin Bellevue hotel in Dresden) and Hermann Hanser as Treasurer (Managing Director of CPO Hanser Service GmbH). These were confirmed in office at the DCB AGM which was held on 16th October 2006.

The DCB was established in 1992 and has been a shareholder of the Dresden Tourist Promotion Board (DWT) ever since. Its most important goals include strengthening Dresden’s position in the congress and conference sector and supporting Dresden companies involved in this field.

Further information:

www.dresden-congress.de

 

3rd Dresden Congress Awards at »Profession meets Vision« gala event

The Saxon State Capital’s ‘Dresden Congress Award’ was awarded for the third time on 8th November 2006 at MESSE DRESDEN. Over 100 renowned professors participated in this prestigious prize-giving event. Dresden’s First Mayor, Dr. Lutz Vogel, presented awards during the »Profession meets Vision« gala event to leading Dresden scientists who had displayed their practical engagement by attracting congresses to and holding congresses in Dresden. The Dresden Tourist Promotion Board (DWT) is the initiator of this prestigious ‘Professors’ Event’.
 
DWT Managing Director Yvonne Kubitza considers the Dresden Congress Award as an important sign of the close co-operation existing between Dresden’s tourism and congress branch with Dresden’s civic and scientific institutions: ‘This year we have been particularly successful in growing Dresden’s image as a congress and meetings destination by holding international conferences in Dresden. The ‘Professors’ Event’ has very much helped to increase dialogue between business and scientific interests.’ A total of 55 entries were received. One prize winner was chosen for each of four different categories.

Events with up to 200 participants: Prof. Dr. Steffen Hölldobler from the IT Faculty and Institute for Artificial Intelligence of the Technical University Dresden (TU Dresden) for the ‘ICCL Summer School: Logic-based Knowledge Representation’ from 2nd to 17th July 2005.

Events with 201 – 500 participants: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Rüdiger Hoffmann, Director of the Institute for Acoustics and Speech Communication at the TU Dresden’s Faculty of Electro- and Information Technology for the “Speech Prosody 2006, 3rd International Conference” from 02nd to 05th May 2006.

Congresses from 501 to 1,000 participants: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Büchner / Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Henry Güldner of the TU Dresden’s Faculty of Electro- and Information Technology for the “11th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications” from 10th to 15th September 2005.

Congresses with over 1,000 participants: Prof. Dr. med. Jobst Henker of the TU Dresden’s University Clinic and Polyclinic for Child and Youth Medicine for the “39th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)” from 07th to 10th June 2006.

A special prize was presented to Dr. Thomas Bürger, General Director of the Saxon State and University Library Dresden on behalf of Dresden’s hotels, sponsored this year by the Westin Bellevue Dresden, by Ms. Yvonne Kubitza and Bellevue Director Daniel Werner for the 95th German Librarians’ Day "Network Library" ´from 21st to 24th March 2006.

Further information: www.dresden-congress.de

 

New ICM portal offers all-round information

ICM Munich’s new all-round internet portal is online for clients and partners alike since the beginning of November 2006 – it is more comprehensive and quicker than ever before. Event planners can inform themselves in advance about the many services, spatial and technical possibilities offered by ICM. The ICM website has been completely re-structured on the basis of previous user behaviour and feedback. Key components include a new navigation structure, clarity and functionality. Planners can access quick, clear and detailed overviews of what meeting venues have to offer via comprehensive photo material, detailed floor and room layout plans in either 3-D animation or PFD formats. A new ‘room search’ function allows organisers and agencies to source rooms according to individual wishes and requirements. An additional service tool will be available from Springtime next year: clients who have already placed events in ICM’s capable hands can comfortably access and exchange planning details and other necessary information with ICM staff on an ongoing basis in a special secure area.

www.icm-muenchen.de