New board members deliver a wealth of experience and recent views to ABPCO, guaranteeing continued progress and long-term success.

The Affiliation of British Skilled Convention Organizers (ABPCO) confirmed the appointment of six business leaders and specialists to its Govt Board throughout digital AGM.

Attended by over 50 members, the AGM served as a platform to stipulate ABPCO’s formidable plans for the upcoming 12 months. These will construct on a powerful previous 12 months, together with development throughout all areas of the affiliation’s providing. The plans provide important alternatives for development and development of the UK’s solely affiliation devoted to the organizers of affiliation conferences and occasions.

Additionally introduced was the opening of entries for the 2023 ABPCO Excellence Awards.

The brand new board members deliver a wealth of experience and recent views to ABPCO, guaranteeing continued progress and long-term success for the affiliation. The brand new board members are:

• Madalina Marincas – Opening Doorways and Venues
• Katie Bolton – MCI UK
• Sarvjit Wunsch – Affiliation of Higher Gastrointestinal Surgical procedure
• Sammy Connell – NASUWT – The Lecturers’ Union
• Sarah Vaughan – The Chartered Institute of Commerce Mark Attorneys
• Kate Sargent – Bioscientifica Ltd

Throughout the AGM, ABPCO’s chairs, Sarah Byrne and Emma Duffy, additionally expressed thanks, on behalf of the entire affiliation, to 4 departing board members who’ve every performed integral roles within the affiliation’s development and achievements over the previous few years:

• Barbara Calderwood – MCI UK and previous co-chair of ABPCO
• Michael Smith – CBI and previous co-chair of ABPCO
• Martin Linfield – James Hallam and outgoing treasurer of ABPCO
• David Parker – Royal Faculty of Physicians
• Laura Wilson – Speakeasy

Martin Linfield is succeeded within the position of treasurer by incoming board member, Kate Sargent.

“As these devoted people be a part of ABPCO’s government board, the affiliation appears to be like forward to a different profitable 12 months, pushed by the fervour of our members. We look ahead to capitalizing on previous achievements and embracing new alternatives for development, innovation, {and professional} improvement,” concludes Heather Lishman, ABPCO’s Affiliation Director.