Advertisement 3 March 2015 Upcoming International Congresses Europe European Biotechnology Congress of the European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association, 07-09/05/15, Bucharest +++ 20th Congress of SIETAR Europa, 21-23/05/15, Valencia +++ 7th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference of the International Society for the advancement of Science and Technology, 26-29/05/15, Paris Asia Exploration Conference of the South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society, 15-17/04/15, Singapore +++ 13th Congress of the International Society of Bone Morphometry, 27-29/04/15, Tokyo +++ 14th Quadrennial Congress of the Asian-Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons, 15-18/04/15, Jeju America 23rd Annual Conference of the Caribbean Association of Otolaryngologists, 18-22/03/15, Nassau +++ World Congress of the Society of Automotive Engineers International, 21-23/04/15, Detroit MI +++ 16th Congress of the International Rhinologic Society, 30/04-02/05/15, Sao Paulo Africa World Congress of the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle, 13-17/04/15, Cape Town +++ 16th Conference of the Association of Parliamentary Libraries of Eastern and Southern Africa, 20-25/04/15, Nairobi +++ Conference of the International Advertising Association, 27-28/04/15, Accra Pacific 30th Annual International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International, 15-18/04/15, Perth +++ World Geothermal Congress of the International Geothermal Association, 19-24/04/15, Melbourne +++ Combined Interim Scientific Meeting of the Molecular Genetics Society of Australasia and Australasian Society of Cytogeneticists, 10-12/04/15, Auckland Why is it worthwhile to attend the IMEX Association Day? by Clara Fernández López, External Relations Manager UIA Frankfurt. Join UIA for learning and networking at the IMEX Association Day on Monday, 18 May 2015. Meeting the current needs of associations, and independent from the association’s area of activity, high level educational sessions facilitated by experts present topics and deliver professional advice related to association operations, marketing and meetings. These interactive sessions are the priority reason for association executives to sign up for Association Day at IMEX. However, association representatives, who have enjoyed the experience in previous years, know that the Association Evening, the social event which follows the education afternoon, is an equally fruitful and inspiring part of this learning day... Read more! Advertisement Please tell us your news! Feel free to get in touch. We would like to hear about you. Round Table Europe Brussels. The UIA Round Table Europe 2015 will take place on 13 November at the Crowne Plaza Brussels. The UIA Associations Round Table is an opportunity to learn and network. Please join us! Digital Outlook Report. Care2, hjc, and NTEN have collaborated to publish the first annual 2015 Digital Outlook Report focusing on nonprofit trends & strategy based on data from nearly 500 contributors. Advertisement Association Summit Brussels. Register now for the European Association Summit (EAS) in Brussels on 5 and 6 May 2015. Its focus will be on how associations can be “pioneers of change”. Among the key note speakers is Isabel Bardinet, European Society of Cardiology. Open data Free service. The Open Calendar is a free service of the Union of International Associations' subscription-based International Congress Calendar Online (ICCO) with more than 350,000 meetings. Its open version includes 7,000 international meetings. Why Kuala Lumpur? Ho Yoke Ping, General Manager, Business Events at the Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) Did you know that Kuala Lumpur...? + is the home to the world’s tallest twin towers: The Petronas Twin Towers have 88 floors and 78 elevators. + has a helicopter landing pad that is transformed into a rooftop bar at night. + was voted as the 4th Most Ideal Shopping Destination in the World. Read more! "Families are on the forefront of changes" William Hiebert, General Secretary of the International Family Therapy Association (IFTA) The cornerstone of every society is the family. Is there a growing need for family therapy? Family Therapy is an American export. While individual psychotherapy began in Vienna with Freud. In the 1960s, American psychiatrists, trying to solve the enigma of schizophrenia, came to the conclusion that they needed to see the entire family, not just the patient. Thus, family therapy began with the idea that the entire family was the patient. As cultures around the world experience the stresses and strains of greater urbanization, globalization, and the fracturing of the kinship networks, the interest in family therapy... Read more! Important conferences European Association Summit 05-06/05/2015 Brussels More UIA RT Europe 13/11/2015 Brussels More Important shows IT&CM China 14-16/04/2015 Shanghai More IMEX 19-21/05/2015 Frankfurt More Number of the month Multi-lingualism. 28% of the people holding key positions in international associations speak only one language fluently, according to this year’s edition of the of the Yearbook of International Organizations, Volume 6. 26% are bi-lingual, and 20% are tri-lingual. New associations International Intellectual Property Law Association (IIPLA) w w w. iipla. org Oceania Mini Football Federation http: //oceaniaminifootball. com Global Outreach Doctors w w w. globaloutreachdoctors. org feedback print unsubscribe subscribe imprint