Advertisement 2 April 2019 Upcoming International Congresses Europe 38th Annual Congress of the European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology, 26-30/04/19, Milan +++ 26th Biennial Conference of the Nordic Association for American Studies, 25-27/04/19, Bergen +++ 46th Congress of the European Federation of the Contact Lens and IOL Industries, 25-27/04/19, Brussels Asia 9th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles, 24-28/04/19, Kyoto +++ 29th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 25-27/04/19, Singapore +++ 7th Conference of the Asia Pacific Region of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 23-26/04/19, Manila America 24th World Congress on Osteoarthritis of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International, 02-05/05/19, Toronto ON +++ 35th Congress of the World Veterinary Association, 27-30/04/19, San José +++ 61st Annual Conference of the Association for Borderlands Studies, 24-27/04/19, San Diego CA Africa 9th Biennial Africa Conference of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 06-08/05/19, Cape Town +++ Africa and Middle East Conference of Junior Chamber International, 01-04/05/19, Balaclava +++ 19th Conference of the Association of Parliamentary Libraries of Eastern and Southern Africa, 06-10/05/19, Kampala Pacific 15th World Congress of Sociology of Sport, 24-27/04/19, Dunedin +++ 20th Triennial Congress of the International Academy of Cytology, 05-10/05/19, Sydney +++ 21st Biennial Congress of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, 07-10/05/19, Brisbane Advertisement Association Governance: Indispensable essence of advancement Hemant K Batra is the elected Vice President of SAARCLAW (South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law) as well as a UIA Active Member. He will be speaking at the upcoming UIA Associations Round Table in Pattaya, Thailand which takes place 19 & 20 September 2019. The expression Governance has long been misconstrued as a bundle of onerous obligations. Stakeholders have always misunderstood it as a system of bookish burden or duty in vain. However, the concept of association governance attracted substantial public attention in the last decade in the global associations’ landscape be it not for profit organisations or for-profit associations. Paradoxically, the notion of governance was initially confined to the halls of academia, but later it started to find increased acceptance for its relevance and underlying importance in industry, capital markets, organisations and associations ... Read more Advertisement IMEX Association Day, 20 May 2019, Frankfurt IMEX Association Day. If you’re an association leader or an association events professional looking for innovative solutions to the challenges facing associations across the world today, this is the event for you. Hear from expert global speakers and discuss topics on talent management, creating visionary boards, event design, GDPR compliance, plus more! Register your interest today. Book on history of UIA and global civil society to be released Associations History. The UIA was founded in 1907, aiming to record the relations and interests of international organizations across the world. Its long history makes it a prism through which to study the field of international organizations. Bringing together many cross-disciplinary experts, International Organizations and Global Civil Society is the first scholarly book to cover both the UIA's early years and its more recent past. 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Save the Dates: 2019 UIA Associations Round Table Education. The UIA Associations Round Table aims to promote and facilitate the work of international associations by providing training and networking opportunities. The 7th Round Table Asia-Pacific will take place in Pattaya, Thailand on 19 & 20 September 2019. The 13th Round Table Europe will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 4 November 2019. Topics which are set to be covered include: UN Accreditation, networking, event organization, external communications strategy, membership, governance, legal statutes, and accounting. Associations should expect to receive invitations and full programme details in the spring. Why Melbourne? By Karen Bolinger, CEO, Melbourne Convention Bureau Did you know, that…? Melbourne is a world leader in medicine. 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Read more Advertisement Working together for the common good By Ruth Shanks AM, World President, Associated Country Women of the World On 4 April, you are going to kick off the 29th Triennial Conference of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW). What are the main goals and outcomes you hope to achieve with this conference? The main business for our Triennial World Conference will be to elect a Board of Trustees; I will be standing down after 6 years as World President and a total of 12 years on the Board. We also have an interesting range of policy resolutions to discuss on matters focussed on international social policy, women, and the environment which will dictate our strategic path over the next three years. This business will be set in the context of a major social gathering of around 650 delegates from all over the world. It is about friendship, learning from each other, and working together for the common good to empower women and improve lives for rural women and their communities worldwide ... Read more Advertisement Convention Highlights 11th World Congress for Hair Research 24-27/04/19, Barcelona, Spain More World Congress of the World Federation of Athletic Training & Therapy 11-12/05/19, Tokyo, Japan More Important shows Associations World Congress & Expo 07-09/04/19 Gothenburg, Sweden More World Travel Market Africa 10-12/04/19 Cape Town, South Africa More ITB China 15-17/05/19 Shanghai, China More Number of the month According to the 7th edition (released November 2018) of the UIA Survey on International Meeting Issues 48% of surveyed international associations choose to organize an exhibition in conjunction with their international meetings. 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