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Association of British Professional Conference Organizers announces new board
January 11, 2018
The Association of British Professional Conference Organizers (ABPCO) announced a new look board during its AGM in Harrogate.
The changes will see Jo Powel (Macmillan Cancer Support) and Kate Sargent (BioScientifica Ltd) join the board for six months prior to taking over as joint-chairs in June 2018. To best meet the needs of ABPCO’s diverse membership, the joint-chairs represent both in-house and agency PCOs.
Changes following the AGM also include the addition of James Caldwell (Innov8 Conference Services) as well as the departure of several long-standing members including past chairs Caroline Windsor (TFI Group Ltd) and Nicole Leida (National Cancer Research Institute).
Conference News’ own editor and Mash Media editorial director, Martin Fullard.
The annual awards, which reward excellence and professionalism in the world of association events also recognised lockdown heroes and industry partners. IPSE picked up the award for Best In-House Conference by and Organiser while Haymarket won Best Conference by an Agency Organiser.
Conference News editor Martin Fullard won the Chairmen’s Award for his efforts in bringing the industry together, clear reporting on developments and advocacy.
“In a remarkable year we expected remarkable entries and our membership truly delivered,” said Barbara Calderwood, ABPCO co-chair. “ABPCO members demonstrated creativity, flexibility and tenacity as they organised events under very different circumstance compared to anything they have done in the past. Thank you to all our members for submitting their entries and well done to our worthy winners, who were chosen through a mixture of audience voting and j