The International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO) has launched a brand new advocacy campaign, ‘IAPCO: Unlocking Excellence’ designed to reinforce the standard and professionalism of occasion and congress organisation globally.
IAPCO, the one worldwide accreditation affiliation for Professional Congress Organisers (PCOs), is recognised for its stringent accreditation course of. This ensures IAPCO members meet excessive requirements in timeliness, effectivity, creativity, monetary accountability, and administration.
Martin Boyle, CEO of IAPCO commented: “Our goal with the ‘Unlocking Excellence’ campaign is to highlight the rigorous standards that our members adhere to. We want to emphasise the importance of quality assurance in the global meetings and events industry.”
IAPCO members contribute considerably to the worldwide financial system. In 2022 and 2023, IAPCO members – representing 91 member firms throughout 180 registered PCO places of work globally, and 17,657 skilled occasion and congress consultants, from 45 nations – organised over 33,403 conferences, occasions and congresses, producing €27.7 billion in financial exercise.
This impression is about to proceed to rise with 6,912 confirmed occasions and congresses booked for 2025-27 and an extra 4,050 pending.
IAPCO’s core mission is to raise the requirements throughout the world conferences and occasions trade. This is achieved by a rigorous accreditation course of the place PCOs bear steady peer critiques and should exhibit excellence in all facets of occasion and congress administration, together with ongoing schooling, fostering connections, and offering help to its members.
“The accreditation course of is designed to make sure that our members are recognised as one of the best within the trade. This course of additionally features a demonstrated dedication to ongoing schooling and innovation to maintain updated with the adjustments going through our sector.
“Our members are leaders, always striving to set new benchmarks for quality and innovation,” stated Boyle.
IAPCO continues to be a driving power within the world conferences and occasions trade, setting the usual for high quality and professionalism. The ‘Unlocking Excellence’ campaign is a part of IAPCO’s ongoing dedication to those values.
