IBC 2010: By The Industry For The Industry

Each September, the leading brands, finest minds and wisest investors come to IBC – the premier annual conference and exhibition for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and media content worldwide. Each year, over 1,300 companies from around the world exhibit at IBC. They choose IBC because of its 45,000 plus visitors, its track record [...]

Oracle OpenWorld 2010. It all starts here.

Oracle OpenWorld is the world’s largest and most important conference for Oracle technologists, business users, and partners. This annual gathering is the best place to meet live and in person with experts, enthusiasts, business leaders, and innovators from every industry around the globe to network, learn, and celebrate your role in the technology that runs [...]

Increasing traffic and conversion rates leads to increased LOVE ….and revenue!

Internet Dating Conference is the industry’s largest event for business management of an Online Dating and Social Networking website. Next conference is in Paris, FRANCE at the Hotel Concorde Lafayette on September 16-17, 2010. iDate2010 Paris will be attended by major executives from the European internet personal industry. The event will discuss: European business strategies, [...]

Victoria to host biotechnology and aquaculture events

World experts on aquaculture and plant biotechnology will converge on Victoria after the securing of two major international conferences in Melbourne. Melbourne has won the rights to host the International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB) Congress 2014 and the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Tradeshow 2012. Chief Executive Officer of the Melbourne Convention + Visitors [...]

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Tony Juniper, one of the world’s best known ecologists and forthright campaigner is opening this year’s WTM World Responsible Tourism Day on Wednesday 10 November at ExCeL, London. Juniper is the former director of Friends of the Earth UK, campaigning and rallying public opinion and vice chair of the 70-strong network of national organisations of [...]

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