ABPCO, the Association of British Professional Conference Organisers, has launched the ABPCO Academy, a new initiative to engage students and academic centres of excellence in event management.
The ABPCO Academy is designed to introduce universities and colleges to ABPCO and will offer Academy members the opportunity to gain recognition, credibility and strong visibility within the UK business tourism market for their institution. Students will also benefit from networking and engagement with professional conference and event organisers, industry colleagues and other professional bodies.
ABPCO Chair Rebecca Cadman-Jones said: ‘ABPCO fully recognises the importance of students to the future of the events industry and we are working closely with academic institutions to benefit the development and quality standards of the meetings industry as a whole. The Academy will look at further programmes to help students gain experience, enabling them to graduate with the skill sets required for the events industry.’
Universities and colleges that join the ABPCO Academy will benefit from:
- Access to a speaker bank of ABPCO members
- Access to ABPCO member organisations
- Access to a group of ABPCO members committed to participate in student research projects
- Opportunity to network with ABPCO conference and event organisers
- Reduced rates at ABPCO training and educational events, including the ABPCO conference
