On Friday 14 January, Christer Carlsson was granted Honorary Life Membership of IAPCO for his services to education and training over the past 30 years. At a dinner held in the exclusive Chateau at Wolfsberg, home of IAPCO’s educational programme, Christer expressed his heartfelt appreciation of the honour.
Being one of the earliest members of IAPCO, he was instrumental in selecting the Wolfsberg UBS Platform for Excellence Centre as the home for IAPCO’s seminars, and now Masterclass, as far back as 1977.
The Centre has been the location of the seminars for the past 34 years, thus creating the popular name for IAPCO’s training programme – the Wolfsberg Seminars. Christer represented first RESO Congress Services, and then Stockholm Convention Bureau on IAPCO for 22 years, followed by an intergovernmental membership when he joined the EBRD in 2001. He has recently retired from frontline PCO activity.
“On behalf of the so many former students of IAPCO who have witnessed your passion and enthusiasm and for all your experience which you successfully passed on to others,” said IAPCO Vice-President, Gonzalo Perez Constanzó, “we wished to honour you and acknowledge your immense contribution to educating the future generations of the meetings industry.”
Mr. Education granted Honorary Membership of IAPCO
