MIBEX Russia 2006

The World of Incentives and Meetings

9.30 - 10.30 Arrival and visitor registration

10.30 - 10.40 Official Opening of the Conference. Welcoming speech of the conference chairman Jurij Sarapkin, Executive Vice - President of the Russian Business Travel Association (RBTA), member of the Meeting Professionals International (MPI)

10.40 - 11.00 Welcoming speech of Ms.Elena Suvorova, President of the Russian Business Travel Association (RBTA)

11.00 - 11.30 Understanding the role of incentives. Why incentives? Do incentive programmes motivate staff? Do incentive programmes overcome management problems?
Lex Granaada, Managing Partner Granaada & Partner/President 2006 SITE International

11.30 - 12.00 Incentives à la Hungarian

Dr.Hilda Faragó, Secretary General of the National Tourism Board

12.00 - 12.30 Coffee break

12.30 - 13.00 Incentive in Russia: today and in the future. Characteristics, differences and trends Jurij Sarapkin, Executive Vice - President of the Russian Business Travel Association (RBTA), member of the Meeting Professionals International (MPI)

13.00 - 13.30 Incentive on Lake Baikal - problems and perspectives
Andrey Shapovalov, General Director “Green Express Travel Group Ltd.”, Irkutsk

13.30 - 14.00 Budget planning, how to finalize the budget of an incentive programme, factors affecting investment
Lex Granaada, Managing Partner Granaada & Partner/President 2006 SITE International

14.00 - 14.50 Lunch

14.50 - 15.20 Event and Meeting Industry in 2006 (Presentation 1)

Agency pricing models and their application. Budgeting of meetings (Presentation 2)
Roger Tondeur, MCI Group S.A, CEO and Founder of MCI

15.40 - 16.10 Meetings they love, meetings they hate. Peculiarities of a sucessful meeting and sins of a deadly meeting Tony Carey, President/CEO of “Tony Carey Consultancy”

16.10 - 16.30 Discussion and questions

DAY TWO - 21 September 2006

The Ideal Meeting and Venue Management. Conference Rooms and Business Centres

10.30 - 10.40 Official Opening of the Conference. Welcoming speech of the conference chairman Jurij Sarapkin, Executive Vice - President of the Russian Business Travel Association (RBTA), member of the Meeting Professionals International (MPI)

10.40 - 11.10 Basic guide to meeting management. Education within the meetings industry
Didier Scaillet, Meeting Professionals International, Director of European Operations and Global Development

11.10 - 11.40 Meetings: types, characteristics and special requirements.
Tony Carey, President/CEO of “Tony Carey Consultancy”

11.40 - 12.10 How to develop networking and information exchange to increase the quality and number of meetings in your city
Tom Hulton, International Meeting Venues, CEO

12.10 - 12.40 Coffee break

12.40 - 13.10 Cross-cultural aspect of MICE industry. Meetings at the junction of cultures
Michael Gates, Executive Director of “Richard Lewis Communications”

13.10 - 13.40 Meeting point - Tallinn. Role and functions of convention bureaus in attracting incentive travellers

Irina Svidlov, Main Specialist of Tallinn City Tourist Office & Convention Bureau (TCTO&CB)

13.40 - 14.10 Venue planning and marketing: basic requirements and small extras that sell your conference facility
Fabien Dutriaux, Grimaldi Forum Monaco, Business Development Manager

14.10 - 15.00 Lunch

15.00 - 15.30 How to use international channels and database to find meeting industry partners
Didier Scaillet, Meeting Professionals International, Director of European Operations and Global Development

15.30 - 16.00 Discussion and questions

16.00 - 16.30 Closing speech of the conference chairman
Jurij Sarapkin, Executive Vice - President of the Russian Business Travel Association (RBTA), member of the Meeting Professionals International (MPI)

The Conference 2005

"Congratulations for a very successful 2005 edition of MICE Moscow: well organised, great attendance of qualified professionals and interesting content for the conference."

Didier Scaillet, MPI, Director of European Operations & Global Development

The conference featured key players of the meeting industry and natioanl & internatioanl MICE associations like ICCA, MPI, SITE, RBTA and RATA. More than 150 conference delegates of MICE MOSCOW 2005 had a unique chance to meet professionals and well - known internatioanl experts of the MICE market and learn more about the essentials of meeting & conference organisation.

Educational conference

Euroexpo offered strategic education: Russian participants received a certificate confirming continued education after having attended the MICE conference.

International know-how

Euroexpo invited international and Russian MICE and business travel associations to share their know-how and develop MICE solutions that correspond to the needs of the Russian market.

MICE MOSCOW 2005 Conference program

“The global MICE market today and tomorrow”

Conference moderated by Yuri Sarapkin, Russian Business Travel Association, Executive Vice - President

9.00 - 9.30
Visitor registration + morning coffee

9.30 - 9.45
Official Opening

9.45 - 9.55
Welcoming speech of the conference moderator Mr. Jurij Sarapkin, Executive Vice - President of the the Russian Business Travel Association (RBTA) 5min

Trends in the Meeting Industry
Speaker: Didier Scaillet; MPI, Director of European Operations and Global Development 35 min

Meetings Made in Germany
Speaker: Lutz P. Vogt, Managing Director GCB (German Convention Bureau) Member of ICCA Board of Directors 35min

The role of International associations and convention bureaus in the MICE industry
ICCA (International Congress & Convention Association), Mr. Tom Hulton 5min
MPI (Meeting Professionals International), Mr. Didier Scaillet 5min
SITE (The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives), Ms. Carolyn Dow 5min
German Convention Bureau, Mr. Lutz P. Vogt 5min
Hungarian Convention Bureau, Mr. Christof Stojanovich 5min

11.25 - 11.40 Coffee break

11.40 - 13.55

Russia as a MICE Destination: the past and the future of the MICE industry in Russia

Globalization impact and characteristics of the Russian MICE market
Speaker: Mr. Yuri Sarapkin, Russian Business Travel Association, Executive Vice - President 30min

Development of tourism business in the global competition market and Russia joining World Trade Organization (WTO)
Speaker: Mr. Alexander Bocharov, Governor of the European Economic
Chamber EEIG for the CIS 15min

Legislation in tourism and business
Speaker: Mr. Evgeni Pisarevsky, Adviser of the Russian State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism 15min

Destination Marketing. Is Moscow getting its fair share of the international meetings market?
Speaker: Mr. Tom Hulton, International Meeting Venues, Chief Executive Officer; Director of International Relations of IMEX, Ex-CEO of ICCA 30min

The role of professional associations in MICE industry by the example of RBTA
Speaker: Ms. E. Suvorova, President of RBTA 15min

Shot presentations:
RHA (Russian Hotel Association) 5 min
Russian Union of Tourism Industry, Mr. S. Shpilko 5 min
Foresta Tropicana Hotel 5 min
Heliopark Hotel Management 5 min

Discussion and questions 10min

14.10 - 14.50 Lunch

14.50 - 16.35

Career Pathing
Speaker: Didier Scaillet; MPI, Director of European Operations and Global Development 35min

Why incentives? How to do it.
Educational seminar for corporate buyers
Speaker: Carolyn Dow, The Dow Consultancy, Scotland
Member of MPI and SITE 35min

16.35 - 16.50 Coffee break

16.50 - 18.00

Conference Concepts and Conference venues of the Future
Speaker: Thomas Rupperti; CEO, Austria Center Vienna

Marketing of Conference Venues
Speaker: Fabien Dutriaux; Manager Business Development, Grimaldi Forum Monaco, Member of MPI 35 min

Should you have any questions or require additional information please feel free to contact Mr. Fabien DUTRIAUX d irectly at fdutriaux@grimaldiforum.com

The perfect corporate event / Meeting planning
Educational seminar with case studies
Speaker: Roger Tondeur, CEO, MCI Group S.A.
Immediate Past President of SITE 35 min

Award of Certificates

MICE MOSCOW Networking reception