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PCMA TODAY JUNE 2013


PCMA is the leading resource and premier educator for professionals in the meetings and conventions industry.


Hands On The Global Professionals Conference provides the opportunity for meeting profession- als doing business in the Asia-Pacific region to meet with key CVB and convention center executives from that part of the world.


Professionals Conference Meeting professionals from every corner of the globe will convene in August to learn how to enhance their business in the Asia-Pacific region.


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nderstanding how to do busi- ness abroad is critical, allow- ing meeting professionals to


expand their reach and connect with a wider audience — particularly in the exploding Asia-Pacific region. To help planners enhance that connection, PCMA is hosting the Global Profession- als Conference at the Hawaii Conven- tion Center in Honolulu on Aug. 26–29. The conference is a highly interac-


tive, collaborative, invitation-only pro- gram for global meeting planners who have held a meeting in the Asia-Pacific


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region and have plans to hold others in the future. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with a small group of senior suppliers from conven- tion centers and convention bureaus in the region. “This year’s Global Professionals


program is a bit different than in the past,” said Michelle Crowley, PCMA’s manager of global development, “as it focuses on the Asia-Pacific region ver- sus the entire globe.” Attendees can learn about cultural protocol from Honolulu’s East-West


Center, and education sessions will take a case-study approach to holding meet- ings in the Asia-Pacific region. Keynote speaker Jonathan Pain,


director of Australia-based JP Consult- ing (NSW) Pty. Ltd., will discuss his predictions for the future, including how Asia-Pacific’s advancements in the next decade will help contribute to the strongest economic growth the world has experienced in more than 30 years. For more information about the


PCMA 2013 Global Professionals Con- ference, visit convn.org/glopro-ap.


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PCMA Heads to Hawaii for the Global


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