Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of ICMCI - March 29, 2012
This is a year of celebration for ICMCI - our 25th anniversary - and we do hope that you will become involved in the exciting range of activities and events being organised throughout 2012.
We have a lot to be proud of - our membership strength; our global reach; the CMC brand. We have new member institutes wishing to come and join us. Through the global community of CMCs, we have a means of promoting our professionalism and getting our message out to the external market.
The first event of 2012, to form part of our anniversary celebrations, is the International Conference being organised jointly by ICMCI and the Hungarian Association of Management Consultants, on the theme of Beyond Talent: Enhancing Performance Through Certifications. The venue is the Hotel President, in central Budapest, and the date for your diary is Thursday 10 May.
The flyer for the Conference is attached here and our hosts hope that many of you will wish to attend. This event is free of charge for ICMCI members.
As well as contributions from ExCom members and our Hungarian hosts, the Conference will hear keynote addresses from the:
- European Commission on the Improve project on innovation management
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation
- Ernst & Young Hungary
This half day conference is being held in conjunction with the ICMCI Euro Hub meeting, on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 May. Preliminary information has already been circulated to you on this event and a further announcement and full programme of speakers will be available shortly. All information and further updates will appear on www.icmci.org.
We invite you to:
- Circulate this information to your Institute membership, inviting their attendance
- Promote our events, as well as our 25th anniversary, to your stakeholders, clients, partners, and media contacts.
To help you in this, a press release is being drawn up and will be made available to you in the next few days.
We look forward to seeing you in Budapest.
Yours in consulting,
Francesco D’Aprile
Chairman of ICMCI
ICMCI 2013 Congress Awarded to South Africa - March 27, 2012
Save the dates! The 2013 ICMCI Congress will be held in South Africa in early October in Sandton, a sub city of the Johannesburg Metro in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Sandton boasts some of the best conference facilities in the country, and these facilities are interconnected with some of the best hotels and shopping in the world. There will be more details to follow, but needless to say, we are excited to be going back to South Africa after so many years!
Congratulations to Angelo Kehayas and the South African Institute, and our thanks to all those institutes who expressed interest in hosting the Congress.
Taipei Resolutions Pass - January 30, 2012
Dear ICMCI Board of Trustees, Institute Chairs/Presidents and Executive Directors,
Following the ICMCI Congress in Taipei in October 2011, the ICMCI ExCom sent the attached documents to all our full members and their trustees. These documents contain background for the resolutions and recommendations which were discussed in Taipei.
I am pleased to announce that all the resolutions and recommendation from the Taipei Congress have passed.
If you have any questions, please contact me or the ICMCI chair, Francesco D’Aprile.
Yours in consulting,
Drumm McNaughton, Ph.D., CMC
Secretary ICMCI
Announcing the 2012 Annual Meeting!!! - January 28, 2012
The 2012 Annual Meeting celebrating ICMCI's 25th Anniversary will be held on October 3-6, 2012 at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, USA .
The conference venue will be the Buena Vista Palace Hotel and Spa, an award winning hotel and convention center located at the Walt Disney World complex in Orlando. With the Disney theme parks accessible by free shuttle, enjoy the magic as soon as you arrive on the property!!!
There are multiple activities planned for participants and partners, both during the Meeting and afterwards, including private tours of "Keys to the Kingdom," a behind the scenes tour of Disney World's Magic Kingdom; Kennedy Space Center; the world's largest private collection of Tiffany, and much more. The Disney parks and golf courses are accessible by free shuttle from the hotel, and offer enjoyment for kids of all ages!
Additionally, the IMC USA Annual Conference will be held at the same venue on October 5-6, and there are many joint events planned with their conference participants including a Gala Dinner to celebrate ICMCI's 25th Anniversary.
Please see the attached outline for the planned events of the meeting.
Post 9/11, the visa requirements for the USA are much more stringent, and for those who think they may need a visa to attend are strongly encouraged to begin the visa application process early. In the conference outline there are slides to discuss this which include links to the US Department of State pages on visas and entry into the USA.
IMC USA will have the registration pages up by March 1, 2012, and we will send notices out to all Trustees, Chairs, and Executive Directors letting them know when the registration pages are open.
We look forward to seeing you in Orlando in the very near future!!!