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Academic Research in the meetings industry49th ICCA Congress & Exhibition24 October, 2010
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Moderator:
• Sarah Markey-Hamm, National Manager, ICMS Pty, Australia
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Panel:
• Isabell Faad – Angell Business School• Marana Mueller – Angell Business School• Claudia Schulze Proebsting – Fachhochschule
Osnabrueck• Jasong Zhang – Fachhochschule Osnabrueck• Emily James – Victoria University• Amber Cummings – Victoria University• Prof. Helmut Schwaergermann –
Fachhochschule Osnabrueck
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Key questions:
• Are there priority research areas for the industry
• Are there topics that industry is unlikely to study on its own, without academic input
• Would industry be willing to put funds into industry/academic research
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Possible areas of research:
• Trend information about take-up
and video conferencing across
industry sectors; research into
what kind og substitution impact
on meetings is being caused
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Possible areas of research:
• Some academically rigorous studies into
"Green" issues in congress centres -
comparisons of the different
accreditations and "badges";
comparisons of the legislative framework
in different countries (ie what is the legal
starting point for sustainability issues)
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Possible areas of research:
• Cross-generational and cross-cultural
comparisons of delegates - their
behaviour, attitudes, learning
methodologies, etc. Are shared
subject or company cultures more or
less important than these socio-
economic issues
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Possible areas of research:
Early identification of growth areas forthe future: eg nanotechnology; anythingto do with genetics; new materials andproducts - how can we best identify andanalyse trend information; are there linksbetween PR profile of topics and theemergence of topic-specific conferences;do new events spin off from existingevents, or arise separately
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Possible areas of research:
• Do newly created companies (eg
Google, Facebook) organise their
meetings activity in fundamentally
different ways from older companies?
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Possible areas of research:
• How can networking efficiency or
effectiveness be scientifically
measured?
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Possible areas of research:
• Country by country analysis of visa-
handling competitiveness (a kind of
giant grid showing how challenging it
is for a delegate from any country to
attend a meeting in any other
country)
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Possible areas of research:
• Comparative analysis of all centres
larger than 10,000 m2 built 2005-
2010. Are they in any way
fundamentally different from the
previous generation and in which
ways. Are there any common
themes?
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Possible areas of research:
• Development of associations and
association membership in Asia; in
Africa; in Middle East
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Possible areas of research:
• Non-economic impact of association
meetings
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Possible areas of research:
• Analysis of changes in AV - price;
light-efficiency; back-projection
shrinkage; size; different types of
computer involvement; etc
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Thank you for your attention
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