Welcome

to the

Future Leaders Forum

“ We are sorry that we cannot be with you today!”

The Future Leaders Forum

Objectives:

• To support Warsaw, Poland and MPI Poland Club

• To inform about the meetings Industry

• To encourage Future Leaders to make the meetings industry their career

• To connect Future Leaders throughout their career

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The Future Leaders Forum

• 45 Future Leaders Forum have taken place all over the world since 2003.

• Over 3,500 university/college students have attended these Forums.

• 80% are more likely to enter the meetings industry as a result of attending an FLF

• Many of these students have already entered into the meetings industry with excellent jobs.

Your concern!

The Times, UK – 25 Jan 2010

“Record rush for prime jobs as graduates fight for any offer!”

The Meetings Industry offers a great career

Vancouver

Beijing

Dubai

The Global Face of Meetings

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Traditional Advertising

Events

Public Relations

Web/Internet Marketing

Sponsorship Activities

Direct Marketing

Other

The Marketing and Communication Mix

Source: MCI’s Event Marketing Research (2006)

Meetings Deliver

• 28%: Current business that would be lost without face-to-face meetings

• 17%: The average Profit a company would lose if it eliminated all business travel

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Watch the trends….

• New destinations/competition

• March of technology

• Tradeshows

India

China

March of Technology

www.corbinball.com

Meetings for Generation Y

Four generations in the active population:

• Traditionalists, born between 1925 and 1942

• Baby Boomers, born between 1943 and 1960

• Generation X, born between 1961 and 1976

• Generation Y, born between 1977 and 1995

More – and better – use of technology

• Everything online

• Mobile telephone messages

• Better websites !

• Wi-fi everywhere

Tradeshows

• Potentially providing the best business opportunities in the industry

• Resulting in one of the best ROI

Quality in numbers.

• Hosted buyers: 3,412 from 57 countries

• Total visitors: 7,600 from 97 countries

• Total exhibitors: 3,300 from over 140 countries

“Back to back appointments all day every day.”

Sandra Chipchase, CEO Melbourne CVB

The Meetings Industry...

• Expanding

• Dynamic

• Young

• Variety

• Prestigious

• International

and FUN!

A career to think seriously about!

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Cross – Cultural Understanding

for effective business

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HSBC

The Worlds Local Bank

The more you look at the world, the more

you recognise how people value things

differently

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Richard Lewis Communications

www.crossculture.com

The FLF University Challenge

• A chance to represent your university and country

• A chance to see the Meetings Industry at work

• A chance to „fast track‟ your career

• A chance to network

www.imex-frankfurt.com/flfuniversitychallenge.html

Leadership

10 indispensable qualities of a leader

• Charisma• Commitment• Communication• Courage• Generosity

• Initiative• Passion• Positive attitude• Relationships• Vision

Communication

Without it, you travel alone.

Barack Obama

Commitment

It separates the doers from the dreamers

Passion

Take this life and love it!

Krzysztof

Celuch Wojciech

Liszka

Good luck with your careers!

YOU CAN ALL BE LEADERS!