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[news Industry]megatrendTechnisierungn Mannheim. Der Megatrend Technisierungwird die Veranstaltungsbranchebis 2030 prägen und herausfordern,lautet eines der Ergebnisse derStudie „Tagung und Kongress der Zukunft“des German Convention Bureau(GCB). Aus diesem Grund veranstaltetdas GCB den Innovationsworkshop„Herausforderungen in der Veranstaltungskommunikation‒ Alles nur Technik?“am 4. Dezember 2013 im m:conCongress Center Rosengarten inMannheim. Teilnahmegebühr: 75 Euro.www.gcb.de/de/innovationsworkshop„Wie kommunizieren wir in Zukunft?“,fragt der GCB-Innovationsworkshop.“How will we communicate in thefuture?,” asks the GCB workshop.Photo: M-DaysRisk Managementfor incentivesn Whitepaper. The third White Paper in the“Incentives Move Business” series from theSite International Foundation, “Risk Assessment/Managementfor Incentive Events,”provides a process for incentive practitionersto develop a Risk Management Plan. Whenmotivational events are impacted by weatheror natural disasters, government or laborunrest, disruption of transportation, medicalemergencies, or acts of terrorism or violence,the effects can vary greatly and frequentlyone reaction is to resort to legal action.www.siteglobal.comEmployment continuesto improven Business Barometer. According to MPI’s(Meeting Professionals International) 2013Quarter 3 Business Barometer: Employmentcontinues to improve in the global meetingindustry, as do economic conditions. With theexception of a few specific locations, marketplaceuncertainty is giving way to the need toand more creative and efficient ways to delivergreat experiences. Meeting professionalsare turning to better uses of technology,more creative event and session formats anda better understanding of emerging tools inorder to enhance attendee experiences. U.S.Americans and Europeans are more optimisticabout the future. In Europe they saw anincrease in business of 1.5 percent over thelast 12 months, in the US of 2.7. For 2014 theypredict an increase in business of 3.6 percentfor Europe and 4 percent for the US.www.mpiweb.orgObservatory researchn Europe. EFAPCO’s European Observatoryresearch and educational programmes areset to take a series of major steps forward atthe Federation’s 6th Congress on 17/18 January2014 in Malaga. The European Observatoryprogramme (EUROBS) has alreadysparked interest within the European Parliament,using the EFAPCO relationship withMEPs in Brussels to explore ways in whichPCOs can secure greater recognition of theways meetings impact across the EuropeanParliament’s interests The EUROBS threepillarprogramme embraces research intoevent management, professional educationand the economic and employment benefitsgenerated by the PCO sector.www.efapco.euCIM 6/201361