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www.parkworld-online.comPark NewsMack makes personnel changesKurt Mack-Even has retired from Mack Rides after 35 yearswith the German ride manufacturer. The company has nowappointed a new executive board comprising Christian vonElverfeldt as managing director/CEO, Thorsten Koebele,handling sales and marketing, and chief technical officerGünther Burger.“Since the seventies, Kurt Mack-Even was always MackRides’ face to the customer,” the board notes in a recentKurt Mack-Even statement. “We are more than glad we can count on hisadvice even in his post ‘retirement’! Kurt will continue consulting our salesdepartment and be available for his clients.”Koebele meanwhile boasts 13 years’ experience as a design engineer andproject manager and head of Mack Rides’ development department.Bob Gurr advisesProducers GroupLegendary ex-Disney Imagineer Bob Gurr has joined theboard of advisors at The Producers Group.A winner of the prestigious TEA’s Thea Award forLifetime Achievement in 1999, he is one of the elite few toBob Gurrreceive his own window on Main Street in Disneyland.Based, like Walt Disney Imagineering, in Glendale, California, TheProducers Group is headed by joint CEOs and executive producers BobChambers and Edward Marks. Its portfolio includes lots of work for Universal.conference programmetakes shapeThe conference topics have been confirmed for October’s Euro AttractionsShow (EAS) in Berlin. The event will also feature exclusive behind-the-scenestours to local attractions including Tropical Islands and Filmpark Babelsberg.Some of Europe’s leading industry experts will participate in educationsessions on Halloween events, emerging markets, waterparks, social media,new technologies, sustainability, safety, and food and beverage trends. ParkWorld will reveal some of the confirmed speakers in due course.The conference programme takes place on Wednesday and Thursday,October 9 and 10, with a special FEC/Indoor programme set for October 11in addition to the three-day IAAPA Institute for Attractions Managers fromOctober 7 to 9.The main EAS trade show – now firmly established as Europe’s premierevent for parks and attractions industry – will take place from October 9 to12 at Messe Berlin. Situated on the edgeof the German capital, the venue is nearmany hotels and restaurants and alsoenjoys excellent public transport links bothto the city and its new airport.More than 350 exhibitors are promisedand organiser IAAPA Europe isanticipating more than 7,000 visitors,including several newcomers from EasternEurope thanks to Berlin’s location.iaapa.org/easMARCH 201215