Conferences and Workshops

The Bedouk Exhibition 2007 : Tout un programme !

Take advantage of the social and educational programme through a number of conferences, debates and workshops led by well-known speakers.

The aim of this programme is to provide precise information on various sector’s topics to professionals from the Mice Industry and will take Place in the Agora with space available for 200 people, in the forum or in the 3 atriums.

PLENARY CONFERENCE AND DEBATE SCHEDULE

Open to all, space-limited

 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24TH

• 10:30 a.m
  - Forum: DEBATE : Green meetings: making your event eco-friendly in cooperation with MPI and ANAé
  
• 12:00 p.m.
  - Forum: DEBATE: Making sense of your events: putting below-the-line advertising to work for your business’s values
   
• 2:30 p.m.
  - Forum: DEBATE: Sustainable development and ecotourism in cooperation with l’ANAé
  
  - Agora: CONFERENCE: Event Marketing trends for 2006 : results of the EventView study led by MPI & the American Agency George P. Johnson in cooperation with MPI
   
• 4:30 p.m.
  - Agora: CONERENCE: Event communication agencies in France: results of the annual ANAé/ Bedouk Study
  
  - Forum: DEBATE: Product launches, new responses in the event industry
   
• 6:00 p.m.
  - Agora: ANAé/ Bedouk Trophy Ceremony in cooperation with l’ANAé

 THURSDAY, JANUARY 25TH

• 10:00 a.m.
   - Forum: DEBATE: Selling the un-sellable: differentiating your traditional incentive products
  
• 11:00 a.m.
  - Agora: CONFERENCE: Bedouk / Coach Omnium Study, purchasing behavior of French companies for 2006 
   
• 11:30 a.m.
  - Forum: CONFERENCE: Talent management in the event industry led by Robin Lokerman in cooperation with MPI (admission reserved to MPI members)
   
• 2:00 p.m.
  - Forum: DEBATE: Below-the-line advertising in mix-marketing
   
• 3:30 p.m.
  - Agora: CONFERENCE: New trends in the Meeting Industry: results of the MPI/ American Express study
   
• 4:00 p.m.
  - Forum: DEBATE: Security: tomorrow’s number one priority in choosing corporate tourism destinations in cooperation with l’Echo Touristique

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Open to all, space-limited (30 persons per atrium)

 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24TH

• 10:30 a.m.
  - Atrium 2: The organizer’s check-list
  
• 11:00 a.m.
  - Atrium 1: Games, contests, artistic activities, simulations, etc. Choosing your activities according to your goals
  
  - Atrium 3: Experimental Marketing / How to communicate with communities in cooperation with MPI
   
• 2:00 p.m.
  - Atrium 1: Yield Management, the evolution of suppliers’ price policy?
  
  - Atrium 3: Effectively managing your bid invitations
   
• 2:30 p.m.
  - Atrium 2: Budget: anticipating and controlling your expenses
   
• 4:00 p.m.
  - Atrium 1: Effectively organizing your General Meeting
  
  - Atrium 3: Plan your expenses to optimize your purchasing in cooperation with MPI
   
• 4:30 p.m.
  - Atrium 2: Press relations, from one-to-one toward one-to-many, which actions for which results?

 THURSDAY, JANUARY 25TH

• 10:00 a.m.
  - Atrium 2: Effectively managing your bid invitations
   
• 10:30 a.m.
  - Atrium 1: Budget: anticipating and controlling your expenses
  
  - Atrium 3: Organization and logistics, effective procedures in cooperation with MPI
   
• 1:30 p.m.
  - Atrium1: Optimizing event-communication investments and measuring their return
  
  - Atrium 3: Tomorrow’s technology and the evolution of the media
   
• 2:00 p.m.
  - Atrium 2: Incentive and ROI: training, can and should it be used as a motivation tool?
   
• 3:30 p.m.
  - Atrium 3: The evolving role of PCOs in cooperation with MCI
  
  - Atrium 1: The organizer’s check-list
   
• 4:00 p.m.
  - Atrium 2: Meeting Planners: gaining recognition in your career in cooperation with MPI