15.00 Registration

16.00 Welcome by Ambassador Jacques Raeymaeckers, Secretary General of UIA

16.30 CD-ROM and Web Developments in UIA Information Services

Demonstration of CD + Web access
by Tony Judge, Assistant Secretary General UIA
and Joel Fischer, Electronic Research and Development, UIA

18.00 What is new in international meetings’ statistics

        by Ghislaine de Coninck, Congress Department UIA.

18.30 Get-together Cocktail reception
 

Tuesday, 6 October 1998 - DAY 2

09.00 Congresses in the third millenium : The future is already there.

        by Helmut Schwägermann, Managing Director ConEcon, Berlin

        Question time

10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break

10.30 - 12.30 International Associations' Meetings :

        Views on how international associations (ingo's) are adapting their meetings to new challenges :

International Association for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering
by Robert Wood, Secretary General , London.
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication SWIFT
by John Burt Manager Corporate Events.
Federation of European Cancer Societies
by Luc Hendrickx, Conference and Finance Manager.

12.30 Lunch

14.30 Meetings of the European Union :

by Mrs Marleen Harford, Head of Unit, Planning and Resources, and
Mr. Bernard Michel, Head of Unit, Conference Techniques and organization and new technologies,
Joint Interpreting and Conference Service at the Commission of the European Union Brussels.

16.00 Evaluation

Conclusions

Closing remarks

17.00 End of meeting