On 9 – 12 April 2010 in Porto (Portugal) European Site Networking and Education Program (ESNEP) took place. The conference was organized by The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE) which unite organizers, the principals meetings and corporate events all over the world, including above all incentive travel companies.There were 120 representatives from 26 countries who met in Porto. Among them: Convention Bureau of Poland and 2 DMCs from Kraków: Intercrac and Time 4 Poland representatives. The education program focused on the business climate and current Europe trends. Lecturers emphasized the need for a shift in thinking due to the changing dynamics of the motivational events market.
Among them were:
Guy Bigwood, MCI Group Sustainability Director, Barcelona
Elena Vender Caldarelli, Kontiki Incentives srl, Milan
Krzysztof Celuch, Manager of Convention Bureau of Poland, Warsaw
Rob Davidson, Senior Lecturer in Business Travel & Tourism on University of Westminster, London
Miranda Ioannou, Managing Director, SCS Ltd, Cyprus
Conor Kenny, Conor Kenny & Associates, Dublin
Martin Lewis, Managing Editor of Meetings & Incentive Travel Magazine and Managing Director of CAT Publications Ltd, London
Mary MacGregor, VP Business Development, BCD Meetings & Incentive, USA
Rodolfo Musco, President Motivation & Events, Milan
Tasso Pappas, CITE Managemant Consultant, TP Consultancy, Greece
Linda Pereira, Owner CPL Events, Portugal
Matthew Wall, Vice President, Strategic Communications EMEA, UK
and Andrew Wiringa, CXO of Performance Solutions, the Netherlands.
Guy Bigwood, MCI Group Sustainability Director, Barcelona
Elena Vender Caldarelli, Kontiki Incentives srl, Milan
Krzysztof Celuch, Manager of Convention Bureau of Poland, Warsaw
Rob Davidson, Senior Lecturer in Business Travel & Tourism on University of Westminster, London
Miranda Ioannou, Managing Director, SCS Ltd, Cyprus
Conor Kenny, Conor Kenny & Associates, Dublin
Martin Lewis, Managing Editor of Meetings & Incentive Travel Magazine and Managing Director of CAT Publications Ltd, London
Mary MacGregor, VP Business Development, BCD Meetings & Incentive, USA
Rodolfo Musco, President Motivation & Events, Milan
Tasso Pappas, CITE Managemant Consultant, TP Consultancy, Greece
Linda Pereira, Owner CPL Events, Portugal
Matthew Wall, Vice President, Strategic Communications EMEA, UK
and Andrew Wiringa, CXO of Performance Solutions, the Netherlands.
It is worth recalling that in 2007 ESNEP conference held in Warsaw.
