Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
As mentioned Thursday, the FEPE Board has announced that the next FEPE Congress will be held in Barcelona June 1-3, 2016 instead of the as-planned Istanbul.
No doubt, as always, the Congress will offer a superb networking opportunity with the content more challenging and relevant than ever but we understand that the format will be different from past years using a mix of speakers, panel sessions and workshops. The Congress programme will explore the broader and fast changing media and technological environment of which Out-of-Home is a fundamental and growing part.
The importance of creativity will again be highlighted and recognized for the second year with the FEPE Creative award. This will be one of four awards that FEPE will present at the Congress, the others being for Life Achievement, Leadership and Technical Innovation.
Final details of the venue and the conference programme will be announced over the coming months and, as in previous years, the FEPE Congress will be open for bookings from January, 2016, onwards.
The FEPE Board members met in Istanbul for their regular autumn board meeting with all enjoying the vibrant city. That visit confirmed the Board’s unanimous view that the excellent location, enthusiastic support from our local operators and social facilities would make Istanbul an ideal venue for our Congress.
However, following careful consideration of feedback from delegates – who, we believe, were understandably concerned about recent politically motivated and other events in the city that has become more volatile – the Board concluded that it will hold its Istanbul Congress in a future year rather than 2016, as indicated earlier this year in Budapest.
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