icca middle east international meetings forum 2016: "what makes a successful bid?"
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/ What makes a successful bid?
/ Who we are
/ World Obesity Federation represents professional members of the scientific, medical and research communities from over 50 regional and national obesity associations
/ Through our membership we create a global community of organisations dedicated to solving the problems of obesity
/ Our mission is to lead and drive global efforts to reduce, prevent and treat obesity
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/ Our events
/ International Congress on Obesity
/ SCOPE School
/ STOCK Conference
/ Hot Topic Conference
/ Regional Congress
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/ International rotation
/ ICO 1974 London, UK
/ ICO 1977 Washington DC, USA
/ ICO 1980 Rome, Italy
/ ICO 1983 New York, USA
/ ICO 1986 Jerusalem, Israel
/ ICO 1990 Kobe, Japan
/ ICO 1994 Toronto, Canada
/ ICO 1998 Paris, France
/ ICO 2002 São Paulo, Brazil
/ ICO 2006 Sydney, Australia
/ ICO 2010 Stockholm, Sweden
/ ICO 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
/ ICO 2016 Vancouver, Canada
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/ International Congress on Obesity
/ A 4 day event which takes place every 2 years
/ Rotates around our membership regions
/ Attendance varies from 3,000 to 1,000 delegates
/ Scientific Sessions, Awards, Exhibition, Social Programme, Posters, Networking…
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/ What matters in a bid?
/ Venue Location
/ Venue suitability
/ City accessibility
/ Local hotels
/ Transport
/ Support from the venue/city
/ Local buy-in
/ Free wifi
/ Affordable AV
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/ What matters in a bid?
/ Breaking down the costs
/ Being transparent about costs
/ Full range of options offered
/ Information on the range of hotels available
/ Understanding our requirements
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/ Successful destinations – what sets them apart?
/ Co-ordinated approach
/ Real support from the local community
/ Flexibility and willingness to make the venue/destination work for our meeting
/ Providing service at an affordable cost
/ Excellent logistics on the ground
/ Working with our timelines for decisions
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/ Vancouver 2016
/ Met all bid requirements
/ A coordinated service
/ Offered competitive rates
/ Ideas
/ Flexibility
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/ Abu Dhabi 2017 – taking the lead
/ Supporting us in creating buy-in
/ Arranging meetings with key leaders
/ Facilitating collaboration
/ Identifying experts
/ Supporting with advice and practical tips and an understanding of country strategy
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/ Happy participants
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