STUDENTS aspiring for a career in the meetings and events industry will get to rub shoulders with industry professionals at IT&CM China in Shanghai this April.
The programme, put together by IMEX Group, Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and MCI, will see 50 students from Shanghai-based universities attending a day of presentations led by leading meetings industry professionals and participating in a guided tour of the show grounds.
IT&CM China’s IMEX-MPI-MCI Future Leaders Forum (FLF) will kick off a year-round series of similar forums slated to take place in destinations such as Turkey, Africa, Slovenia and North America, including MPI’s World Education Congress in Minneapolis and IMEX America in Las Vegas.
IT&CM China, a dedicated trade show for business events specialists, has supported FLF for several years now. Organised by TTG Asia Media, this year’s edition will run from April 15 to 17 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center.
FLF in Shanghai will also host the semi-finals of the University Challenge, where the winner will be sponsored to attend the finals at IMEX Frankfurt in May.
Some 6,000 students have taken part in FLF since its launch in 2003, and an overwhelming 90 per cent of them have stated that they are “likely to enter the industry as a result of attending (the event)”.
