History of IAPCO

IAPCO, a not for profit organisation, was founded in Brussels on 5 January 1968 by four “founding fathers” who came together to share their knowledge and experiences as fledgling international congress organisers.

Mrs. Fay Pannell, OBE, of the United Kingdom
Mr. Albert Cronheim of the Netherlands
Mr. Jean Destrée of Belgium
Mr. Eric Friis of Denmark

Jean Destree

Fay Pannell

Eric Friis

Albert Cronheim

The official status of the Association was finalised on 30 January 1969 in London.   By decision of the General Assembly dated 15 March 1982, the registered office was transferred from Brussels to Geneva, and subsequently, dated 22 February 1987, from Geneva to Zurich.   The Association is registered in accordance with the Swiss Civil Code, and whose registered office is Mühlebachstrasse 6, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland.

Since those early days, both the meetings industry and IAPCO has grown.   IAPCO is now recognised as the leading authority on professional congress organisation worldwide and is the universally accepted benchmark for quality within congress organisation and the global branding of excellence for the meetings industry.    
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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