In the event that the Committee of Ethics (CoE) is required to act on a case of an IAPCO Member, the Immediate Past-President will chair the CoE along with two Council representatives of the membership. The current vacant position is being considered by the Chair and is expected to be filled shortly. IAPCO's CEO, Martin Boyle, acts only as the liaison between the CoE, IAPCO Quality Manager and the member client. The CoE focuses on ethical issues and does not handle financial disputes.
Stephen Noble
Manager (APAC), The Conference Company
Council Member, IAPCO
Stephen Noble is Manager Asia Pacific at The Conference Company, where he is member of the senior management team. Stephen joined The Conference Company in New Zealand in 2007 and in 2017 moved to Sydney, where he is now based leading company operations in Australia and Asia.
In addition to his role at The Conference Company, he serves as the Chair of the IAPCO Training Academy and is a member of the IAPCO Council. Reflecting on his involvement with IAPCO, Stephen emphasizes the importance of continuous professional development and knowledge sharing within the meetings industry. As Chair of the Training Academy, he is committed to providing high-quality education and training opportunities for industry professionals, aiming to elevate global standards in congress and event management. Stephen believes that through collective efforts and embracing innovation, the meetings industry can continue to thrive and adapt to changing global dynamics.
Martin Boyle
CEO, IAPCO
Martin has a wealth of experience and a strategic vision that has been shaped over decades of working across a number of countries in the business and professional events and meetings industry. After university and a successful run as a restauranteur, he launched a corporate event management start-up in Canada in the late 1990's. At the same time, he launched a digital marketing company connecting event attendees to corporate and charity sponsors' on-line presence (pre-Facebook and twitter!), which he then sold in 2004. For the past almost 26 years, he has focussed his attention and built his knowledge and experience of corporate and association conference business as part of a consulting agency working with government bodies, an international convention centre team then as a Professional Conference Organiser (PCO) and 6 years as the Director of Europe for the partner and government-funded Convention Bureau of Sydney, Australia before joining IAPCO in 2019.
Since at the helm of IAPCO, Martin developed a new 5-year strategic plan alongside IAPCO’s Council and has been instrumental in driving the Association’s international engagement and strategic partnerships whilst ensuring organisational sustainability. Martin is a Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) Board Member, represents IAPCO on the Events Industry Council (EIC) and is often invited to speak at industry events around the globe. He continues to be a volunteer on a number of meetings industry committees shaping the future of the meetings and events industry globally.
Martin supports a number of organisations and is a strong believer that business and professional events can drive positive and holistic change for the betterment of societies.
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