Movers and Shakers

Elastic Communications & Events announces the appointment of Ms Farida Esmail, Senior Program Manager
Farida Esmail joined Elastic as a Senior Program Manager with over 15 years of experience in the Events, Meetings and Incentive market. Farida has worked for mid to large third-party groups & meetings companies. She has successfully managed large meetings for financial, insurance, automotive and pharmaceutical companies to name a few. Farida loves to travel, speaks five languages and continuously strives to update her knowledge of this ever-evolving industry.
Please join us in welcoming our newest Elastic girl to the team. She can be reached at farida@elasticevents.com or 905-281-0555 x. 114.

AVW-TELAV is Official AV Supplier to Shaw Conference Centre
AVW-TELAV Audio Visual Solutions is pleased to announce that they are the official in-house supplier of audio visual services at the Shaw Conference Centre, effective February 1, 2012. Located in the heart of downtown Edmonton, the Shaw Conference Centre can accommodate meetings from 10 to 7000 attendees. For more information, visit www.avwtelav.com.

Ottawa Convention Centre appoints new vice president of sales & client service and new director of sales and manager of marketing and communications
Ottawa Convention Centre (OCC), is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Keogh as Senior Vice President, Sales and Client Service, effective immediately. Paul will move into this new role from his current position of Senior Vice-President, Redevelopment and Client Services.

Ottawa Convention Centre (OCC), is also pleased to announce the appointment of Peggy Nieghorn as Director of Sales and Daniel Coates as Manager, Marketing and Communications, effective immediately. Peggy has been with OCC since 1995, first as Manager of Business Development handling a wide range of markets and event types before joining the OCC Redevelopment Project Team as Project Liaison in 2005. Since the new Ottawa Convention Centre opened in April 2011, Peggy has managed OCC’s communications strategy and was responsible for Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport fulfillments, as well as stakeholder relations. Daniel Coates will move into the position of Manager, Marketing and Communications and lead the strategic development and execution of the marketing and communications strategies for the Ottawa Convention Centre. Daniel has been with the OCC since the fall of 2009 as Marketing Manager. For more information visit www.ottawaconventioncentre.com/

Congress Canada selected as the Professional Conference Organizer for the 44th World Intellectual Property Congress
Congress Canada, has been selected as the planning, administration and logistics partner for the 44th World Intellectual Property Congress in 2014. The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) recently announced its partnership with Congress Canada for its biennial conference, to be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from September 14-18, 2014. For more information: www.congresscan.com

Canadian Tourism Industry and Research-Based Pharmaceutical Industry Welcome International Conferences, Meetings and Educational Events to Canada
The Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) and Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) say Canada is open for business as they jointly promote economic growth through international medical conferences, meetings and educational events. As a result of months of hard work and cooperation, Rx&D has made important changes to its Code of Ethical Practices, which will provide international conference planners greater access to the Canadian market, while maintaining Canada's high ethical requirements and legislative standards. Some of the changes include:

The creation of a distinct section in the Code on conferences and congresses, providing for the first time a one-stop reference for medical conference planners;
Better harmonization between the marketing guidelines established within the Code and those established by the federal government while maintaining the highest ethical standards.

Research by the Canadian Tourism Commission suggests that the Canadian economy could receive a financial boost by as much as $100 million each year from international medical conferences if more were held in Canada. The Canadian Tourism Commission and TIAC will develop collateral to support these changes and assist planners, and Rx&D and TIAC will work together on a webinar. For more information, please contact: Kevin Desjardins, Vice-President, Strategy and Public Affairs,Tourism Industry Association of Canada (c) 613-240-7225, kdesjardins@tiac.travel.

New Director of Sales joins the team at the Scotiabank Convention Centre
The Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls (SCCN), announces the appointment of Gael Little as Director of Sales. Gael will head the sales team at the Scotiabank Convention Centre starting Monday, February 27th. She succeeds Jeffrey Dixon, who was the Centre's first Director of Sales & Marketing, and now fills the role of Assistant General Manager. Individuals interested in sales enquiries may contact Gael Little at Tel. 905.357.6222 ext. 7009, glittle@fallsconventions.com

Direct Energy Centre executes contract with SIAL Canada for 2013
Direct Energy Centre has executed a contract with SIAL Canada (Salon International de l’Alimentation) and SET Canada (Salon des Équipements et des Technologies en Alimentation) expos for their 10th edition, to be held from April 30th to May 2nd 2013. This is the first year SIAL Canada will use Direct Energy Centre as its venue and brings an estimated 13,000 professional decision makers to the Centre. For further information contact: Laura Purdy, Direct Energy Centre Tel: 416-263-3020 Email: lpurdy@directenergycentre.com

JPdL Destination Management wins top honours at the Association of Destination Management Executives International (ADMEI.org) Annual Meeting
JPdL Toronto & Niagara DMC was a winner at the recent ADMEI annual meeting held in Memphis, TN. JPdL won the award for Best Destination Marketing, was nominated for Best Innovative event in the $50,000 to $100,000 category and President Grant Snider, DMCP, won the Joanne O’Connor Award for his outstanding contribution to the association. At the same meeting, Grant was elected the 2012-13 President of ADMEI. For further information contact Bruce MacDonald, Vice President & General Manager, JPdL Toronto & Niagara Dir: 416-221-0904 bmacdonald@jpdl.com

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