Industry Research

ICCA’s extraordinary archive of industry (and social) change. This is where you can scroll through and find out what key figures have contributed across the years. Other features include interviews, profiles, insight, articles, reports, stats, best practice, and more. We’ll be curating the Resources library in due course but for now, enjoy ICCA in all that we have gathered.

Category: Legacy & advocacy

South Africa charts the far-reaching impact of business events

Dec. 10, 2018

Legacy has now gone far beyond an industry trend: the concept is quickly becoming the meeting industry’s guiding principle, an ethos, and a way of doing business. Previously deemed unquantifiable…

Report finds knowledge transfer worth more than economic impact at 2018 European Congress of Radiology

Oct. 30, 2018

The monetary value of information presented at this year’s European Congress of Radiology, in Vienna, amounted to €813m, according to a groundbreaking new report. Calculated by adding up the…

Back to the Basics of Legacy

By Rémi Dévé on Oct. 19, 2018

Legacy has been the talk of the industry for some time now. Some will think it has everything to do with the efforts some people make to justify what they do, others will point out it is the industry…

Association meetings: ignore the doom-mongers

By James Lancaster, Editor at AMI Magazine on Oct. 19, 2018

Sometimes the best theories are just that: theories. No matter how much you pummel and shape them, they refuse to comply with reality. Sometimes this creates a kind of cognitive dissonance in those…

Incredible Impacts Grant Winner 2017: World Confederation for Physical Therapy

Jun. 05, 2018

In November last year, ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. A number of associations entered the programme, showcasing their unique…

Incredible Impacts Grant Winner 2017: World Parkinson Coalition

Jun. 05, 2018

Last year ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. A number of associations entered the programme, showcasing their unique and innovative…

Incredible Impacts Grant Winner 2017: International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Jun. 05, 2018

On 14 November last year, ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. A number of associations entered the programme, showcasing their unique…

Incredible Impacts: ISTH’s Kyoto Legacy

Apr. 03, 2018

This article was originally published by our partner The Iceberg as part of the Incredible Impacts Programme, a programme collaboratively supported by ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance that…

Incredible Impacts of Association Meetings: One Young World 2017 - ‘Not a regular bid’

Feb. 20, 2018

‘People, the power of hope’ is an enchanting message, and one that was delivered with heart and passion as part of Bogotá’s bid to bring One Young World, the largest global gathering of youth leaders…

Incredible Impacts: World Confederation for Physical Therapy

Feb. 13, 2018

This article was originally published by our partner The Iceberg as part of the Incredible Impacts Programme, a programme collaboratively supported by ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance that…