IFES Certified Expert (ICE) get prepared for the second round

The target audience for the IFES ICE program are managers, skilled work force personnel and project managers from stand building and event service firms. Three years of experience in the industry is recommended before attending the ICE program.

The program will help attendees to improve their competitive position and upgrade their professional qualifications, as well as emphasize subjects concerning the entire stand building and exhibition service industry. It considers the crossfunction character of exhibition managemen t.

The program emphasizes on subjects concerning the entire stand building and exhibition service industry and in addition consists of disciplines that are related to the meeting industry (e.g. trade shows, special events).

The total program includes 130 teaching hrs. The participants are able to compose their own program of minimum 100 hrs. corresponding to their own specific interests and needs.

The total program includes 130 teaching hours and participan ts may customize their own program. ICE consists of four modules, the first of which takes place within a face-to-face setting, as participants work together. They get to know each other and establish networking groups.

Three additional modules are delivered within an e-learning environment, which will take approximately four months to complete. Participants will have an opportunity within each module to work collaboratively on joint projects.

On one hand, the comprehensive training program considers the cross-function character of exhibition management. On the other hand, the subjects embrace the various working areas tha t stand builders and exhibition service agencies cope with.

The IFES Certified Expert program will be continued. The second episode of ICE will start end of November/Beginning of December.

Price: IFES Member EUR: 1.950,-Non-Member EUR: 2.550,Registration will open soon under: www.ifesnet.org

IFES presents its “Global Village” at EXHIBITORLIVE, America’s premier conference for trade show and corporate event professionals, February 25 –March 1, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas. The IFES Global Village, will consist of eleven member companies and together with the

IFES Association Management team, who will meet with partners, members and attendees from around the globe and offer support services and connections for international exhibiting.

“IFES represents a global collaboration network, and EXHIBITORLIVE offers a tremendous opportunity to foster new c onnections,” notes Voicu Sferdianu, President of IFES. “The Global Village will feature eleven member companies who manage and build exhibits and events all-over the world, who are willing to share their expertise and advice.”

IFES Members exhibiting in The Global Village:

ADM Group Atelier Damböck Messebau GmbH, www.damboeck.de, 1801-4 Global Village

AKTIV Kommunikations-Marketing GmbH, www.aktiv4u.de, 1801-10 Global Village

Bluepool GmbH, www.bluepool.de, Global Village 1801-3

Coastal International Inc., www.coastalintl.com, 1801-12 Global Village

Dodecaedro SA, www.dodecaedrogroup.com, 1801-6 Global Village

Duo Display, www.duodisplay.com/us, 1801-8 Global Village

Grupo Intermedio, www.intermedio.es, 1801-5 Global Village

LAGO by Groupo Omega, www.lagonetwork.com, 1801-11 Global Village mac messe- und ausstellungscenter Service GmbH, www.mac.de, 1801-2 Global Village

Montecolino SpA, www.montecolino.com, 1801-1 Global Village welkam Ltd.i, www.welkam.co.jp, 1801-9 Global Village

In addition to the debut of the IFES Global Village, the association is holding an International C ocktail Party just outside the exhibit hall, in The Connection Zone, on Tuesday, February 27th. The event will feature networking and information on the upc oming 2018 IFES World Summit, June 27-29, in Chicago.