PUBLISHER’S NOTE President
DATO’ VINCENT LIM
C.I.S Network Sdn Bhd (vincent@maceos.com.my)
Vice President ALUN JONES
Malaysian Exhibition Services Sdn Bhd (alun@maceos.com.my)
Secretary
CHRIS SMITH
R E Rogers (M) Sdn Bhd (chris@maceos.com.my)
Treasurer
FRANCIS TEO
S. P Setia Property Services Sdn Bhd (francis@maceos.com.my)
Committee Members ALICE LEM
K L Convention Centre (alice@maceos.com.my) MELVIN SHU
Smart Reg System Sdn Bhd (melvin@maceos.com.my) PETER TEH
Pico International (M) Sdn Bhd (peter@maceos.com.my) MOHD SHUKRI
Shapers Malaysia (shukri@maceos.com.my) W Y CHEONG
ECMI ITE Asia Sdn Bhd (cheong@maceos.com.my) KENNETH FONG
Messe Worldwide Sdn Bhd (kenneth@maceos.com.my)
CEO
AMOS WONG
Editor
ALEYANN MATTHEWS
Designer DENISE LEE
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he last few months since issue two of BE Magazine have been a busy time for all of us in MACEOS. The education committee has been making real progress on the targets set in May, 2014. Already the trainers for the Train the Trainer programme have been through the necessary training to allow them to deliver the Professional Exhibition Management (PEM) and the Professional Conference Management (PCM) which we plan to start rolling out later this year. Thanks to Kenneth Fong the Chairman of the Education Committee for making this a reality, at last. Moreover, the education committee has also finalised the template for the NOSS course in Exhibition Management with JPK and so things are really moving along. This month’s edition also gives a platform for some of the key exhibition organisers in Malaysia to voice out their concerns for the industry moving forward, you can read what they have to say on page 14. Clearly, engagement with the Government via our key partner The Malaysian Convention and Exhibition Bureau (MYCEB) is a common thread within this dialogue and MACEOS will of course take this on board and continue to work hand in hand with MYCEB for the betterment of the Business Events industry in general. Later this year Malaysia will be proud to play host to the inaugural ACE+ Exhibition and Conference which will run at KLCC from 11-13 November. Jointly organised by The Asian Federation Of Exhibition and Convention Associations (AFECA) and MACEOS, this inaugural exhibition and
conference will be a unique opportunity for the ASEAN business events community to network, form strategic partnerships against the backdrop of Malaysia being in the AEC chair for 2015. In conjunction with AEC+EXPO, The Malaysian RAWR awards will be back for its second edition and also the AFECA awards dinner. MACEOS also plan to debut the PEM course during that week so those few days in November are going to be action packed for the Business Events industry! We would also like to introduce in the third issue of BE magazine a feature on our new members. As you know, our mandate is to continue to grow the membership in our association and so this special feature, which will now become a regular feature in our quarterly magazine, aims to highlight the new additions to the MACEOS family. So I hope you enjoy the read and Selamat Hari Raya to you all.
ALUN JONES Vice President, MACEOS
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