Welcome
ONE YEAR AGO
THE TOURING EXHIBITIONS MEETING
WAS BORN
IN PARIS
The BERLIN Meeting The Touring Exhibitions Meeting (TEM) is a new business initiative by the German event agency Semmel Concerts, the producer of the exhibition “Tutankhamun – His Tomb and His Treasures”, in cooperation with the Finnish production company John Nurminen Events (producer of “NASA – The Exhibition”). TEM is a non-profit event organised to give something back to the touring exhibition sector. The TEM offers a three-day program of exciting lectures by international guest speakers, panels focusing on key issues of the touring exhibitions industry, as well an extensive accompanying program with complimentary networking events, such as a dinner party and a fringe program at a (nearly) all-inclusive, low registration fee. We, the Organization team, have, like many of you, attended quite a large number of conferences. We find it rather disturbing that most conferences do not provide sufficient room to network: Between the rushed Lunch and coffee breaks, the social events which you’d need to pay an extra reservation fee for, or worse, the compulsory childish speed networking sessions hosted by over-motivated motivation trainers, there is barely any time to get to know your peers. At best, you can probably exchange a few business cards, but no real connections are ever really properly made.
In its second year, we are just at the beginning of our ambitious TEM project, but we’re eager to perfect this experience. We will provide you with plenty of time and space to network, meet new faces and to listen to other people from all over the world. Our priority is for you to make business, to get inspired and wind up with new & original ideas, all the while enjoying a nice weekend in the heart of Berlin. We have managed, with the generous help from our sponsors, to insure that all social events of our conference (Friday evening, Saturday evening and Sunday morning) will be included in the conference fee, as we want to create an atmosphere which makes communication easy, but also fun. TEM aims to be about connecting people who are buying exhibitions and people who are producing exhibitions, as well as people from Museums and other exhibition venues. TEM is about exchanging ideas, making friends and building a platform of interest rather than just about making sales. We want to provide you with a unique global outlook that inspires your thinking and helps drive your business forward, and as such, our conference agenda is designed to encourage debate with a stimulating blend of presentation, discussion, audience interaction and high-level networking. Sponsor or attend TEM to meet with the heads of international exhibition businesses and opinion leaders at the forefront of global exhibition trends. We hope to create an atmosphere similar to the excitement felt at comic-book conventions, where people turn up excited and eager to be there, rather than just for shopping. We aim to be good hosts, and we’re doing this on our own accord: You will feel the difference in Berlin.
Welcome to the BERLIN meeting!
The Council The council has defined the content and developed the schedule for TEM 2013. See “Council Interviews” from pages 23 on. José Araujo (John Nurminen, Netherlands), John Norman (Premier Exhibitions, USA), Bruce Peterson (Grande Exhibitions, Australia), Christoph Scholz (Semmel Concerts, Germany), Clarence Sirisena (Science Center, Singapore), Peter Tabernal (Amsterdam EXPO, Netherlands) and Claudio Trotta (Barley Arts, Italy).
Christoph Scholz
Semmel Concerts, Germany
José Araujo
John Nurminen, Netherlands
Barley Arts, Italy
Peter Tabernal
Amsterdam EXPO, Netherlands
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Grande Exhibition, Aust
Claudio Trotta
John Norman
Premier Exhibition, USA
Bruce Peterson
Clarence Sirisena
Science Center, Singapore
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