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What Some in the UK Conference Industry Don't
Want You to Know
A Special Report for Event and Conference
Organisers by Roy Sheppard.

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The City of
Lausanne and the International Olympic
Committee.
Roy was hired to moderate a series of panel
discussions at this inaugural
global event for past, present and future
Olympic cities. Delegates included
the mayors of many of these global cities. Roy's
duties also included
interviewing the Deputy Mayor of Beijing for the
first formal de-brief of
the hugely successful Beijing Olympic Games.
Discussion topics during the conference included
the future role of the
Olympics in society, the Olympic legacy for
Olympic cities, as well as
social, economic and urban regeneration of
Olympic cities.
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Symantec Europe
Symantec, the fourth largest software company in
the world held its European
conference for 1700 of its European Enterprise
customers in The Hague, the
city of justice, peace and security. Roy was the
MC and moderator for this
conference. His duties included introducing and
interviewing speakers. This
included interviewing John Thompson, Symantec's
Chairman and CEO.
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KPMG
For the past 5 years, Roy has been a guest
speaker at KPMG's annual European
Emerging Leaders conference. Roy shares his
thoughts on how to be proactive
and professional about building meaningful
business relationships internally
and externally.
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ICSC
(international Council of Shopping Centers)
ReCon is the world's largest industry
conference. Held annually in Las
Vegas, this event attracted 53,000 delegates.
Roy was the MC and
interviewer. As part of his duties Roy chaired
an 'intimate' standing-room
only session for about 5,000 people with Jim
Carville (Bill Clinton's former
political strategist) and Tucker Carlson (a
former CNN political anchorman)
on the global impact of the next US president.
Roy's duties also included
hosting a commemoration dinner at the Bellagio
Hotel, for a well-loved,
former trustee at ICSC.
So large was this entire event, Roy was escorted
by a 'minder' to ensure he
found his way around - and appeared on the
correct stage, at the right time!
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MECSC (The Middle East Council of Shopping
Centres)
Roy was moderator and MC in Dubai for yet
another MECSC conference. He
interviewed speakers and chaired discussions on
the growth and potential
challenges for the retail real-estate industry
in the Middle East.
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BAT (British American Tobacco)
BAT's internal security team brought in Roy for
the second time to moderate
their global conference for fellow security
professionals. Held in Cairo,
Egypt, Roy interviewed speakers, chaired
discussions on a range of security
related topics. As part of a separate European
meeting, Roy led a session on
how to present with more impact, and coached
executives on how to improve
their style and shared countless tips on how to
speak more effectively in
presentations.
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Lovells
Lovells is one of the world's top law firms.
This was Roy's third global
conference for Lovells, (the second for the
litigation arm of this firm).
Held in Brighton, Roy introduced, interviewed
and chaired various
business-related discussions.
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Global Tobacco
Sustainability Summit.
Held in Montreux, Switzerland. This bi-annual
event for global executives
involved in the tobacco industry was chaired by
Roy for the third time. One
of the guest speakers was Jose Maria Aznar, the
former President of Spain.
The event was co-hosted by BAT and Bain and
Company, the global consultancy
firm.
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Philips
Healthcare
A global conference for corporate communications
professionals within the
Healthcare division of the electronics giant,
Philips. Roy was the MC and
moderator for this two day event, chairing
unscripted panel discussions and
interviews with speakers.
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Roy featured in
'Emirates Business 24-7'
Network your way
to business success
By Aimee Greaves
With conference
season well under way in the UAE it is easy to
forget exactly why they are useful and important
from both a business and consumer point of view.
Dubai has become a
centre for international conferences and
exhibitions. In January alone the Dubai
International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC)
recorded one million visitors and a 50 per cent
surge in the events sector.
This week saw...(to
read more click here)
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