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Diary: SAVE THE DATE! Skills for Events Summit, 30th June 2020

June 15th, 2020/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

Events are widely recognised as economic drivers with many people in the sector suggesting business events are the answer to ‘bounce back’ post COVID-19. The scope and scale of events varies enormously and whilst the opportunity for arranging ‘mass gatherings’ is not yet prudent, ‘organised events’ such as conferences, exhibitions and business events can be […]

Point of View: Maciej Mikolajczak

June 8th, 2020/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

Maciej Mikolajczak Production Manager, EY https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmikolajczak/ As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them. Maciej’s career has always revolved around events. Over the last 10 years he has worked for global corporations (management consulting: McKinsey & Co.; PA Consulting; a law […]

Diary: SAVE THE DATE! Skills for Events Summit, 30th June 2020

June 15th, 2020/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

Point of View: Maciej Mikolajczak

June 8th, 2020/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

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Diary: SAVE THE DATE! Skills for Events Summit, 30th June 2020

June 15th, 2020/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

The Institute of Event Management (IEM) is now gearing up to be open in Q4 of 2020. As a professional body, the IEM will offer recognition for all those employed in organising events across the whole of the sector worldwide. It will provide accreditation, continuing professional development (CPD) and a body of knowledge to further enhance event organisers skills. It will offer a number of routes to recognition and levels of membership.

The IEM Liverpool 2019 Workshop brought together educators and event organisers to plan the way forward for skills development. The Workshop outputs became the springboard for IEM to respond to the results of a Government survey and be the answer to addressing the skills shortage. Sadly the advent of COVID-19 has disrupted some of the planning processes but has not stopped the dedication of all who are now involved in working to ensure the IEM opens in 2020!

This Summit will again bring together Educators and Event Organisers who are keen to support the development of the Institute of Event Management. It is hoped to have participation from all parts of the events sector as set out in the Matrix (available to download here) and is inviting participants from around the world.

Participants will have the opportunity to hear about preparations for the IEM to be open for membership; the national picture for the events industry going forward and ideas for a fresh approach to the future of event management skills and training.

SUMMIT PROGRAMME

30 June 2020

Location: Online

10:00 Welcome and Introductions

10:15 Keynote: Events for All – Economic Re-Think

A Point of View: Why do I want professional recognition?

‘State of the Nation’ UK Skills in Event Management

A View to the Future for Event Management Education and Skills Development

Visioning the plan for IEM Professional recognition

11:30 Q&A

12:00 Next Steps… Wrap up and close

Point of View: Maciej Mikolajczak

June 8th, 2020/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

Maciej Mikolajczak
Production Manager, EY
https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmikolajczak/

As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them.

Maciej’s career has always revolved around events. Over the last 10 years he has worked for global corporations (management consulting: McKinsey & Co.; PA Consulting; a law firm: Pinsent Masons; big four accounting firm: EY). He also did a years work experience while studying Event Management at the University of Huddersfield. He currently works as a consultant/Production Manager, running collaborative design workshops with very senior clients, in order to help support the sales pipeline at EY. He said, “We work and think differently, solving big problems in a collaborative way, faster. I am very fortunate to be exposed to some of our world’s most complex challenges and get to work with some really smart people.”

Q What does the IEM mean to you?
A Having studied Event Management, I realised how difficult it is to break into this industry with little or no experience. It is hard for employers to recognise and reward talent, and back then I wished something akin to the IEM would exist.

Q Where do you hope to see the IEM in 20 years time?
A Twenty years from now IEM becomes a well established entity, delivering real value to members and is recognised for championing professionalism and people development.

Q What is your favourite event related memory?
A I had the pleasure of working on the Tall Ships Races 2011 event, which took place in Lerwick, Shetland. It was a hallmark event, for circa 30,000 people with lots of stakeholders and a huge impact on the local economy. I’m an avid sailor myself so this was a perfect combination of mixing pleasure with work! We even staged big concerts for 5,000 people with Bjorn Again and The Levellers. One guitarist came into our event control office and asked me for a cup of hot water so that he could warm up his index finger and play his guitar better!

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Diary: SAVE THE DATE! Skills for Events Summit, 30th June 2020

Point of View: Maciej Mikolajczak

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