The Meetings and Events Support Association (MESA) have launched in the UK, aiming to embrace and support innovation in the meetings and event industry.
The new organisation says its principal aim is to create a community network of companies and a ‘people-first’ ethos, collaborating and working together with fresh ideas.
MESA’s Steering Committee includes John Martinez (Shocklogic, CEO & Founder); Jelmer Van Ast (Conference Compass, CEO and Founder); Felix Stroud-Allen (CrowdComms, CEO & Founder); Danny Stevens, (Fielddrive, CEO & Founder) and Sébastien Braun (Fidloom, CEO & Founder.)
MESA ran its first founder roundtable online event in May 2021. The event was chaired by Gordon Glenister (Director of Communications, MESA) who said: “Community is everything and building relationships based on trust and excellence is at the heart of our ethos. MESA has been founded on a principle of making a difference to the multi-billion events industry.”
MESA intends to carry on the work of the Meeting Design Institute (MDI) which stopped its membership side earlier this year and will approach those previous members of MDI first.
They hope to gain 50 members within the first year, 100-150 within three years and 150+ members within the next five years.
Source: Conference News
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