The International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO) has awarded Jan Tonkin, founder of The Conference Company and former IAPCO President, with Honorary Membership. “Jan Tonkin has been instrumental in IAPCO’s growth and development over many years,” IAPCO president Sissi Lignou said at the 2026 Annual Meeting & General Assembly in Athens, Greece.
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Hannah joins Tim Hancock and Mike Pickford at the executive director level. She has been working at ASN Events for more than a decade. “It’s with great satisfaction to announce that Hannah is now an executive director of ASN Events and she joins Tim and I as principals of the company,” said Mike.
The annual conference for the Professional Conference Organisers Association (PCOA), taking place at Queen’s Wharf in Brisbane from Sunday, is set to be the association’s largest ever meeting.
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Barry Neame is half of the double act that owns Canberra-based conference and event management company, Consec.
Neame and his wife Pamela have run the business for 26 years specialising in association conferences and association management.
The difficulties of the past 15 months don’t compare to anything they have experienced in the quarter of a century of running the business together.