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Uvodnik
Prvi številki na pot
Na najnovejši lestvici mednarodnega združenja ICCA je Slovenija po številu
mednarodnih znanstvenih srečanj na 38. mestu, Ljubljana kot prestolnica
pa na 48. mestu. V primerjavi z letom poprej smo na listi držav napredovali
za nekaj mest. Tudi to kaže, da je industrija srečanj v Sloveniji v
razvojnem zagonu, ki bo vrhunec dosegel v času predsedovanja EU v prvi
polovici leta 2008.
Slovenija ima naravne danosti za kongresno dejavnost, intenzivno se razvija
kongresna infrastruktura, kadrom se posveča večja pozornost in ponudniki
storitev se vedno bolj obračajo na tuji trg. Skupna prizadevanja
preko tridesetih soustanoviteljev bodo zaznamovala revijo KONGRES. Dolgo
smo razmišljali, kako bi dali reviji ime, ki bi najbolj osmišljalo vsebine,
ki se bodo v njej pojavljale. Za KONGRES smo se odločili zaradi tradicije,
ki jo ima izraz na slovenskem govornem področju, čeprav bomo vsebinsko
teme razširili na vsa področja industrije srečanj. Revija je namenjena
vsem, ki vas te teme zanimajo in tudi tistim, ki želite samo kaj zanimivega
prebrati. V reviji bo dovolj prostora za kritično razmišljanje in soočenje
mnenj med organizatorji dogodkov in ponudniki storitev. Revija bo hkrati
izložbeno okno slovenske kongresne ponudbe.
Neskromno si želimo, da bi k nadaljnjemu napredovanju na lestvici ICCA
svoj delček prispevali tudi mi.
Revija ne bi mogla nastati brez podpore soustanoviteljev in oglaševalcev,
zato se vam zanjo iskreno zahvaljujemo.
Gorazd Čad, glavni in odgovorni urednik
Editor-in-Chief (Foto/Photo: B. Zupančič)
Editorial
First issue
On the latest league table for scientific meetings from international
organisation ICCA, Slovenia is in 38 th place, while its capital Ljubljana is
48 th . We have moved up a few places on the countries’ list compared to
the previous year. This shows that the meeting industry is developing
rapidly in Slovenia, with this set to climax with the Presidency of the EU
in the first half of 2008.
Slovenia has a natural topicality for congress activities, as our conference
infrastructure is developing intensively, greater attention is being paid
to it and service providers are turning evermore attention to the foreign
market. Congress magazine is coloured by the common aspirations of
its 30 or so co-founders. Much time has been spent considering the
magazine’s name and what would be the best opinion content to include.
We have chosen the name ‘Congress’ due to the tradition that it has in the
Slovenian language although the content is to be expanded to cover the
whole field of the meeting industry. The magazine is intended for those
who find the meeting industry interesting, as well as people who are simply
looking for something interesting to read. There’s going to be plenty of
space in the magazine for critical thinking and bringing face-to-face the
opinions of event organisers and service providers. At the same time, the
magazine is to be a shop window for the Slovenian congressional offer.
A little immodestly, we also hope that the magazine contributes to
further advancement on the ICCA league table.
The magazine would be nothing without the support of its co-founders
and advertisers, and we’d like to sincerely thank them for their support.
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