The Malaysian Society of Association Executives (MSAE) held a virtual webinar recently, supported by Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) and Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre), to present their association objectives and their survey findings on the Impact of Covid-19 to the Operations and Sustainability of Associations in Malaysia.

Part of the webinar was also a panel session that discussed how venues are coping with the challenges posed by the pandemic and industry recovery programmes that were recently launched to boost the overall business events market.

Read more about the press release, please click below to download.

Philippine Council of Associations and Association Executives (PACCE) is inviting members of MSAE to join them for the 8th Associations Summit virtually from 25-26 November 2020. Registration is complimentary, those interested individuals, please RSVP to sandylim@adfiap.org and for more information about the summit, visit https://www.pcaae.org/summit/

Congratulations to Ms. Sara L. H. Lew for being awarded with the WPC Robin A. Elliott Award for her notable service to the community at the 5th World Parkinson Congress held in Kyoto, Japan. Ms. Sara has continuously worked with Parkinson’s disease patients and caregivers for the past 24 years while actively participating in MyCEB’s programme.

Malaysian Society of Association Executives (MSAE) held its 2nd Annual General Meeting on 23 July 2020 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. During AGM, new council members has been elected the term from 2020-2022.

President: Sunny Chee

Vice President: Dr. Lydia

Hon. Secretary : Rosman Hamzah

Asst. Hon. Secretary : Evelyn Lo

Hon. Treasurer: James Selva

Committee Members: Datuk Dr. Raj Abdul Karim, Dr. Nazirah Hasnan, Evelyn Cheong and Tan Mei Phing

Internal Auditor: Amos Wong

MyCEB held its first Legacy Clinic to explore and measure the beyond tourism benefits of international conference hosted in Malaysia. Participants include members of the association that are hosting world congresses in Malaysia this year, namely the Librarian Association of Malaysia, National Cancer Society of Malaysia, Waste Management Association of Malaysia, etc. Read other case studies here.

MSAE members will have access to cutting edge insights, broad networking opportunities and special member’s rate to attend educational programme. Find out more here.

Read more about Kesatria here.

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Malaysia seamlessly hosted the 83rd Toastmasters International Convention 2014 in Kuala Lumpur which was held for four consecutive days. The convention was held for the first time ever outside North America. The International Convention is the most anticipated event of the Toastmasters year, as members and non-members alike gather together to hear world class public speakers, network with like-minded people, elect International Officers and Directors, and attend the spectacular and soul-stirring public speaking competition known as the World Championship of Public Speaking. The convention touches on fields like Communication, Leadership and Business.

Read more on the case study here.

The World Cancer Congress (WCC) is a recognised international conference which encourages effective knowledge transfer and best practices exchange amongst 3,500 cancer control and public health experts from 150 countries.

It aims to strengthen the participants’ action and impact on national, regional and international scales through a multidisciplinary programme that features the latest successful interventions in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care

It takes place every two years in a different country and is hosted by a local member of UICC. Find out more here.