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Juan Garaiyurrebaso elegido Secretario General de la AIPCJuan Garaiyurrebaso elected Secretary General of the AIPC
The Assembly General of the International Association of palaces of congresses (AIPC) held last July 5 in Monaco, elected John Garaiyurrebaso, Director General of the fair international Bilbao, as Secretary-General for a period of two years.
The AIPC, founded in 1958 in Rome, currently covers 110 palaces of conferences and meetings of the five continents centres, constituting a true international network of professionals, which is aimed at the exchange of information, the analysis of trends in the industry conferencetraining aimed at ensuring quality to their users and maintenance of standards default among its members.
The Bilbao international fair belongs to the AIPC since 1995, participating since then regularly in their activities.
The election of the Director of the Bilbao international fair is a step in order to participate actively in the decision-making centres of the organizations that affect its activity. John Garaiyurrebaso is also Vice-President of the Union of international fairs (UFI) since 1998.
8 • PRODUCCION MECANICA . September 2000
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