ALEXANDRIA, Va.
The Convention Industry Council (CIC) has announced the 2015 officers of the Accepted Practice Exchange (APEX) Standards Review Committee.
An initiative that develops and promotes best practices and standards for the meetings industry, the Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) has been responsible for initiatives such as the Event Specifications Guide and workgroups examining Room Block Poaching and Electronic Request for Proposals (eRFPs).
The incoming APEX Chair is Michael Owen, Managing Partner at EventGenuity based in Nashville, Tenn. The rest of the new officers are as follows:
- Dan Berger, CEO Social Tables.
- Carol Krugman, MEd, CMP, CMM Chair, Department of Hospitality, Tourism & Events, Assistant Professor, Meeting & Business Event Management, Metropolitan State University of Denver.
- Gary Murakami, CTC, GTP, GLP, CMP, Director, Global Sales MGM Resorts International.
- Leslie Zeck, CMP, Director of Meetings, American and International Associations for Dental Research.
- Carol Norfleet, CMP, DMCP, Destination Nashville.
- Junior Tauvaa, SVP, Convention Sales Anaheim/Orange County CVB.
- Meg Fasy, VP, Sales, Bellagio.
"I am honored to assume the APEX Standards chair position to elevate and build upon the work that began nearly 15 years ago,” Owen said. “Upon this foundation we have assembled a dedicated team of industry thought leaders that continues to develop tools, refine best practices recommendations, and address ever-evolving issues impacting our industry such as High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) for Meetings & Events, Room Block Piracy/Poaching, eRFPs, Global Accepted Practices and more. In each of these areas, we provide presentations, articles, whitepapers and tools, and I’m eager to maintain the momentum in 2015.”
In 2015 APEX will continue its work with workgroups focused on Bandwidth, Room Block Poaching and electronic requests for proposals (eRFP). They will also explore a global footprint and develop short content for industry use.
The CIC champions the economic and social value of the meetings and event profession; its purpose is to promote a strong meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry.
APEX meanwhile promotes development and implementation of industry-wide accepted practices to create and enhance efficiency throughout the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry.
Full APEX Standards Committee 2015: Dan Berger, Social Tables: Stuart Ruff, The Risk and Insurance Management Society, (Immediate Past Chair); Brett Krafft, CMP, Hilton Anatole Hotel; Miguel Neves, IMEX Group; Michael Owen, EventGenuity LLC (Chair); John Rissi, PSAV; Inc. (Chair-Elect); Junior Tauvaa, Anaheim/Orange County CVB; Meg Fasy, Bellagio; Todd Walton, Intrinsic Event Technologies; Gary Murakami, CTC, GTP, GLP, CMP, MGM Resorts; Leslie Zeck, CMP American and International Associations for Dental Research, Carol Norfleet, CMP, DMCP, Destination Nashville, Carol Krugman, MEd, CMP, CMM, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Christine “Shimo” Shimasaki, CDME, CMP.
