Associations World Congress & Expo 2021

Inbar Caspi is a strategist, associations consultant and congress expert. Her main specialty is leading associations through change. With more than 20 years of experience, working with over 60 associations and managing more than 170 association congresses, Inbar is a forward thinker who see future trends, translate them to action while hedging the risks and maximize potential. She is the former Managing Director of Kenes UK. For the past 7 years, Inbar has been supporting Medical Associations that organise their congress in-house or wish to take more ownership on their key activity while reaching their goals for growth, profit, education and building community. In this capacity, she has worked with and managed in-house the congresses of some of the largest associations in Europe such as the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), the European Pain Federation (EFIC), and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).

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Dirk De Rijdt is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at the European Society of Endocrinology. In his role Dirk is responsible to expand the engagement of the society with other societies, to develop the relationships with industry partners and to shape the development of ESE’s approach towards policy and advocacy and the European health policy stakeholders.

Previous to joining the European Society of Endocrinology, Dirk held various positions of increasing international responsibility in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds a pharmacist degree from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, with an additional business degree from the University of Leuven, Belgium.

I have worked with ESE since its launch as an individual membership society in 2006, and since March 2016 as its Chief Executive Officer. In my role I have responsibility, in partnership with the ESE Executive Committee and the ESE Team, to progress ESE’s development and deliver on its vision and objectives. Together we aim to make a real positive difference to the world of endocrinology, and to support our members and the endocrine community to improve health and treatments through endocrine science. 

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Ensure the highest relevant quality of scientific knowledge, medical best practices and educational contents provided by the Association.

Represent the Association towards the Scientific Community and the Health-Care Companies – on behalf of the Board and assisting the Board, further developing the current network and the scientific opportunities for cooperation.

Coordinate the research, sponsorship and execution of significant scientific projects in relation and coordination with the Working Groups, the various Committees and the Boards of the Association.

Provide the Association with a strong knowledge of the current evolution of the ongoing scientific research in the field of nephrology also with reference to the other medical specialties closely linked to it.

Maya is a professional fundraiser raising financial support for medical congresses from the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries. In the course of her work Maya initiates and implements new fundraising strategies and establishes long term agreements between associations and potential sponsors.

Over the last decade Maya managed to raise around 6 million Euro/year and increase revenue in a sustainable way.

Maya is a certified lawyer who specialized in private and public international law before specializing as a professional fundraiser.

For more than 12 years, Maya has worked in the PCO's (Professional Congress Organiser) sector pioneering fundraising techniques and strategies.

In 2006 Maya joined Kenes International as the Director of the Sponsorship and Exhibition Sales Department. Maya has managed a team of 10 fundraisers and was responsible for servicing more than 30 associations each year.

Maya’s passion for her job is fueled by her desire to assist associations in reaching their targets and achieve their objectives.

Over the past few years Maya acquired extensive knowledge in pharma/medical devices Industries regulations and she is actively involved in different professional forums.

The strategies Maya develops continuously evolve in alliance with the challenging regulatory environment that we all witness over the past few years.

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Dr Tsang is currently the President of Hong Kong Dental Association and Honorary Chairman of the organizing committee of the 10th Hong Kong International Dental Exhibition and Symposium (10th HKIDEAS). He is the Founding Chairman of Young Dentists Group in 2010 and currently serves the group as an adviser. In 2018-19, he served the Association as the co-chairmen of Professional Volunteer Services Committee and the Convenor of an overseas volunteer service programme namely HEALTHY SMILE (Cambodia) which encourages dentists and dental students in Hong Kong to engage in volunteerism. 

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Kimbeley is the Head of Congress & Corporate Relations, she manages with the teams for the EADV’s annual congress and symposium. She is very passionate about developing new collaborations and strategies to fund the events and strongly believes that collaboration between the Academy and the sponsors is key to face the constantly changing legal environment.

Kimberley has changed the approach to sponsors and sponsorship in general in the Academy and contributed to creating long-lasting collaborative partnerships with sponsors while increasing the investments. This relationships goes beyond the events and ensures effective collaboration for the EADV’s activities all year round, supporting the education of European and International Dermatologist and improving patients’ lives. She currently oversees a portfolio of over 230 active corporate partners.