Dear Friends,

The beginning of 2009 finds us all in a time of financial uncertainty. While we have not experienced any significant changes in the congress and association world, we cannot ignore the fact that the world around is undergoing a shaky period and some type of influence might sooner or later impact our world as well. Kenes International fully comprehends its clients’ need for financial stability.

Being a pioneer and leader in the field of Professional Congress Organization gives with us the ability to provide our long term clients with sound financial backing as well as realistic long term strategies, thereby enabling our clients a continuing platform for promoting their purposes and ideas.

Kenes International is a very strong yet financially conservative entity. These qualities enabled us to end 2008 in flying colors and keep a very optimistic forecast for the years to come. This strength also enables us to provide ongoing support of our clients’ association and congress activities and as always - fulfillment of our obligation to them.

The changing world also requires a change in the focus of the traditional congress organizer. We believe that Kenes International is very much prepared to face future challenges, whether financial or operational.

In the past few years Kenes International has committed itself to develop new features that now join our traditional, yet dynamic services. You will find Kenes Media a valuable asset for both maintaining and strengthening the brand name of our client societies and congresses. In an ever more competitive world, this indispensable asset is an essential resource to our joint success. This type of strategic advantage will be essential to the repeating success of meetings in the future.

It is our strong belief that partnership will enable all of us to pass the down turning economy; evolving stronger than before, with a sound brand name and a solid product.

We wish all of you a successful 2009. In over forty years of existence, together with our clients we have successfully surpassed world crises. We are confident that this will be the case once again.

Best Wishes,

Dan Rivlin Managing Director Kenes International   E-mail: drivlin@kenes.com

Avi Rosner, CPA Co-Managing Director Kenes International   Email: arosner@kenes.com

Kenes International has fully committed itself through the efforts of management and employees to integrating responsible and sustainable “green” business practices into their mainstream operations: eco friendly management of our offices, print and congresses. This ethos affects all decisions, policies and practices resulting in a positive impact in significantly reducing our carbon  footprint. We are now installing in our technical headquarters an advanced renewable energy system that supplies an entire floor of our offices with all their energy consumption needs, thus making a significant impact in reducing our carbon emissions.

As part of our ongoing green commitment we will be presenting to all our clients solutions which address today’s concerns such as recycling and conservation that not only have an impact on our core business but also can greatly benefit our clients financial well being.

Kenes International Welcomes New Long-Term Clients!

Kenes International is proud to represent and welcome the following associations, whom have engaged our services in the past 6 months, to our list of well respected clients.
Association Management and Long Term Congress Services:
European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID)
Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR)
Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproductive Endocrinology (ASPIRE)
Long Term Congress Services:
World Society of Pain Clinicians (WSPC)
The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)

Kenes International is committed to ensuring the continued success of these associations and their respective congresses and we look forward to a beneficial and long term relationship.
If you would like further details on how Kenes International as your Core Professional Congress Organizer and Association Management Specialists can help develop and strengthen your congress and / or association please contact us below for further details:

Daphna Loebl
Director, Business Development
Email: dloebl@kenes.com

Kenes Media Offers Clients a Unique One Stop Shop for all your Branding, Marketing and Promotion Activities

Through collaboration with our existing Congress Marketing and Research department, web designers, graphic designers and print production facilities Kenes Media is able to offer our clients a full “One Stop Shop” media center.
Based on the clients’ short and long term objectives, audience demographics and the creative possibilities of technology Kenes Media is capable of integrating Web strategy with an overall marketing, communication and promotion action plan.
Kenes Media provides to our clients a high value resource unique in our industry. We have brought together people from around the globe of diverse talents, abilities and experiences to achieve goals and objectives that would be impossible to achieve otherwise.
Many of our clients are now benefiting from this new ethos of synergy, not only from growth in participant numbers of between 40-100% but equally as important from more cost effective utilization of congress marketing budgets.

A brief outline of our services include:

• Concept and Brand Development
• Creative design
• Web Page design
• Print Production
• Promotional items
• Custom e-marketing and  high-value Web solutions 

Congress in Focus: The 38th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society (ICS)

The 38th Annual Meeting of the ICS convened this year in Cairo, Egypt, 20-24 October, 2008. Following a trend in participant numbers, which has seen a 40% increase since 2006, more than 2500 experts in the fields of urology, gynecology, uro-gynecology, physiotherapy, nursing, neurourology and paediatric urology from over 70 different countries gathered together  to discuss the latest developments in continence medicine and research.

Under the gaze of the sphinx our participants enjoyed an unforgettable Gala Dinner evening providing a much  needed respite from a stimulating and comprehensive scientific programme

Spotlight on Seoul

Seoul is a city with a history that dates back millennia. For the last 600 years, the city has served as Korea’s capital.

The Republic of Korea is located between China and Japan. Its geopolitical position has enabled Korea to act as a bridge for cultural exchanges and trade and is generally accepted as the business hub of North East Asia.

In this regard, Seoul is an optimal location with Northeast Asia home to 25 percent of the earth's population and generates 22 percent of its GDP (forecasted to increase to 30 percent by 2020)

Seoul is a flourishing metropolis of over 11 million people. In recent decades, it has experienced dramatic transformations and growth resulting from Korea’s rapid industrialization and modernization.

Seoul boasts a wide array of transportation networks. Forty three cities with populations of a million or more are within a three-hour flight from Seoul (via Incheon International Airport).

The COEX (COnvention EXhibition) Center,  located next to the Korea World Trade Center, offers world class conference facilities combined with  an integrated shopping, culture, education, and leisure complex in the heart of Seoul. Kenes International is delighted to hold the 7th World Stroke Congress, organized by the World Stroke Organization (WSO) at the COEX in October 2010. More than 3,000 participants are expected to attend. www.kenes.com/stroke   

Come see us in action at our upcoming congresses (January– April 2009)!

For further details on our future congresses, please visit our website:
http://www.kenes.com/congresses.asp