Peter Brokenshire
Peter played an instrumental role in the inaugural opening and operation of the National Convention Centre in Canberra, Australia and the World Congress Centre in Melbourne, Australia. In 1994, he moved to Malaysia where he executed the re-engineering of the facilities at the Putra World Trade Centre. In 2003, Peter returned to Australia as CEO of the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre before heading back to Malaysia as General Manager to over see the pre-opening and on-going management of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

Mohamed Razikin Hj Zainal Abidean
Razikin is the Head of Programme for corporate training and adventure-summer camps for AOS Experiential Education Centre. Razikin has trained and tutored multi national organisations such as American International Assurance, UPS, MERCK and McDonalds. He is an experienced international mountaineer with experience climbing Mount Fuji and Japan's Kita Hotaka.

Mohammed Izuddin Rosli
Izuddin is the Head of the Sales and Commercial Department at Sepang F1 International Circuit (SIC). Izuddin ensures organisational targets are met within the sales, ticketing and merchandise departments. Prior to working with SIC, Izuddin was National Sales Manager for The Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur which saw him attend travel and trade fairs around the world.

Trevor Gardiner's career in the meetings industry commenced in 1987 in Brisbane when he joined Intermedia Convention and Event Management. Over the following five years, he developed the first version of the EVENTS software. EVENTS has become a world leading software for the management of conferences and events used by more than 1,000 meeting planners in 46 countries. In 2002, Trevor project managed the technology used for the accommodation and logistics for the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, which attracted over 60,000 attendees. Recently, Trevor completed the design and implementation of the software being used by a major American television network to manage the hospitality, accommodation and flights for their 3,000 guests for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. 

Ahmad Mustafa
An avid motor sports fan, Ahmad has been General Manager of Sepang F1 International Circuit since 2001. During his time with Sepang, Ahmad has brought the Malaysian Superseries, 4x4 and Motorcross sporting events to the track.

Jane Vong Holmes
Jane has been ICCA's Asia Pacific Manager for the last two years. The Asia Pacific office is responsible for marketing, support services and recruitment. Jane has provided overseas training for ICCA in Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Colombo, Bangkok and Taipei. Before ICCA Jane worked in Australia for the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board in their Marketing and Public Relations division.

Bert van Walbeek
Bert van Walbeek's expertise is well known in the Asian travel industry. Having trained hundreds of sales people through TICA, SITE and individually developed courses on selling destinations and on conference and incentive handling in Asia, Bert has always been, and still is, deeply involved in Asia?s tourism industry. He has been an hotelier for 35 years, a marketeer of tourism for 25 years, a motivator for 15 years and a lecturer for 15 years. He is now the Managing Director of The Winning Edge Company based in Thailand, offering marketing audit, sales and service training and consultancy services to the hospitality, car and pharmaceutical industries.

B. Sarjit Singh
Sarjit is Executive Director of the Malaysian Association of Hotels. Sarjit's background is in sports event promotion, marketing and management. During his career he has worked for the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia and held such positions as Director of Sports Promotion & Marketing, Director of Fitness Management and Director of the Youth & Sports Department F.T. in Kuala Lumpur.

Edward Liu
Edward Liu is the Managing Director of Conference & Exhibition Management Services (CEMS) Pte Ltd in Singapore. In addition to his many activities Edward is the founder and President of the Singapore Association of Convention & Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (SACEOS).

Dzulkefli Zakaria
From 1992 to 2002, Dzulkefli served as Malaysian Airlines Country Manager in India, the Philippines and New Zealand. In August 2002, Dzulkefli was appointed Incentive & Convention Manager whose task it was to handle the MICE division. Dzulkefli is responsible for providing airline support to meetings, conferences and exhibitions held both in Malaysia and abroad.

Peter Imran Winton
Having competed for more than 30 years at top-level show-jumping competitions throughout the world and dedicating 20 years to competition organisation, promotion and sports management, Peter is an expert in his field. He has coached and managed the equestrian teams of Australia, Korea, Japan and Saudi Arabia at the Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games. Peter co-directs Asianpromote Ventures Sdn Bhd who are responsible for the development and management of the highly acclaimed KL Horse Show Jumping Grand Prix.

Nor Azmi Sulong
Azmi is the Senior Manager for International Marketing at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur. Azmi has been working with PWTC since 1994 and has been a key figure in developing and nurturing the exhibitions industry in Malaysia. He is currently the Vice President of the Malaysian Association of Conventions, Exhibitions, Organisers & Suppliers (MACEOS).

Gary Grimmer
Gary is the CEO of Gary Grimmer & Company, an international convention management and consulting firm. Over the past 20 years, Gary has been the CEO of a number of international convention centres in Melbourne, Australia and Oregon, New Mexico and Massachusetts in the USA.

Jonathan
Jonathan has been in the exhibition industry for the last 20 years and is now Managing Director of his own company Trade-Link Exhibition Services Sdn Bhd in Malaysia.Jonathan co-founded the Malaysian Association of Convention & Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers in 1991. He is now the President.

David Hall
David Hall has been involved in the world of conventions and exhibitions for over 30 years and has held the CEO position at various convention and visitor bureaus throughout the world. David Hall & Associates has consulted various governments in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Australia and New Zealand on the development, operation and international marketing required for convention and exhibition facilities.

Tom Hulton

Tom Hulton  joined the international advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather following a short career in the British army. With O&M, he was based in London and Singapore handling a number of hotel and tourism accounts accounts.. He was the Managing Director of Supranational Hotels and developed this reservation and marketing hotel consortia into the third largest in the world. Tom joined the International Congress and Convention Association as Chief Executive Officer based in Amsterdam. He currently works with IMEX as Director of International Relations. with special responsibilities, for helping to raise the political profile of business tourism within Government circles in Europe.  

Andreas Felser
Andreas Felser has been the Tourism Manager of College for International Tourism & Hospitality Management ?Modul?, Vienna/Austria from 1990 - 1992. Andreas was also attached to European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB), 1010 Vienna from 1996 - 2000     as Executive Director and looking after  all aspects of conference organisation and association management, ie. setting of the budgets, marketing, sponsoring, fund raising, public relations, contracts with industry/congress centres, registration, EDP, social programme, etc.

Hans Henrik Friis
Hans is the Executive Director and Board Member of BR?HLER ICS AG Group of Companies overseeing the 11 companies in the Br?hler ICS Group. He is also Director of South East Asia for Brahler ICS Ltd Singapore and United Kingdon operations as well as International Business Development Director with Brahler ICS AG Germany. Hans has been working with Brahler ICS AG Germany, one of the leading manufacturers of professional conference technology for more than 13 years.

Caroline Hong
Caroline Hong graduated Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Adelaide in South Australia in 1983. In 1997, she became the first female CEO of the Australian Dental Association of New South Wales. Awarded a Masters in Health Administration, she is also an Associate Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives, a Certified Health Executive, a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry Internationale, a Fellow and National Board Director of the Australian Society for Association Executives and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2001 she became the first CEO of the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM).  ASUM is an international multidisciplinary professional society of 2500 members of Medical Specialists, Scientists, Sonographers and Corporate companies. One of Caroline's many highlights was her involvement in the bid which won ASUM the right to host a World Congress WFUMB 2009 in Sydney.

Mohd Rosly Selamat
Rosly currently works for the National Tourism Development Department. Prior to this appointment he was Executive Director of the Malaysian Association of Hotels in Kuala Lumpur. Rosly played a major role in managing the Commonwealth Games in Malaysia in 1998.

Mirza Mohammad Taiyab Beg
Mirza Mohammad Taiyab Beg is Deputy Director General, Tourism Malaysia. He is holding MBA from Ohio University, USA & has been working with Tourism Malaysia and was actively involved in advertising, PR campaign, coordination of tourism marketing and promotional activities in Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. Head of Europe Desk.