JMIC creates portal for accessing Covid-19 resources

The Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) website (themeetingsindustry.org) has been re-purposed to create a point of access for a wide range of Covid-19 related materials, information and resources for industry members. “This is simply about facilitating sharing,” said JMIC President Kai Hattendorf. “Our intent is not to replicate content – we are all awash in information right now. Instead we are using the JMIC site as an aggregator and portal to the resources of a number of member associations in order to facilitate access to the excellent materials being developed by so many. At the same time, we will be adding perspectives based on the situational overviews coming forward and additional research results that are now accumulating,” he added. Visitors to the site can access the resource pages of JMIC members via dedicated links. These resources are, in turn, maintained and updated by the respective organisations. Meaning that content is always kept current. A recent addition has been the Best Practices Guide to Covid-19 developed jointly by UFI and AIPC which is now available for download for free. The site is also the gateway to materials generated by The Iceberg as repository of industry advocacy materials. “Knowing what others are experiencing and how they are responding is the best single resource we can access right now,” said Hattendorf. “As recovery begins to take place, this will also be a repository for a growing body of strategic materials and arguments to support the critical role our industry can play in driving economic and social restoration along with specific tactics to engage with local and national governments.” JMIC is an organisation that represents the combined interests of some 17 international meetings industry associations.