Three-year conference deal signed between Alma Mater Studiorum and IEG in Italy

A three-year agreement for the development of bids to secure national and international conferences in Rimini and Romagna has been signed between Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) and Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna University rector Giovanni Molari said: “The agreement with IEG fosters the promotion of science, research and higher education.” The agreement flows from a long-standing collaboration between IEG and the Alma Mater Studiorum and Uni.Rimini. “Rimini is an intellectual capital of excellence,” says Fabio De Santis (pictured), director of IEG’s Events & Conferences Division. “IEG’s activity has already achieved a powerful shift forward guaranteed by an operational alliance consolidated with a local area that for years has been accustomed to partnering with one of the top venues in Europe,” he added. IEG also fills the traditional role of a convention bureau and the agreement promotes contact with future conference ambassadors, as well as providing UNIBO with a professional partner for the development of bid projects for conferences to be held in Rimini and Romagna at facilities managed or available to IEG. “The Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, in collaboration with Italian Exhibition Group, is committed to providing its lecturers and researchers with advanced tools to continue as leading players in the promotion of science, research and higher education at European and international levels,” commented rector Giovanni Molari. Under the agreement, the professors and researchers present in the five UNIBO Campuses (Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, Rimini) will also get more visibility for their research activity and to the 250 degree courses offered to over 90,000 students.