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ICCA 64th CONGRESS PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

 

Saturday, 8th November

 

Badge pick-up 

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM | 📍Registration Area, Alfândega Congress Centre

 

NextGen Session 

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 📍Noble Hall, Alfândega Congress Centre

We'll kick off with an exclusive session with industry leaders where students, young professionals aged 40 years and under and professionals who have been in the events industry for less than 5 years will gain insider insights and career advice, followed by a chance to ask burning questions and network over lunch.

Moderator: Ivo Franschitz, ENITED Business Events GmbH

*Please note this session has limited capacity and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

Global Business Exchange 

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 📍Arrabida, Alfândega Congress Centre

 

City Tours

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 📍 Alfândega Congress Centre

Please note: All tours are taking place Saturday 8th of November. Tours are free of charge and are subject to a limited number of participants. For more information please click here.

 

Coffee Break

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 📍Alfândega Congress Centre

 

AI Builders Demo Session: Test and Feedback

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 📍Noble Hall, Alfândega Congress Centre

We open the doors for all ICCA Congress attendees for a demo session where concepts will be showcased to industry professionals for live feedback and discussion.
*Please note this session has limited capacity and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

Regi - ception 

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 📍Alfândega Congress Centre

Start here! Get ready for an incredible interactive experience unlike any you've had before. Pick up your badge, meet your fellow delegates, and start your journey. Welcome to ICCA Congress 2025!

 

For more information about our Saturday programme, please click here.

 

Please note that session descriptions and speakers are subject to change.

 

Impact & Sustainability

Future Leadership & Resilience

Purposeful Business Models & Start - Ups

Innovation & Tech

The Creative Edge

 

Please note that each track will offer the same content on both days!

 


Sunday, November 9, 2025










Monday, November 10, 2025

Impact & Sustainability
Future Leadership & Resilience
Purposeful Business Models & Start-ups
Innovation & Tech
The Creative Edge
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Association Partners Breakfast
📍Hilton Porto Gaia: Exclusive for associations and ICCA Association Partners - by invitation only.
Morning Guided Meditation
"Quieting the mind" by Natasza Tardio
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Badge Pick-up Monday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome Coffee
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Sharing Hubs 2.0: Charting the Course
A Multi-Track Opening to Kickstart the ICCA Congress 2025
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM Business Intelligence Coopetition
🔀Parallel Session
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Keynote: Professor Greg Clark: Sponsored by Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute of the Macao SAR
🔀Parallel Session
10:55 AM - 11:30 AM Ministers' Panel: "Dialogue in Action — Shaping Solutions to Global Challenges"
🔀Parallel Session
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Best Marketing Award
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM IMEX Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Transfers: Get Ready to Move!
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Impact & Sustainability Track
📍Porto Cruise Terminal
Future Leadership & Resilience Track
📍Ferreira Cellars
Purposeful Business Models and Start-ups Track
📍Noble Hall, Alfândega Congress Centre (Ground Floor)
Innovation & Technology Track
📍CEiiA Innovation Centre
The Creative Edge Track
📍WOW Cultural District
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Transfers to Alfândega/Leisure
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Leisure Time
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM GalactICCA: Navigating the Future
📍Super Bock Arena









Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Impact & Sustainability
Future Leadership & Resilience
Purposeful Business Models and Start-ups
Innovation & Tech
The Creative Edge
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ICCA Run
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Association Partners Breakfast: Sponsored by Oman Convention Bureau
📍Hilton Porto Gaia: Exclusive for associations and ICCA Association Partners - by invitation only.
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Badge Pick-up Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Morning Energizer by Sanctum
Must-Experience!
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM Keynote: Peru Dharani
🔀Parallel Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM More than a Meeting - In Partnership with the AC Forum
🔀Parallel Session
9:20 AM - 10:35 AM How to Get the Best Out of ICCA BI for Meetings Management Members
🔀Parallel Session
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM Keynote: "Tam" Chudaree Debhakam
🔀Parallel Session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM BI Database training
🔀Parallel Session
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Association Leadership Quest: "Leading Through Uncertainty: What’s Keeping Association Leaders Up at Night – And How They’re Turning Disruption into Opportunity"
🔀Parallel Session
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Incredible Impacts Grant and Award Programme
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Transfers - Get Ready to Move!
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Impact & Sustainability
📍Porto Cruise Terminal
Future Leadership & Resilience
📍Ferreira Cellars
Purposeful Business Models and Start-ups
📍Noble Hall, Alfândega Congress Centre (Ground Floor)
Innovation & Technology
📍CEiiA Innovation Centre
The Creative Edge
📍WOW Cultural District
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Transfers back to Alfândega/Leisure
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Leisure
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Optional Museum Visit of Porto FC
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM I Amsterdam Night; Sponsored by Amsterdam Convention Bureau
📍F.C. Porto - Dragão Stadium
Impact & Sustainability
Future Leadership & Resilience
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ICCA Run
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Association Partners Breakfast: Sponsored by Oman Convention Bureau
📍Hilton Porto Gaia: Exclusive for associations and ICCA Association Partners - by invitation only.
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Badge Pick-up Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Morning Energizer by Sanctum
Must-Experience!
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM Keynote: Peru Dharani
🔀Parallel Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM More than a Meeting - In Partnership with the AC Forum
🔀Parallel Session
9:20 AM - 10:35 AM How to Get the Best Out of ICCA BI for Meetings Management Members
🔀Parallel Session
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM Keynote: "Tam" Chudaree Debhakam
🔀Parallel Session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM BI Database training
🔀Parallel Session
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Association Leadership Quest: "Leading Through Uncertainty: What’s Keeping Association Leaders Up at Night – And How They’re Turning Disruption into Opportunity"
🔀Parallel Session
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Incredible Impacts Grant and Award Programme
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Transfers - Get Ready to Move!
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Impact & Sustainability
📍Porto Cruise Terminal
Future Leadership & Resilience
📍Ferreira Cellars
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Transfers back to Alfândega/Leisure
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Leisure
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Optional Museum Visit of Porto FC
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM I Amsterdam Night; Sponsored by Amsterdam Convention Bureau
📍F.C. Porto - Dragão Stadium

Purposeful Business Models and Start-ups
Innovation & Tech
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ICCA Run
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Association Partners Breakfast: Sponsored by Oman Convention Bureau
📍Hilton Porto Gaia: Exclusive for associations and ICCA Association Partners - by invitation only.
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Badge Pick-up Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Morning Energizer by Sanctum
Must-Experience!
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM Keynote: Peru Dharani
🔀Parallel Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM More than a Meeting - In Partnership with the AC Forum
🔀Parallel Session
9:20 AM - 10:35 AM How to Get the Best Out of ICCA BI for Meetings Management Members
🔀Parallel Session
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM Keynote: "Tam" Chudaree Debhakam
🔀Parallel Session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM BI Database training
🔀Parallel Session
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Association Leadership Quest: "Leading Through Uncertainty: What’s Keeping Association Leaders Up at Night – And How They’re Turning Disruption into Opportunity"
🔀Parallel Session
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Incredible Impacts Grant and Award Programme
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Transfers - Get Ready to Move!
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Purposeful Business Models and Start-ups
📍Noble Hall, Alfândega Congress Centre (Ground Floor)
Innovation & Technology
📍CEiiA Innovation Centre
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Transfers back to Alfândega/Leisure
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Leisure
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Optional Museum Visit of Porto FC
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM I Amsterdam Night; Sponsored by Amsterdam Convention Bureau
📍F.C. Porto - Dragão Stadium

The Creative Edge
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ICCA Run
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Association Partners Breakfast: Sponsored by Oman Convention Bureau
📍Hilton Porto Gaia: Exclusive for associations and ICCA Association Partners - by invitation only.
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Badge Pick-up Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Morning Energizer by Sanctum
Must-Experience!
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM Keynote: Peru Dharani
🔀Parallel Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM More than a Meeting - In Partnership with the AC Forum
🔀Parallel Session
9:20 AM - 10:35 AM How to Get the Best Out of ICCA BI for Meetings Management Members
🔀Parallel Session
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM Keynote: "Tam" Chudaree Debhakam
🔀Parallel Session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM BI Database training
🔀Parallel Session
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Association Leadership Quest: "Leading Through Uncertainty: What’s Keeping Association Leaders Up at Night – And How They’re Turning Disruption into Opportunity"
🔀Parallel Session
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Incredible Impacts Grant and Award Programme
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Transfers - Get Ready to Move!
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM The Creative Edge
📍WOW Cultural District
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Transfers back to Alfândega/Leisure
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Leisure
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Optional Museum Visit of Porto FC
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM I Amsterdam Night; Sponsored by Amsterdam Convention Bureau
📍F.C. Porto - Dragão Stadium

Impact & Sustainability
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ICCA Run
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Association Partners Breakfast: Sponsored by Oman Convention Bureau
📍Hilton Porto Gaia: Exclusive for associations and ICCA Association Partners - by invitation only.
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Badge Pick-up Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Morning Energizer by Sanctum
Must-Experience!
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM Keynote: Peru Dharani
🔀Parallel Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM More than a Meeting - In Partnership with the AC Forum
🔀Parallel Session
9:20 AM - 10:35 AM How to Get the Best Out of ICCA BI for Meetings Management Members
🔀Parallel Session
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM Keynote: "Tam" Chudaree Debhakam
🔀Parallel Session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM BI Database training
🔀Parallel Session
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Association Leadership Quest: "Leading Through Uncertainty: What’s Keeping Association Leaders Up at Night – And How They’re Turning Disruption into Opportunity"
🔀Parallel Session
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Incredible Impacts Grant and Award Programme
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Transfers - Get Ready to Move!
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Impact & Sustainability
📍Porto Cruise Terminal
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Transfers back to Alfândega/Leisure
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Leisure
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Optional Museum Visit of Porto FC
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM I Amsterdam Night; Sponsored by Amsterdam Convention Bureau
📍F.C. Porto - Dragão Stadium

Future Leadership & Resilience
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ICCA Run
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Association Partners Breakfast: Sponsored by Oman Convention Bureau
📍Hilton Porto Gaia: Exclusive for associations and ICCA Association Partners - by invitation only.
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Badge Pick-up Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Morning Energizer by Sanctum
Must-Experience!
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM Keynote: Peru Dharani
🔀Parallel Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM More than a Meeting - In Partnership with the AC Forum
🔀Parallel Session
9:20 AM - 10:35 AM How to Get the Best Out of ICCA BI for Meetings Management Members
🔀Parallel Session
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM Keynote: "Tam" Chudaree Debhakam
🔀Parallel Session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM BI Database training
🔀Parallel Session
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Association Leadership Quest: "Leading Through Uncertainty: What’s Keeping Association Leaders Up at Night – And How They’re Turning Disruption into Opportunity"
🔀Parallel Session
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Incredible Impacts Grant and Award Programme
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Transfers - Get Ready to Move!
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Future Leadership & Resilience
📍Ferreira Cellars
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Transfers back to Alfândega/Leisure
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Leisure
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Optional Museum Visit of Porto FC
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM I Amsterdam Night; Sponsored by Amsterdam Convention Bureau
📍F.C. Porto - Dragão Stadium

Purposeful Business Models and Start-ups
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ICCA Run
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Association Partners Breakfast: Sponsored by Oman Convention Bureau
📍Hilton Porto Gaia: Exclusive for associations and ICCA Association Partners - by invitation only.
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Badge Pick-up Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Morning Energizer by Sanctum
Must-Experience!
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM Keynote: Peru Dharani
🔀Parallel Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM More than a Meeting - In Partnership with the AC Forum
🔀Parallel Session
9:20 AM - 10:35 AM How to Get the Best Out of ICCA BI for Meetings Management Members
🔀Parallel Session
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM Keynote: "Tam" Chudaree Debhakam
🔀Parallel Session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM BI Database training
🔀Parallel Session
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Association Leadership Quest: "Leading Through Uncertainty: What’s Keeping Association Leaders Up at Night – And How They’re Turning Disruption into Opportunity"
🔀Parallel Session
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Incredible Impacts Grant and Award Programme
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Transfers - Get Ready to Move!
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Purposeful Business Models and Start-ups
📍Noble Hall, Alfândega Congress Centre (Ground Floor)
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Transfers back to Alfândega/Leisure
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Leisure
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Optional Museum Visit of Porto FC
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM I Amsterdam Night; Sponsored by Amsterdam Convention Bureau
📍F.C. Porto - Dragão Stadium

Innovation & Tech
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ICCA Run
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Association Partners Breakfast: Sponsored by Oman Convention Bureau
📍Hilton Porto Gaia: Exclusive for associations and ICCA Association Partners - by invitation only.
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Badge Pick-up Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Morning Energizer by Sanctum
Must-Experience!
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM Keynote: Peru Dharani
🔀Parallel Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM More than a Meeting - In Partnership with the AC Forum
🔀Parallel Session
9:20 AM - 10:35 AM How to Get the Best Out of ICCA BI for Meetings Management Members
🔀Parallel Session
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM Keynote: "Tam" Chudaree Debhakam
🔀Parallel Session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM BI Database training
🔀Parallel Session
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Association Leadership Quest: "Leading Through Uncertainty: What’s Keeping Association Leaders Up at Night – And How They’re Turning Disruption into Opportunity"
🔀Parallel Session
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Incredible Impacts Grant and Award Programme
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Transfers - Get Ready to Move!
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Innovation & Technology
📍CEiiA Innovation Centre
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Transfers back to Alfândega/Leisure
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Leisure
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Optional Museum Visit of Porto FC
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM I Amsterdam Night; Sponsored by Amsterdam Convention Bureau
📍F.C. Porto - Dragão Stadium

The Creative Edge
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ICCA Run
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Association Partners Breakfast: Sponsored by Oman Convention Bureau
📍Hilton Porto Gaia: Exclusive for associations and ICCA Association Partners - by invitation only.
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Badge Pick-up Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Morning Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Morning Energizer by Sanctum
Must-Experience!
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM Keynote: Peru Dharani
🔀Parallel Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM More than a Meeting - In Partnership with the AC Forum
🔀Parallel Session
9:20 AM - 10:35 AM How to Get the Best Out of ICCA BI for Meetings Management Members
🔀Parallel Session
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM Keynote: "Tam" Chudaree Debhakam
🔀Parallel Session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM BI Database training
🔀Parallel Session
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Association Leadership Quest: "Leading Through Uncertainty: What’s Keeping Association Leaders Up at Night – And How They’re Turning Disruption into Opportunity"
🔀Parallel Session
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Incredible Impacts Grant and Award Programme
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Transfers - Get Ready to Move!
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM The Creative Edge
📍WOW Cultural District
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Transfers back to Alfândega/Leisure
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Leisure
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Optional Museum Visit of Porto FC
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM I Amsterdam Night; Sponsored by Amsterdam Convention Bureau
📍F.C. Porto - Dragão Stadium


Wednesday, November 12, 2025










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