(1) Organize and manage national and international conferences
WMC can help its clients hold national and international conferences efficiently in all stages, from the basic arrangements to publicity work, communications with participants, hotel arrangements and management of the conference itself. (Refer to "WMC Manual for Successful Conferences" for more detail.)

• Cradle stage : Determine a management committee, budget and place of the conference.
• Early stage : Send an official announcement to prospective participants.
  Obtain acknowledgement from guest to the conference.
• Middle stage : Receive abstracts, registration and applications for hotels.
• Late stage : Print programs and abstracts books and make necessary adjustments of hotel accommodations.
• Last minute stage : Set up the conference place and brief the staff.
• Post conference Stage : Send accounting and auditing reports to the clients and send thank-you letters to the guests, etc.
 

(2) Represent academic societies

As a permanent secretariat office for academic societies, WMC solicits new members, maintain members' lists, collect membership fees, and provide all relevant service to the client including publicity work, publishing and communications.

(3) Organize events and seminars

WMC plans and organizes seminars about new products, inaugural for new professors, get-together parties for new members of national and international academic societies, etc.

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What is P.C.O.(Professional Congress Organizer)?

It is a commercial enterprise that handles all kinds of work in connection with congresses. In Europe, there are P.C.O.s which have a long history. In Japan also, in recent years, several companies have launched a P.C.O. business and have attained considerable achievements. World Meeting Corp. is no exception. As a P.C.O. having the travel department as well, we have helped in organizing and operating both national and international congresses.
By making the most of the service provided by a P.C.O., we believe the doctors hosting the international congresses can lessen the energy of the staff-wise and time-wise.

The function of P.C.O. can be summarized as follows:

1. Overall consulting work in connection with organizing and operating congresses
2. Make and manage congress budget
3. Assist in financing and fund-raising work
4. Congress secretariat work-make correspondences, administer registration and abstracts
5. Assist in operating preparatory committee and make minutes of the meetings
6. Public relations and promotion
7. Make announcement, program and other printed materials
8. Plan and organize social events ( Reception, Banquet, etc. )
9. Arrange and administer Congress operations staff members
10. Make or arrange AV equipments, sign boards, etc.

World Meeting Corp.'s work as a travel agent widely ranges as follows:

1. Arrange and book hotel rooms
2. Organize accompanying person's program, excursion and optional tours during the session
3. Arrange travel before and after the Congress
4. Make documents for entry visa
5. Arrange and book air tickets

As explained above, World Meeting Corp. offers overall assistance for the success of the congress.

World Meeting Corp. 1-29-16-201 Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 160-0022 TEL. 03-3350-0363 FAX. 03-3341-1830