Leslie P.C. Zech will receive this year's IMA-Award for his achievements in the exhibition industry
I.M.Austria nominates one of the most important international players

The Board of I.M. Austria, the independent and impartial association-of-interest of fair and live-marketing specialists in Austria (www.imaustria.at ), has nominated unanimously Leslie P.C. Zech to receive the IMA-Award 2010, the annual award for special achievements in the Austrian exhibition, event and congress industry. The award ceremony will take place on Monday, 3 October 2011 at 11.30 a.m. in the premises of the Vienna Hofburg.

Zech has been working in exhibition construction and consulting for over 30 years. During the international expansion of his Vienna-based company IEEC (formerly Zech-Expo), it became more and more important to him to work for the development of the industry on a higher level. Consequently, in the early 1990s he founded I.M. Austria as an association of Austrian exhibition stand builders, with the aim to strengthen their market position and to set new impulses in the exhibition industry. Over the years, the association has developed into a strong and reliable partner in the sector. Zech became President of I.M.Austria in 2000 and carried the association to its present meaning, as he opened it for company members from all areas of live marketing.
Moreover, Leslie P.C. Zech always found it important to set new impulses also on the international scale. Therefore, he has been member of the Board of IFES (International Federation of Exhibition Services) since 1992. During his presidency (2000-2004) IFES has grown steadily and has been recognized as THE assertive platform for the exhibition industry with a focus on international cooperation and exchange of experiences. On his initiative as Chairman of the Membership Committee, IFES was transformed from a pure trade association to a joint venture of organizations and companies that currently has members from over 40 countries in all continents. Zech pays special attention to alliances with the BRIC countries - among others he is currently working as chief negotiator for the IFES Convention, to be held in 2012 in Moscow.
In 2006, Zech was awarded the Roger Taurant fellowship in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the development of the international exhibition industry and his work within IFES.

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