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DESCRIPTION:\n\nGlobal Meetings Industry Day (GMID) is April 14. GMID was c
 reated to be an international forum for advocacy\, awareness and celebrati
 on for the meetings &amp\; events industry. Each year\, event professional
 s from around the world come together to raise the collective voice of our
  community.\nIn 2020\, GMID will look very different.\nDue to advice from 
 WHO\, Health Canada and governments around the world\,&nbsp\;we&rsquo\;re&
 nbsp\;not&nbsp\;encouraging live events for GMID.\nBut we will meet. We wi
 ll do so virtually&mdash\;and we are going to break some records!\nLet&rsq
 uo\;s set a record.\nWe are inviting the entire industry to join us to set
  the Record for the Largest Virtual Meeting.\nWe will be hosted by the hea
 ds of Meetings Mean Business Canada\, India and the United States.\nAfter 
 we have broken the record\, we will discuss COVID-19 and its impact on our
  communities\, work and families. Since this situation is constantly evolv
 ing\, we expect our agenda for the webcast to evolve as well.\nPlease join
  our esteemed panel\, including those from government\, industry associati
 ons\, hotels\, convention centres and the planning community to discuss th
 e meetings &amp\; events industry from their perspectives and where we go 
 from here.\nThis is a challenging time for our industry and it is importan
 t that we support each other and work together so that we emerge stronger 
 together.&nbsp\;\nThis year\, GMID needs to be about resiliency\, survival
 \, tenacity and perseverance.&nbsp\;\nPlease join Meetings Mean Business C
 anada and be part of the conversation.\nDate: April 14\, 2020 \nTime: Star
 ting at 9am PDT/12pm EDT/1pm ADT. \nThis FREE event will be webcast and op
 en to all.\nThe webcast will be recorded and shared following the event.\n
 Registration at: https://gmidgoesvirtual.com/
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SUMMARY:Meetings Mean Business Canada - Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID)
  
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 \; font-family: Calibri\; color: black\;"> (GMID) is April 14. GMID was cr
 eated to be an international forum for advocacy\, awareness and celebratio
 n for the meetings &amp\; events industry. Each year\, event professionals
  from around the world come together to raise the collective voice of our 
 community.</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong><span style
 ="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\; color: black\;">In 2020\, GMID 
 will look very different.</span></strong></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 
 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\; color: black\;">Due to advice from WHO\, Hea
 lth Canada and governments around the world\,&nbsp\;we&rsquo\;re&nbsp\;<sp
 an style="text-decoration: underline\;">not</span>&nbsp\;encouraging live 
 events for GMID.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family
 : Calibri\; color: black\;">But we will meet. We will do so virtually&mdas
 h\;and we are going to break some records!</span></p>\n<p style="text-alig
 n: center\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\;
  color: black\;">Let&rsquo\;s set a record.</span></strong></p>\n<p><span 
 style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\; color: black\;">We are inv
 iting the entire industry to join us to set the <strong>Record for the Lar
 gest Virtual Meeting</strong>.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 11pt
 \; font-family: Calibri\; color: black\;">We will be hosted by the heads o
 f Meetings Mean Business Canada\, India and the United States.</span></p>\
 n<p><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\; color: black\;">
 After we have broken the record\, we will discuss COVID-19 and its impact 
 on our communities\, work and families. Since this situation is constantly
  evolving\, we expect our agenda for the webcast to evolve as well.</span>
 </p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\; color: blac
 k\;">Please join our esteemed panel\, including those from government\, in
 dustry associations\, hotels\, convention centres and the planning communi
 ty to discuss the meetings &amp\; events industry from their perspectives 
 and where we go from here.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 11pt\; f
 ont-family: Calibri\; color: black\;">This is a challenging time for our i
 ndustry and it is important that we support each other and work together s
 o that we emerge stronger together.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="fon
 t-size: 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\; color: black\;">This year\, GMID nee
 ds to be about resiliency\, survival\, tenacity and perseverance.&nbsp\;</
 span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\; color:
  black\;">Please join<strong> Meetings Mean Business Canada </strong>and b
 e part of the conversation.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 11pt\; 
 font-family: Calibri\; color: black\;">Date: <strong>April 14\, 2020</stro
 ng> </span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\; 
 color: black\;">Time: Starting at <strong>9am PDT/12pm EDT/1pm ADT</strong
 >. </span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\; c
 olor: black\;">This <strong>FREE event</strong> will be webcast and open t
 o all.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Calibri\
 ; color: black\;">The webcast will be recorded and shared following the ev
 ent.</span></p>\n<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Ca
 libri\; color: black\;">Registration at: </span></strong><span><a href="ht
 tps://gmidgoesvirtual.com/">https://gmidgoesvirtual.com/</a></span></p>
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