Convention Planners Association of Japan (CPA, Chairman: Hideo Wakebe) and Japan Association of Professional Congress Organizers (JAPCO, Secretary-general: Hirotake Chikanami) has announced that they have agreed to start discussion for establishing a new organization by merging two organizations on June 5. They are planning to merge two organization in one year.
They have signed the provisional agreement on June 3, and they are going to discuss for establishing the new organization by June, 2015. For merging, JAPC is going to transform to a general incorporated association, and the merging will be both general incorporated association.
The merging of both organization driving the MICE industry will clarify the direction of MICE in Japan.