WHY DRESDEN ?

Video : City of Dresden, Capital of the Free State of Saxony
Arrangement and Flash version : isifa image services, Czech Republic

Congress is key to your business

 It is the largest event of its kind in the world bringing picture agents together : expected are up to 1,000 delegates and more than 400 companies from 52 countries and 5 continents, representing all markets.
 Surveys have shown agents to bring in at least 30% extra revenue for the majority of companies setting up an agent's network
 Participants report of up to 60 meetings in four days, 99% participants say they get excellent value for money and 90% come back the following year

It’s taking place in Germany

 Germany is the leading in Europe, accounting for a third of the Eurozone output.
 Germany is a world scale buyer and supplier of images, representing 10% of the picture market : approximately 400 picture traders with a median turnover of 400,000 EUR, all of them being on-line, and a hundred of which are held by CEPIC's member BVPA
 The picture buyer market includes 150 daily newspapers and 6,000 magazines. The turnover of the advertising market amounts to 30 billion EUR
 It is home of worldwide publisher Bertelsmann and of VISUELL, the only magazine devoted to our business
 It hosts the Frankfurt Bookfair, the largest bookfair in the world, accounting for a third of worldwide licensing
 It is a driver in IT technology and picture business management solutions and hosts major picture portals: photosearch.de, Fotofinder, picturemaxx, Fotomarktplatz, topixx, mecon amongst others

It’s taking place in Dresden

 A green town of 500,000 inhabitants with all major amenities within walking distance
 A modern and bright Congress Center on the banks of the Elbe with 120 networking tables
 Airports in Dresden and Leipzig, two hours by train from Berlin, three from Prague, international airlinks to Vienna, Frankfurt and Munich
 A great base from which to visit the outstanding Palaces of Saxony, to cruise on the Elbe or to combine with a visit to Berlin
 A fascinating town symbolising the history of Germany from the 17th century to the rebirth of German reunification