MPIジャパンチャプターは1月10日、東京の六本木アカデミーヒルズで「新春賀詞交換会」を開催。会員やMICE関連のキーパーソン157人が参加し、ネットワーキングや情報交換を行なった。
開会の挨拶で会長の山本牧子氏は「今回は札幌から福岡・沖縄、また韓国からの参加もあり、過去最大の規模となった。全世界のMPI会員2万人のうち7割が女性、MPIジャパンチャプターでは女性が28%まで増加したが、さらに増やし女性の力を活かせるミーティング産業の環境整備に寄与したい」と抱負を語った。
''There is also participation from Sapporo, Fukuoka, Okinawa, and Korea. This was greatest assembly in history. 70% of 20,000 MPI members are women in the world but the member of women has increased to 28% in MPI Japan chapter. So I want to contribute to further increase the number of women, the environmental improvement of the meeting industry by encouraging women's power.'' Ms. Makiko Yamamoto, chairman of this society, told of her ambitions.
The president Ms Makiko Yamamoto spoke of her aspiration in the opening address. She said that attendants
were from Sapporo, Fukuoka・Okinawa and all the way from Korea. The party was the largest ever. Among 20,000 MPI members around the world, 70 percent of them are women. Of all the employees of MPI Japan Chaper, up to 28 percent are women. I'm going to increase the number of women and I'd like to contribute women's power to business environment enhancement of meeting industries.
For the opening speech, Chairperson YAMAMOTO Makiko quoted her tasks that “this meeting became a largest-ever meeting with participants from Sapporo, Fukuoka, Okinawa and Korea this time. 70% of members among twenty thousand world members shares women. In MPI Japan chapter, it is increased up to 28%, but we would like to increase it more and contribute to establish activities scenes of meeting industry for which woman power could be maximized.
The chairman, Makiko Yamamoto shared the aspiration "There are participations coming from Sapporo to Fukuoka, Okinawa and even from Korea this time which made this the largest scale ever. 70% of the 20,000 MPI members around the world are women and this has increased up to 28% in the Japan MPI chapter, but I would like to contribute to the environmental improvement of the meeting industry by further increasing the power of women" for the opening remarks.
Makiko Yamamoto, chairman women told aspiration in the opening remarks "There is also participation from Korea also Fukuoka, Okinawa, Sapporo, become the largest ever scale this time. 70% of 20,000 MPI members worldwide are women. Women has already increased to 28% in Japan MPI chapter, but I want to contribute to the environmental improvement of the meeting industry that would be able to take advantage the power of further inceased women."