Press Kit

ICMA Evolution Time Line

1990 – First charter meeting in Newark, NJ, USA

1990 – Transaction Times , first ICMA official publication

1991 – First EXPO, Orlando, FL, USA

1992 – EXPO, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1993 – First European EXPO, Cascais, Portugal

1993 – First Secure Card Congress, Cascais, Portugal

1994 – First Latin American EXPO, Cancun, Mexico

1994 – First Card Manufacturing Magazine published

1995 – First Workshop, Princeton, NJ, USA

1995 – EXPO, Munich, Germany

1995 – ICMA Launches Website

1996 – First European Workshop, Strasbourg, France

1996 – EXPO, Bermuda

1996 – First ICMA Golf Tournament, Bermuda

1997 – Workshop, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

1997 – Workshop, Bologna, Italy

1997 – EXPO, London, England

1997 – First Élan Awards

1997 – First Awards Dinner, London, England

1998 – Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, USA

1998 – Workshop, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1998 – EXPO, San Francisco, California, USA

1999 – Workshop, Frankfurt, Germany

1999 – Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1999 – First CTST Dinner Cruise, Chicago, Illinois, USA

1999 – EXPO, Granada, Spain

1999 – First Global Market Survey

2000 – Workshop, Houston, Texas, USA

2000 – Workshop, Paris, France

2000 – CTST Dinner, Miami, Florida, USA

2000 – Ten Year Anniversary EXPO, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

2000 – ICMA Scholarship Program Launched

2001 – First Asia Seminar, Singapore

2001 – Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

2001 – Workshop, Vienna, Austria

2002 – Workshop, Munich, Germany

2002 – Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, USA

2002 – CTST Dinner, Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

2002 – EXPO, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2002 – First Spiritus Awards for Outstanding Community Service, Vancouver, Canada

2003 – Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

2003 – Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland

2003 – CTST Dinner, Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, USA

2003 – First encore EXPO location, Cancun, Mexico

2004 – Workshop, Downers Grove ( Chicago), Illinois, USA

2004 – Workshop, Milan, Italy

2004 – CTST Dinner, Tequila Beach, Washington, D.C., USA

2004 – First EXPO in former Iron Curtain Country, Prague, Czech Republic

2005 – Workshop, Dallas, Texas, USA

2005 – Workshop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2005 – CTST Dinner, ESPN Zone, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

2005 – ICMA celebrates 15 years in Miami, Florida, USA

2006 – Workshop, Munich, Germany
2006 – Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2006 – EXPO, Athens, Greece
2007 – Workshop, Rome, Italy
2007 – Workshop, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2007 – EXPO, San Diego, California, USA
2008 – EXPO, Orlando, Florida, USA
2008 – Workshop, Schaumberg, Illinois, USA
2008 – First Green Summit, Schaumberg, Illinois, USA
2008 – Workshop, Stuttgart, Germany




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