The International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO) has awarded Dr Páraic Sheridan, Associate Director of the SFI-funded CNGL Centre for Global Intelligent Content, its International Client Award 2013.
The award is given to those individuals who are committed to raising the standard of international conferences.
Sheridan was nominated by global professional conference organiser, Conference Partners, for being an “exceptional client” in his role as General Co-chair for the ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) conference, which was held in Dublin in July 2013.
Organised by Sheridan and Gareth Jones of the School of Computing at Dublin City University as General Co-chairs, with a local organising committee chaired by Dr Seamus Lawless of Trinity College Dublin, the conference attracted 575 international delegates from 36 different countries for a five-day programme at venues around Dublin.
The conference celebrated 20 years of web search by bringing together pioneers of search engine technology. The speaker line-up included academic leaders from universities and senior industry professionals.
Accepting the award, Sheridan, said: “CNGL was honoured to host SIGIR 2013 in Dublin this summer. The entire local organising team worked hard to anticipate the needs of delegates and strived to showcase Dublin as a centre of scientific excellence against a historical and cultural backdrop. To be recognised internationally for the quality of the conference makes it all the more rewarding.”
Keith McCormack, Director of Visit Dublin and Head of Events at Fáilte Ireland, added: “The award recognises Páraic’s commitment to the conference, as well as his pride in showcasing Ireland as a hospitable and welcoming destination. It also confers great endorsement on Ireland’s reputation in hosting international association conferences.”
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