The annual conference expresses the core IQ membership experience.
Highlighted by up-to-date business, marketing and creative seminars, it is a time to meet other members in person, to candidly discuss your industry interests and goals, to exchange valuable information and receive feedback on your concepts and productions.
IQ conferences are poles apart from any other industry meeting you will attend. With stunning annually changing venues as diverse as New York, Shanghai, Rome, Auckland & Tokyo, you have the opportunity to visit faraway member destinations and further cement the global IQ friendships and alliances.
Throughout the week-long conference, members screen and discuss their work. Discussion is lively and productive, passion interspersed with laughter and the sheer enjoyment of sharing ideas with like-minded professionals.
"IQ conferences are a wonderful opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world to discuss problems and aspirations in an atmosphere of mutual trust and collaboration. They are also FUN."
- Pamela Drewe, Spika Films SA, Madrid, Spain
"The IQ conference provides opportunities to build your business, develop relationships and learn from others. In a nutshell, it is an experience not to be missed."
- Peter-Christian Fueter, C Films, Zurich, Switzerland
Discussions cover not only production techniques, but also a wide range of issues crucial to running a prosperous business. The result is a remarkable openness, born of an atmosphere of collective trust and respect.
IQ members freely discuss not only business strategies usually kept private, but also issues that are difficult to bring up within their own companies. IQ members give you informed, honest answers, always expressed in total confidentiality.
Conference day sessions are intense and productive, capped by refreshingly original evening social activities, ranging from a Swedish Viking feast or a Swiss bowling tournament to a memorable visit to a Buddhist monastery in Japan. These events repeatedly forge connections with other IQ members on a long-term basis, developing both professional and personal growth.
"IQ conferences give me the wonderful opportunity of exchanging creative ideas with good people from around the world who share the common interests of the film industry; we understand each other even with the language barriers."
- Hiro Sugizaki, Taiyo Kikaku, Tokyo, Japan
"The IQ Conference is a great way to plug into new and creative film ideas from all over the world, meet up with old friends, travel, eat, drink and be merry."
- James Lingwood, Lingwood Productions, Hong Kong & South Australia
Meeting peers in an intimate setting that encourages closeness and sharing provides an ideal networking environment. Over 90% of co-ventures and interactions are between members who have developed relationships through the annual conferences.
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