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TAIDEN in North America in October--Reports on IMF, ITU and ANOC Meetings

2011-11-01

Autumn is always a season of harvest. In this Golden October, the 2010 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings, the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2010 and the ANOC General Assembly & IOC Executive Board Meetings were held one after the other in North America. As the selected supplier for all 3 events, Shenzhen TAIDEN Industrial Co., Ltd. provided digital conference and SI systems for more than 10.000 seats. With perfect performance and stable operation, all meetings took place successfully and ran smoothly, as anticipated. TAIDEN Fully digital conference systems and digital IR simultaneous interpretation systems were appreciated and highly praised by delegates, interpreters and end users.

All three meetings are high profile events in the calendar of major international events. The IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting by itself was attended by more than ten thousand participants. The ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2010 lasted for 19 days; the number of participants totaled more than 60.000 attendees in 400 meetings and 11 venues.

TAIDEN being awarded the contracts as well as its high recognition received after the events demonstrates adequately TAIDEN's strong competition strength on the global market, thanks to its world's leading technologies, its superb quality and its brand awareness.

TAIDEN at the 2010 Annual Meetings of IMF-World Bank

The 2010 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group brought together 187 central bank governors, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, academics and media people to discuss issues of global concern, such as major world economic recovery, the international financial situation and the reform of international financial institutions.

By convention, the “World Economic Outlook Report” and the “Global Financial Stability Report” were released by the IMF on the eve of the Annual Meetings. The plenary on October 8 was followed on October 9 by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) and the Development Committee. Various country groups, such as the Group of Twenty (G-20), the Group of 7 (G-7), the Group of Twenty-Four (G-24) etc. took the opportunity to meet ahead of, or during, the Annual Meetings. During October 7–10, a Program of Seminars and other discussion fora offered participants the opportunity for in-depth discussions on current issues that are of relevance to the world economy, financial stability, and economic development.

TAIDEN systems delivered a perfect performance and contributed significantly to a successful course of the Annual Meetings 2010.
After the event, Chief of Audio Visual at IMF and the World Bank declared: “after years of doing the Annual Meetings, the conference and SI system never worked better than this year!”