The Meetings Industry Association
Jane Owen has over two decades of experience in event management and membership support, currently serving as a Membership Support Executive and Event Manager at MIA since December 2010. Prior experience includes working as an Assistant Conference Manager at Ashbourne Pharmaceuticals from 2001 to 2003 and as a Senior Events Coordinator at Kaplan Hawksmere from 1997 to 2001. Jane Owen holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Sociology from the University of Greenwich, completed between 1994 and 1997, and attended Oakham School from 1987 to 1994.
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The Meetings Industry Association
The Meetings Industry Association (mia) is the body for setting and accrediting standards in the meetings industry, they are the owners and keepers of ‘AIM’ an industry wide recognised accreditation scheme which was developed on their behalf and in cooperation with The Best Practice Forum. The specific objectives of the Association in developing an accreditation scheme was to: - improve the quality of the meetings industry throughout the UK. - create a scheme which is totally inclusive of all venues types. - give meetings organisers confidence when selecting their venues. Tourist Boards, Regional Development Agencies, VisitBritain and others are seeking to use AIM accreditation as a means of improving the quality of meeting and conference facilities; raising standards, and growing the size of the business tourism market.