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Holding a leadership meeting to highlight the space for innovation

Author: Michelle Russell The Space Cities Network will serve as a case study example of innovative collaboration in two sessions of the 2025 Leaders Conference. The Space Cities Network is a recent initiative between four cities on four continents—Lausanne, Switzerland; Christchurch, New Zealand; Houston, Texas, United States; and Seoul, South Korea—to strengthen universities, research centers, government agencies, Cooperation between industrial sectors and businesses in the field of outer space. In convening the Leaders Conference, the Space City Network will present case study examples of innovative collaborations in the business events industry – “International collaboration and overcoming business culture differences” and “Vertical Advantage: Driving growth” at the Monday and Tuesday sessions in Organization and Purpose In the ground. " convene Claire Hector-Taylor, international business development manager at ChristchurchNZ, the sustainable economic development agency, and Gerald Howard, senior business development manager at conference management organization Congress Lausanne-Montreux, were contacted to find out more about the program. They responded via email (of course!).…