Inaugural ICCOS EMEA 2009

ICCOS EMEA: The Currency Cycle

Bringing Retailers, Casinos, Armored Carriers/CITs, Banks and Federal Authorities Together

September 20 – 22, 2009 | Hilton Hotel | Amsterdam, The Netherlands

As many of you will know from reading past posts in Counting On Currency, I am a great supporter of the International Commercial Cash Operations Seminar, which is normally held every 18 months or so at a “destination city” in North America.

The organizers of the ICCOS events made a decision last year to expand their very successful formula first to the EMEA region and (soon to be announced) to the Asia region. Based on the success of the most recent even held this past March in Chicago, I am certain that attendees of the first ICCOS EMEA to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands will not be disappointed by either the content or the venue.

On September 20-22 the first ICCOS EMEA conference will be held at the Hilton in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The conference is a spin-off of the highly successful ICCOS conference which has been held in the United States since 1997. Last year’s conference in Las Vegas welcomed over 240 delegates from 32 countries. The ICCOS conference is seen as the premier forum for commercial cash distribution and circulation and targets everyone with a role in the cash cycle; retailers, casinos, armored carriers/CIT’s, cash processors, banks and federal authorities.

Conference Director Trish Halligan is delighted that ICCOS has now made a move to the EMEA region. “With delegates from 32 countries at our last conference, it became clear that there was a significance that reached further than the North-American market. Some delegates including several of our sponsors, questioned why the conference was not more international, why it was only held in the United States. After due consideration, we decided to take up the challenge. We had discussions with many significant industry suppliers who all showed great interest in an EMEA version of the ICCOS concept.”

Adrian Baxter, Conference Chairman adds; “In the current economic scenario it is even more important than previous years to study, identify and move forward with best practice methodologies to reduce costs and make us all that more competitive. Meeting with peers, networking with similar industry leaders and exchanging views on how to get the most out of current technologies is a great way to stay ahead of the pack in this challenging environment. We certainly hope the market will have cooled down when we meet in September, but I’m sure there are many lessons learned from what we are going through at the moment.”