The North American Conference Week Commences 5/6/00 Next week sees the market research conference session in full flow over the Atlantic. Both the Professional Marketing Research Society of Canada and the Marketing Research Association in the US are holding their annual conventions. The event in Canada coincides with a national Marketing Research Week running from June 5 to 9. It is the 40th anniversary conference of the Professional Marketing Research Society to be held in Toronto with events and talks to celebrate both the past and the future. There is a glittering array of speakers, including several from the UK shores such as John Samuels, chairman of Hauck International UK, Bill Pegram, chairman of Pegram Walters and Professor Ehrenberg from South Bank University. Notables from North America include Angus Reid, chairman of the Angus Reid Group and Jack Honomichl. For further information, visit the PMRS site at www.pmrs-aprm.com Moving south, the MRA is holding its 42nd annual conference in Seattle between June 7th and 9th. In 2000, MRA wants to put "Change in Your Pocket." The ability to leverage change is the coin of the future. Successful individuals and profitable organisations will be those who can best adopt new technologies and adapt to new ways of doing business. With three keynote speakers to address the audience and 20 workshops to select from, the conference agenda presents an opportunity to expand research skills and learn about the latest trends impacting the research industry. There are four education tracks running throughout the event, Business Management/Personal Development, Data Collection, Research Methods and Skills/Techniques and Technology. The MRA is also offering live webcasts of selected conference sessions on June 8. For further information, visit the MRA site at www.mra-net.org