JEREMY KOURDI is responsible for The Economist Conferences activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This includes London and Vienna conferences with a combined total of 46 events in 2000-01. Jeremy started his career with Longman, before joining Reed-Elsevier. During 1992-3 he was Business Operations Manager with what is now the CIPD. From 1993-6 he was Head of Publishing at The Institute of Management, and was then Publishing Director for the Hawksmere Group, as well as working as a consultant with IBC Conferences, London Business School, IMD and ING Barings. He has an MA in International Relations, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is author of a number of business books.