Elizabeth Tsu Ting Ong
When did you start with Informa?
I started with IBC Asia in November 2007
What was your first role?
My first role was as a new Conference Producer
What attracted you to join us?
Working for an international event organization, the interesting job scope of a conference producer and more importantly, meeting and getting along well with my manager.
What is your role now?
Senior Conference Producer
What was the pathway to getting where you are now?
I started by producing a whole range of stage one and annuals across different sectors including the oil & gas sector, unconventional gas sector, retail property, healthcare operations, health insurance, renewable energy, finance and aviation. I then began specializing in the oil, gas, power and energy efficiency products, building annuals and producing large scale events. I then took on a more active role to topic generate and mentor new producers.
What is the best thing about working here?
The top best things about my job include:
- Meeting new and interesting people
- Researching and generating new conference topics and keeping up with changing market dynamics
- Mentoring new producers
How would you sum up the Informa working experience? Or why do you think others would like working in your division?
Working at IBC Asia has a producer has been both interesting and challenging. You are constantly faced with different challenges and you never produce a conference the same way. I have met a lot of very interesting people and have developed a good network of contacts. The work is fast-paced and being onsite at your conference can be both exciting and rewarding to see a product come to fruition.
Can you sum up the people you work with?
The energy production team is a vibrant and friendly working environment that works great together, is open to sharing ideas and providing each other with valuable advice. We all get along very well. Likewise we have good working relationships with marketing, telesales and admin teams to manage our conferences.
Externally, it is a lot of fun and very interesting to meet different and interesting people across a wide variety of sectors that have a lot of stories to tell. I greatly enjoy meeting and developing a network of friendly contacts in different sectors.