Postponement by one year of ISSA 68 - Rome, 30 October/5 November 2027

C178/26/dp del 7 maggio 2026 

Vi inoltriamo il messaggio di ISSA, di cui all'oggetto, con cui si informa che il Congresso mondiale del 2026 è stato annullato.

Il Segretario Generale, Sean Moloney, inoltre ha annunciato che il Consiglio Direttivo ISSA ha deciso di rinviare la Convention ISSA 68 a Roma al 30 ottobre - 5 novembre 2027.

Cordialmente,

Davide Pronzato 

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Da: Secretariat <secretariat@shipsupply.org>
Date: gio 7 mag 2026, 13:37
Subject: Postponement by one year of ISSA 68
 

Dear National Association members,

I hope you are well. I am writing on behalf of the ISSA Executive Board to announce that ISSA has postponed this year’s ISSA 68 Convention in Rome by one year and will be holding it in the same location – the Rome Cavalieri Hotel – one year later between October 30 and November 5th next year (2027).

I ask that you inform your members immediately to prevent them booking flights for this year.

The reason behind the postponement is the increasing uncertainty caused by the conflict in the Middle East. Running an event as large and as successful as ISSA Convention takes time and with a strong percentage of our sponsors and delegates coming from areas of the world affected by the ongoing conflict, either directly or indirectly, the decision was taken to postpone the event by one year to avoid ISSA 68 being impacted financially and operationally. With the cost of hotels and air fares rising significantly as a result of the conflict, the ability of our members to attend Convention in the numbers we would have expected and wanted, may have been negatively impacted. Something we wanted to avoid.

We will be informing the broader membership by our internal ISSA Bulletin and a message will be slotted on the ISSA website in due course.

A decision of how an Assembly meeting should be held will be taken at a meeting of the Executive Board in June and Assembly members will be instructed following that meeting.

Many thanks for your attention.

Sean Moloney
Secretary

International Shipsuppliers & Services Association (ISSA)

Email: secretariat@shipsupply.org 

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