The Societies (incorporating the SWPP) is set to stage the biggest photographic ‘all welcome’ convention Europe has ever seen, and will set new benchmarks for ‘one-stop-shop’ conventions in the UK.

The 7 day event at London’s Novotel, Hammersmith runs from Jan 12 -18, with the 3 day Photo Show running from Jan 15- 17  with over  200 trade stands confirmed.
One hundred and fifty speakers have been booked, including ‘international imaging heavyweights’ Jerry Ghionis, Kevin Kubota, Charlie Waite, Mark Cleghorn, Henk Van Kooten, Doug Gordon and Trevor and Faye Yerbury.

Phil Jones, The Societies’ CEO said: “We are finding that increasing numbers of photographers are treating The Societies Convention as a ‘must-do’ event. They know the choice of seminars and workshops by world-acclaimed speakers is simply unmatchable”.
The Societies director Juliet Jones said: “We have planned over 350 hours of Masterclasses over four days; over 12 hours of exclusive Business School workshops and over forty hours of free seminars and demonstrations. …and the Trade Show element of the Convention (Jan 15-17) is free as long as visitors pre-register online at www.swpp.co.uk /convention uptil January 8  to avoid the £5 entry fee.”