The 6th International Congress on swimming ponds took place from
September 28-30 2011 under the slogan “Natural Swimming Pools
without limits” in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. The bi-annual
event for the rapidly growing swimming pond industry attracted about
300 participants from all over the world. For more information see
www.iob-kongress.com.
In attendance from BANSP were: Tim
Evans and Frank Drewes (Gartenart), David Nettleton (Clear Water
Revival), Steve Day (Anglo Swimming Ponds), Paul Mercer and Johan
Vandenburg-Hider (The Swimming Pond Company), and Andy Jones (Ebb
and Flow).
Prior to the 3-day event in
Budweiss we also visited several public and private swimming ponds
in different parts of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.
Overall the week was, as always, an
excellent opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with
fellow swimming pond builders in different parts of the world, as
well as learning about new developments and experiences from
conference speakers.
This event was also notable for its
more international flavour than in previous years, reaching far
beyond the traditional swimming pond heartlands of Germany, Austria
and Switzerland. We had excellent speakers from Israel, South
Africa and Australia, as well as many participants from non-German
speaking countries such as Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Denmark, and of
course the UK.
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