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B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Valerie Strehle

Event Marketer

Valerie Strehle, Senior Director-Global Events, Workiva When an event organization operates under the code name GSD, or Get S**t Done, you know it has some serious momentum behind it. The team, created in January 2023, consolidated resources from marketing, sales, and EMEA to form the first-ever global events team at Workiva.

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New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals

Smart Meetings

Significantly, 81% of event carpet was returned directly to inventory for reuse and the food court was uncarpeted, saving an estimated 4,184 pounds of CO2, earning MeetGreen Calculator’s Visionary designation. IMEX is not new to the quest for more sustainable events. A total of 14,557 pounds of food has been donated in that time.

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The Sustainable UK Event Industry in 2050

Gallus Events

The Sustainable UK Events Industry 2050 – A reality or just a dream? The global events industry was valued at USD 886.99 Billion in 2020, and the industry is expected to double in value by 2028 (Verified Market Research 2020).

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Paul Fitzpatrick Takes on Global COO Role at Identity

Prestige Events Magazine

Paul Fitzpatrick has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Identity, at a group level, with the task of continuing to develop the agency’s international presence and realising its ambition to be one of the leading names in global events.

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Transforming a Biennial Congress Into an Annual Global Event

PCMA Convene

For years, SSC attracted about 900 people, but since 2012, those numbers have spiked. While these potential modifications are significant, the decision-making pro-cess around them proceeded slowly and intentionally, allowing ISTH to get buy-in and support from members, Astorga said.

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Iventis raises £400k to expand events platform.

Event Industry News

The company, which was founded by Joe Cusdin who had worked on the London 2012 Summer Olympics, says the pandemic has increased demand for its software. Sandy Reid, Investment Director at Mercia, added: “Iventis is well positioned to help the events industry reorganise events and recover from the impact of the pandemic.

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Eventbase celebrates its 10 year anniversary

Eventbase

Bringing event innovation to the enterprise About five years ago, Eventbase found a niche in the enterprise market. “We We realized that everything we were building for global events like the Olympics and SXSW was also a perfect fit for the enterprise,” said Sinclair. Sinclair and West take in the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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