Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

IBTM Events today announces that IBTM World 2020 will transition to being a virtual event this year. Whilst we have been planning positively for a live event in December, and we know that people want to get back to meeting face-to-face, the situation across Europe and the wider world remains very changeable.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 27, 2020

A lifelong learner, Berenice Lai decided to pursue Digital Event Strategist (DES) certification since COVID-19 forced her and her organization pivot to virtual in March 2020. We checked in with her to see how she’s applying key learnings from the DES course in producing successful virtual events for her organization.

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Event Leadership Institute

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

CloudBees originally planned DevOps World 2020 for September 21-25, 2020, in Las Vegas. and international audience limited to travel combined with national and international guidelines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, CloudBees realized it wasn’t going to be possible to hold DevOps World 2020 in-person. Sign in to view).

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Awards are given across 10 important sustainability categories, including the top accolade of the International Greener Festival Award 2020. Nominees are selected from those certified by A Greener Festival following a detailed environmental assessment, site visits and post show analysis by trained sustainable event auditors.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 8, 2022

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). So how do we get there?

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Event Industry News

JULY 7, 2020

Having a reusable stand means that the design will easily reconfigure to fit an entirely different stand space at various shows and events. It also minimises waste, creating a more sustainable approach to attending global events.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The first episode sees Full Fat co-founder, Megan Morass interview Mark Newton, an expert in live and digital experiences including global events business Broadwick Live, Hideout Festival and virtual reality music platform MelodyVR. 2020 will also see Full Fat bring ‘experience production and creation’ in house with Full Fat Creation.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. ” — Jessica Connolly , Head of Global Events, Meltwater The above program was interspersed with interesting visits to venues and fun activities (e.g. I’m looking back on 2023. 2023 in review I slowed down in 2023.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 1, 2020

A recent Forrester report caught our eye, as it touched on several business trends that will also impact the event strategists and the industry: PREDICTIONS 2020: On the Precipice of Far-Reaching Change. This article will help you get a jumpstart on conquering this challenge: Successfully Climbing Your Mountain of Event Data.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Predictions of a mass consolidation of the meetings industry have been swirling since the World Health Organization started advising lockdowns in early 2020 to “smooth the curve” of what was then known as novel coronavirus. Newest Acquisition. Read More : Acquisition to Enhance Breakout Rooms Could be First Step Toward Zoomiverse.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Despite the harshness of the crisis that has hit the events industry as a result of the Covid pandemic, Eventscase has always had the support of its investors. In September 2020, it managed to close a £3.5

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 7, 2021

Wimbledon-headquartered Arena Events Group, which designs and delivers live events, received the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan (CBILS) to provide additional financial security to the business during 2020 and throughout 2021, following the majority of large-scale sporting and cultural events being cancelled last year.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 14, 2021

This move is the first step in Swapcard’s answer to the biggest challenge organizers are currently facing: finding one technology partner that can run all their virtual, hybrid, and face-to-face events throughout the year. Starting in the spring of 2020, Swapcard and Avolio, have collaborated on a multitude of virtual events.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 13, 2020

The Sussex-based marketing and PR agency, which focuses on getting technology and suppliers seen, known and loved by event organisers, goes into 2020 on a huge high after a period of exciting growth in 2019. Founder and director of 52eight3, Katie Morhen said: “We are incredibly excited about what 2020 has to hold for 52eight3.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

We have significant interest from huge global events and sporting bodies across the globe too, they are considering using our technology to amplify their events and increase their sponsors ROI.”. This means users of the app will be notified if a satellite is in range of their location, allowing them to take a Spelfie!

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Freeman’s Main Stage for Convening Leaders 2020 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco wowed participants. For the Convene September/October issue cover story , we focus on how the pandemic has spurred the development and growth of different business models in the events industry. Jacob Slaton Photography). Bob Priest-Heck.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 24, 2021

On March 11, 2020, an NBA player from the Utah Jazz tested positive for COVID-19. In that moment, the team had to quickly rethink the entire strategy around their events in order to keep their players and their fans safe. July 21, 2020. These virtual events are uniquely positioned for all those moments.”.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2020

After all, this is the year 2020, the same numbers used to benchmark ideal eyesight. Brad Weaber is principal, Brad Weaber Consulting Group , moderator for Smart Meetings Editorial Advisory Board and former executive vice president at SmithBucklin and Experient, a Maritz Global Events Company. Bear with me on this metaphor.

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Boomset

MAY 13, 2020

Every year Eventex Awards , the biggest global event competition, spotlight the best events, experiences, and suppliers in the industry worldwide. Boomset has been awarded two prizes by Eventex Awards, taking home the Gold award for People’s Choice for Technology and Bronze for Best Interaction Technology.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

As an exploration of how the COVID crisis has impacted the business events industry, “ Events UnPaused ” — Maritz Global Events’ five-part podcast hosted by President David Peckinpaugh — is chock-full of insights and most definitely worth a listen. Megan Henshall. Michelle Russell is editor in chief of Convene.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 1, 2020

The Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has seriously impacted the global events industry and it looks like its effects will be felt for many months to come. It’s no wonder therefore that the virtual, online event has come to the fore in 2020 and has become the new norm for hosting safer and more stable events.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2022

The global event marketing agency Hamilton has been recognized with an EDDIE award for an exceptionally smart move in February. The company transitioned from immersive brand events to vaccination events. Event on Ivy Tech Community College campus in Sellersburg; Photo credit: Courtney Cantor.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In 2020, the combined #GivingTuesday and GivingTuesdayNow, which was held on May 5 in response to the hardships caused by the pandemic, raised more than $3 billion in the United States. To say the idea took hold is an understatement: GivingTuesday raised $10 million in the U.S. the first year and has now spread to more than 75 countries.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Alex Sapiz, vice president for global events for Cisco (clockwise from top left); Lauren Parr, vice president for meetings at the American Geographical Union; and Timothy Simpson, brand and engagement chief strategist for the Design Studio, talk about disruption during a NEXT Conference session. At NEXT on Feb.

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Endless Events

APRIL 20, 2021

The future of events is human-centric! Today’s event icon is the personable Megan Henshall , the global events account manager at Google who got into events because she was “really bad at sales” She shares how she experienced the pivoting year of 2020 and explains how to adopt a human-centric mindset in events.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 18, 2024

The Event Industry Council has recognized Johnny’s invaluable contributions since 2020 and his new leadership role is set to amplify Johnny’s impact on the global events industry. Johnny’s enthusiasm for driving the events industry towards greater […]

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 3, 2020

As PCMA Convening Leaders 2020 kicks off in San Francisco, we got a behind-the-scenes look at the insights they are using to transform their conference. “Sometimes, you lose perspective on what’s really happening at your event,” said Kim. Related Links. .

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Tim Simpson and Liz Smith, both from Maritz Global Events, speak during their Convening Leaders 2022 session, “Transforming Event Experiences: How to Deliver Meaningful Human-to-Human Moments.”. Simpson hasn’t yet arrived at a standard definition of what human-to-human design means for the events industry, he said.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

” She added: “The football teams bring a huge amount into the city, Aintree is a truly global event, so whatever we can do to get those up and running in whatever format we can, of course we will do. ” Originally published by Business Live on 16th November 2020.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

YPO also pivoted quickly to digital events — since March 1, the organization has offered members more than 325 free global events, focused on both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 issues. The events were created by YPO event chairs, “driven to share resources and information in a virtual environment,” Mason said.

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GlobalSignIn

APRIL 8, 2021

Mudit Singhania and Vidyut Singhania, founders of Babel, want to improve the event attendee experience, engagement and conversations with the help of data. Their Hyper-Personalized Engagement platform (ISDA AI) which was deployed at the SWITCH 2020 virtual event, aims to empower the global events industry. .

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 25, 2017

And it would seem that a chunk of that lost business will come from global events that have chosen to take the U.S. Our Council recently reviewed potential venues for the OHBM 2020 meeting, which is slated to be held in North America. .”Tourism Economics forecasts a 10.6-million off their list of potential future sites.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2021

Kristin Horstman is a senior director at Salesforce and has been on our show just recently , Johnnie White is the CEO of the American Society of Appraisers, and Rachael Riggs is a WellBeing Leader at Maritz Global Events. Health & Wellness In Events In The New Normal. And what does this panel have in common?

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Boomset

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The winners will be announced on 26 March 2020. The Eventex Awards - the biggest global event awards, announced the finalists in their 10th-anniversary edition - and #TheBoomset Way has made the shortlist! The winners will be announced on 26 March 2020 - stay tuned! Read more about the digital event here.

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SevenEvents

JUNE 24, 2021

in huge news for the world of global events this week, tokyo 2020 president seiko hashimoto is “100%” certain the olympics will go ahead but warned the games “must be prepared” to proceed without spectators in the event of a coronavirus outbreak.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

The last PCMA Convening Asia Pacific was held in Sydney in 2020. PCMA Convening Leaders 2021 hybrid event broadcast from a hub in Singapore in January, a last-minute shift from Houston, Texas, where it was scheduled in North America. In January of 2022, the signature event was held at CAESARS FORUM in Las Vegas.

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Glisser

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The webinar, hosted by Dan Assor , featured panelists, Courtney Dagher , Manager, Global Events Content Programming at HubSpot; RD Whitney , Co-founder of the Virtual Events Institute and Founder of the Community Leaders Institute; plus Valerie Bihet , Founder of the VIBE Agency. “I’m

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