Event Industry News

JUNE 1, 2022

Event Tech Live ’s (ETL) flagship show moves to ExCel London in-person on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th November and organisers are calling for speakers to join their illustrious cast. It’s an invaluable ideas exchange with great interaction between speakers and their audiences before, during and after the event.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

So I had high hopes for a September 7 2022, City University of New York webinar introducing Cathy Davidson ‘s and Christina Katopodis’ book The New College Classroom , which is “about inspiring, effective, and inclusive teaching at the college level.” ” Sadly, I was disappointed. No related posts.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 10, 2022

and namesake for the hospitality school in the NYU School of Professional Studies, was realistic about the effects of Covid on the travel industry but remained optimistic about the upward trends of 2022. Day one of the conference offered a wide variety of insights that indicated a national increase in travel. Travel Brings Us Together.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For most event organizers and businesses that rely on heavy foot traffic for exposure at conferences, the digital transformation was embraced more out of necessity than fervent interest. Now, as large-scale conferences and events have returned en masse, many won’t think twice about returning to an event hosted on Zoom or Teams.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

After 35 years, the total dollars raised and invested in the business events industry is now $10 million and the group is in the midst of a matching fundraising campaign to help victims of the earthquake in Turkiye , which happens to also be the newly announced location for next year’s SITE Global Conference, Istanbul.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 2, 2022

plans the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference (PMDMC) each year, hosting NPR, PBS, and community media stations. The number of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) speakers doubled, as did the amount of education geared to the topic of diversity. 10% outside-the-industry speakers.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) November 15, 2022.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Michele Sullivan, the closing keynote is a Fortune 100 business executive, author, motivational speaker and strategic business advisor, who shared insights on “Turning Obstacles into Advantages.” The Fellows class of 2021, new CAE credentials, the DELP class of 2020-2022 were recognized. Checkout their recording. Cancelled Programs.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

namely virtual conferences have been adopted possibly faster than any other upgrade to tech I have ever experienced. Keynotes will be delivered remotely to a live audience; this will open up more opportunities to hear from speakers who don’t want to fly around the world unnecessarily. Event tech 2.0 Business cards are dead!

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Meetings are more prevalent than conferences in the industry, with meetings generally being considered one-day events in which the group engages with themselves, while a conference is defined as an event with staging and speakers addressing an audience. Short lead times remain a trend in the industry.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit 2024 in Birmingham, West Midlands has announced its first wave of high-profile speakers for sport’s most influential industry gathering. This is a city and region with a rich sporting history that is keen to build on the legacy of hosting the successful 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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Expo Pass

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

2022 is looking to be a banner year for events. So consider this “part two” of all the events we’ll be watching, and learning from, in 2022. We expect the event to be a good litmus test for how all kinds of meetings can look in 2022. In Montreal, C2 is one of the most interesting business and creative conferences in the world.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 7, 2022

While keynote speakers can still be a significant attendance driver, I think 2023 is the year to resurrect the industry panel. Conference organizer provides speaker coaching for effective TED talks. A skilled facilitator develops and delivers an audience engagement plan after each speaker. Differentiation.

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The MICE

MARCH 27, 2025

The AER Annual Conference 2023 marked a new beginning after two years of planning under pandemic conditions. The annual conference plays a key role in AERs broader strategy: strengthening its members, fostering ongoing education, and collectively developing innovative solutions for current and future challenges.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Rightsize expectations on speaker talent and specialists. This sentiment hits home for Schultz, who counted Bill Gates among speakers at the virtual Spark conference (Jack Morton handled). “We We were able to tap speakers that we would probably never get in person,” she says. “We We had Bill Gates as one of our keynoters.

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EventMB

JUNE 30, 2022

While spaces like the Women in Tech lounge were open to all guests, there were lounges dedicated to startups, developers, investors, conference speakers, and their guests, executives, and the media. Attendees at Collision 2022 encountered a carefully-designed experience. Planning the Staff Experience Also Required.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

for conferences and tradeshows and 4.2% for small meetings and 3% for conferences and tradeshows. Sixty-five percent of North American respondents expect their meeting spend to increase, compared to 68% in 2022; 12% of those expect a spend increase of 11% or more. Global in-person attendance is predicted to rise 3.3%

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SpotMe Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

While many shifted to a completely virtual event strategy in 2020, some sense of normalcy in 2022 has introduced a new and popular event trend, hybrid events. Hybrid Event Studios of 2022. London-based Cavendish Venues specializes in hybrid conferences and events throughout London. Sound Investment AV. Chicago, IL. London, UK.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

For sure, there are a significant percentage of meeting attendees that can’t wait to participate in person; but organizers and planners found out during the first several months of 2022 that a sizable audience of previous attendees were more than happy to participate virtually. Pick the low-hanging fruit.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

After two years of not meeting, companies and audiences may have different goals and expectations so conferences that were previously produced as simple iterations on the previous years’ event must now be reinvented whole cloth. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus. Tell a Story. Her trick when using numbers: Use data to tell a story.

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SpotMe Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

Top 10 Hybrid Event Management Companies of 2022. The team of over 300 specializes in end-to-end event management of all types including meetings, conferences, incentive, as well as other strategic business operations. With headquarters in Detroit and offices in almost every continent, GPJ’s reach is sure to expand into 2022.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

With over 30 years of experience as an Executive Speaker Coach, Producer, Director, and Choreographer in both professional theater and corporate settings, Stamm specializes in transforming presenters into confident, compelling speakers. Heres a behind-the-scenes look at how Kurt coaches speakers and runs rehearsals.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Rather than having a regular conversation about event technology, Will and Brandt are sharing the contents of a session they led at the FICP Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona back in November 2021. Introducing Event Technology Trends 2022. Brandt and Will give the audience a one-hour rundown of event technology trends of 2022.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 1, 2024

All the conferences I design and facilitate have a time and place for participants to share their experiences. ” —Extract from an interview with Cath Thompson of Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG) by Alec Saelens on January 25, 2024 Rachel contracted me in 2022 for design consultation on PSFG’s first online peer conference.

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Expo Pass

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

That all changes in 2022. With that, here are our top tips for hosting a Kick A$s in-person or hybrid SKO in 2022. We also recommend checking out how recent events are meeting safely , such as music festivals and conferences. In other words, get a leader who is prepared for how you want your office to run in 2022.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 10, 2022

It’s 2022! As the mastermind behind the top 22 event platforms to use in 2022 , he has a great grasp of where things are going in the ever-evolving world of event technology. Event Tech Predictions For 2022: A Note On The Pandemic. Will’s first event tech prediction for 2022 is enhanced data privacy.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In 2022, with this coronavirus ‘controlled’ to an extent at least, the hope is for events to be able to mix in much more flesh and blood traffic to the event model, backed up/enhanced by the best in contemporary thinking. Canapii: Top event trends we expect to see in 2022. Conference Compass: Top Tech for 2022.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Beyond its online community and talent infusion solutions, AfroTech features a portfolio of in-person events: its flagship AfroTech Conference, the largest annual conference for Black technologists, and AfroTech Executive, a multicity, three-part event series for tech industry leaders and executives who are shaping the financial sector.

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SpotMe Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

In addition to bypassing business meeting restrictions , companies are now realizing the many cost-effective benefits of hosting video conferences and virtual events. We’re walking you through the video conferencing technology trends you need to be aware of as we move forward into 2022. You’re breaking up.

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Attendease

MARCH 10, 2022

For example, registering for a webinar or an in-house educational seminar differs greatly from the registration process for a multi-day user conference. Your event registration platform of choice may also need to provide the flexibility to create separate, optional add-on sessions such as gala dinners or pre-conference education sessions.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. For many events, speakers will be chosen based on outcomes and relevance versus celebrity alone.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

ESSA) has announced details of its much-anticipated annual conference. The day promises a stellar line-up of speakers including the chief economist of Lloyds Bank, a UK hostage negotiator and Virgin Atlantic’s head of customer service who will offer valuable insight about mindset change, culture change and leadership change.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 25, 2021

The tricky part about hybrid conferences and events is making them equally as engaging and fulfilling for people who are attending remotely as it is to those who are physically present. Those attending in person can go to workshops, engage with each other, interact with speakers, and ask questions. Trade shows. Training seminars.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 23, 2022

The organizers and sponsors behind the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festivals have been “keeping Austin weird” since the annual event was established in 1987. In addition to taking place as usual in downtown Austin, a virtual edition of SXSW 2022 was offered to expand the globally-recognized event’s reach. F X NETWORKS.

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Event Industry News

JULY 8, 2022

But when talking about the event industry in 2022 and how necessary virtual platforms are for events, we need to discuss the lessons COVID has taught us. At Conference Compass, we have developed an event engagement platform that puts these values into practice and delivers much more. We don’t want to bring up COVID anymore.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2022

She shared the results of a recent survey of event planners about the trends that will impact events in 2022. I remember my first live conference back,” she shared. “I See also : What the Most Popular Speakers in the World Have in Common. Meta-agency. They don’t want to be passive listeners. “I People pay attention.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

IBTM has announced Salesforce event lead Gareth Kelly as the first keynote speaker for IBTM World 2022 , which takes place at Fira, Barcelona, from the 29th of November to the 1st of December. Technology-focused exhibitors confirmed to attend include Cvent, Conference Compass and Parthen Meeting Services. www.ibtmworld.com.

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