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Q&A: Mark Cooper at 2025 IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange

Smart Meetings

The annual event offered a wide range of education sessions on sustainability, connection, F&B, leadership and so much more. Tech companies are bringing in incredible innovationsrobotic pizza makers and conveyor belt systems that cook a steak to perfection without a human flipping it. This year, sustainability continues to be huge.

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Trade Show Industry Updates: News, Data, Trends

Event Marketer

Over half (54 percent) consider sustainability highly important in their 2025 planning, with 47 percent having established clear sustainability goals and action plans and also focusing on DE&I practices, waste management, and eco-friendly food and beverage options. The audit revealed that 73.3

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15 Big, Bold Trade Show Ideas from EMS 2025

Event Marketer

For example, for an event in New York, Steno, a legal tech company, built a booth in the style of a subway station featuring a graffiti artist and generated buzz on the floor. Person-agnostic tech helps with analysis and reporting. Sustainability can start with small steps. Play into the biggest pain of qualified attendees.

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CEO Insights: The Event Tech Trends to Watch in 2025

Prestige Events Magazine

By Yaron Lipshitz, CEO of Prismm (previously Allseated) This time last year, the Meetings Industry PULSE Survey (Jan 2024) showed a surge in event tech investment with 46% of planners intending to increase their tech spending, despite a cost-conscious environment.

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How to Plan a Sustainable Event

GEVME

And everybody loves enjoying a day, an evening or perhaps a weekend with lots of food, drinks, discussions, connecting with other people, exchanging ideas, workshops and/or other activities. . While people love spending their time in such places, the organizers do not really place sustainability as the anchor of organizing such events.

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Mike Dominguez: Hotel, F&B Prices Aren’t Going Down, and Other Predictions for 2023

Smart Meetings

While Dominguez sees gas prices dropping, he also sees a slow down in growth around food and beverage prices. “We Despite the recent layoffs and talk of a recession specifically in the tech sector, Dominguez is optimistic that the meetings industry won’t be impacted. “I Sustainability Is Relative.

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Event Venue Checklist: 12 Essentials for a Perfect Event Space

Guidebook

For example, a modern, high-tech space may work well for a product launch, while a historic venue may be ideal for a formal gala. Technical & AV Capabilities Unless your event is a no-tech, silent meditation retreat, theres a pretty good chance that attendees will be using their mobile devices during your event.

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