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Meeting Professional Continuing Education: CMP Spotlights

Smart Meetings

About the CMP Events Industry Council launched the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) Program in 1985 to provide meeting industry professionals with specialized continuing education. Today, the CMP certification is a globally-recognized distinction. Looking Forward He envisions a bright future for the events industry.

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How Four Major Global Events Pivoted from In-Person to Virtual

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Highly anticipated in-person events like South By Southwest and Dreamforce have been canceled for 2020, leaving event planners scrambling to come up with online alternatives that can entertain and educate thousands of attendees, and grappling with questions like: How do you replicate the serendipity of networking online?

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ILEA take on millennial & centennial mindsets, creativity and global event tech

Event Industry News

ILEA UK Chapter has outlined its educational strategy and key themes for the next 12 months, once again looking to start a conversation about the future of the events industry and the role of experience. The main themes are Millennial and Centennial Mindsets, Creative Play and Global Event Technology Trends.

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Eventscase Brings EMA and AEVEA to ‘Event Tech Live’ in London

Eventscase Blog

At Eventscase, we’re always seeking new ways to connect with event organisers and empower the events community. This trip not only gave them an opportunity to explore the latest innovations in event technology but also allowed them to establish valuable connections with other professionals in the field. Til next year!

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Event Tech Awards 2021: Meet the Judges – Heidi Legein

Event Industry News

As Chief Executive Guru at The MICE Guru, I have in the past year taken a deep dive into event tech; taken virtual certification, learned, tested, demoed, tried, implemented event tech all around, attended all major virtual events and discussed findings within our communities. Best (and worst?)

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Event Tech Live (ETL) to partner with the International Live Events Association (ILEA) for ETL London and Las Vegas

Event Industry News

Dustin Westling, Managing Partner at OneWest Event Design & Logistics and President of ILEA, comments: “ILEA is excited to partner with Event Tech Live as we collectively strive to bring high quality education and network-building opportunities to event profs around the world. Register here.

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Westminster academic celebrates fifth anniversary of Event Tech Lab.

Event Industry News

In July 2014, Dr James Morgan, Principal Lecturer at the University of Westminster set up the Event Tech Lab. The idea in setting up the virtual incubator, was to help and mentor start up event technology companies wanting to get into the event space, globally.