Event Industry News

APRIL 1, 2019

A tourism conference will take place in the Dearne Valley next month to discuss the opportunities for improving access for disabled people. The one-day ‘Dearne Valley Access Exchange’ conference will bring experts together from the tourism industry across the UK to discuss the opportunities for enhanced accessibility in the area.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 3, 2020

The most authoritative list of 2020 virtual events and conferences on the internet. Virtual Events & Conferences in 2020. The digital experience conference has gone digital. And don't miss the Partner Pavilion, Okta Hub and Ask the Experts area within the conference with great opportunities to interact with others online!

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InitLive

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Social Media Marketing World , held by Social Media Examiner (SME), is a conference designed for social media experts. Their speakers have complete confidence in their field and even boast that they can teach attendees how to get a 10X return on investment.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One event planner predicted in 2012 that that keynote speakers would give their presentation from the new orbiting space station in 2022. In July 2022, NASA flight engineers Jessica Watkins (left) and Kjell Lindgren addressed International Space Station Research and Development conference attendees from aboard the space station.

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Stova

JANUARY 17, 2023

Each year, the event assembles a world-class speaker line up of those who are disrupting the industry to share, debate, discuss and decide the future of the business. The organization’s 2013 event was comprised of four different venues, four conference tracks, two stadium tours and one awards night. “In

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Attendease

JANUARY 28, 2019

Back when I first wrote this article, I predicted that “it’s a good bet event apps will be the tool with the largest impact on the conference industry in 2015.” As with analytics adoption, the use of interactivity in conferences and events continues to expand as event app development grows. However, there are worrying signs as well.

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Stova

JANUARY 17, 2023

Event Event EUROCITIES Event For the 2013 EUROCITIES conference, more than 400 city leaders and attendees from across Europe met together in Ghent, Belgium. The topic of the conference was “Smart Citizens.” Conference organizers also used the Stova app platform to easily download reports with items scanned per attendee.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 29, 2022

The sold-out event features 10 stages which will play host to over 100 game-changing speakers from both inside and outside the talent acquisition industry. The event was born in 2013 as an annual conference however it wasn’t until 2019 that the ambition of delivering a full-on festival style event was realised.

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Attendease

MAY 27, 2021

We know digital attendees register later, maybe the week of or day of a conference. We would offer two sessions per time period, usually one more general and one more specialized so that every group felt like they had their own specialized session that they could go to throughout the conference while also attending the more general sessions.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 17, 2023

1,365: Access This is the fifth time since 2013 that the San Diego-based, women-owned destination management company has made the Inc. 4,155: Conference Catalysts The Gainesville, Fla., agency representing event professionals and meeting planners in securing speakers, celebrities, and entertainers. Three-Year Growth: 523% No.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 31, 2022

It’s been almost a decade since the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre opened in Reykjavik, Iceland. The center is certifiably stunning — in 2013, it won the Mies van der Rohe Award — European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2019

A public speaker and author, Renaud earned a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and serves as an adviser to the Harvard Innovation Lab. on a Friday afternoon in February 2013. (All photos courtesy C2 Montréal). I looked at the clock: 4:45 p.m. Maybe magic strikes, but maybe not.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

They may be event tech enthusiasts, event planners , event speakers , but all of them are influencers for event enthusiasts and followers. With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. Liz launched Liz King Events.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Partnering with top medical communications companies is an important step toward ensuring that your next medical conference or event is a success. Looking for the best platforms to help you with HCP event management and keeping HCPs engaged at events? Get our ultimate list.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 18, 2019

The government shutdown is causing headaches in the business events industry at conferences where government employees who were set to attend or speak are no longer allowed to do so. A month before the 27th annual International Plant & Animal Genome (PAG) conference, which took place Jan. Domino Effect.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The company will also be providing private demos of the Essential package and the RainFocus Platform at booth E2716 at the upcoming IMEX America conference. To learn more about INSIGHT, visit [link].

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Event Industry News

APRIL 13, 2022

She organized the ICCA Congress 2020, a global hybrid event with 8 hubs around the world that attracted 1500 delegates, featured 220 speakers and over 100 hours of content. I started working in the events industry in 2013. I recently finished working on the online conference for the European Association for Flower Growers.

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Gallus Events

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

I put the association programme together for IBTM in 2011 (it was called EIBTM then, so something has changed) and I wrote my first review of the exhibition in 2013. Chances that the organiser will pay for the time the speakers have put into preparing, traveling and delivering that content will be low. Every speaker is free to say no.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Attracting more than 1,000 delegates from within the field of contact lenses, The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) has chosen Manchester Central to host its bi-ennial International Clinical Conference in 2019.

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Event Industry News

JULY 12, 2021

The event sector is being encouraged to take more, and earlier, action on climate change, ahead of the vital COP 26 conference, taking place at the SEC in Glasgow later this year. The call came at a special event, which took place last week, and involved representatives from the UNFCCC, the UK government and SME Climate Hub.

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TicketBud

AUGUST 28, 2023

Marketing for the event touted celebrity guests, top-level speakers and a highly anticipated ball pit. Somehow, they were able to crowdfund the debt; but then, speakers who were left unpaid began to drop from the conference. TomorrowWorld 2013 in Chattahootchie Hills, Atlanta Georgia.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In today’s digitally saturated business environment, live conferences, meeting s and events are more important than ever to establish an in-person touch point. As society continues to welcome diverse opinions and interests, ensure attendees are being stimulated by bringing in speakers who challenge audiences to think bigger and broader. .

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

In 2013, nearly half of the 120 conference/education professionals who participated in the Speaker Report, a Velvet Chainsaw study produced in partnership with Tagoras, indicated that they always or frequently rewrite some or all of their speaker-session submissions (i.e., titles, descriptions, and learning objectives).

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Guidebook

JULY 17, 2016

The last thing you want is to throw a conference, then find that there’s no interest in the topic,” says Romy Yan from PRIME. Use your pre-event survey to get prospective attendees to vote on topics, speakers, workshops and more. Check in with sponsors and speakers. The best way to keep in touch with your audience? Mark Knowles.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Local tours aren’t usually the highlight of a conference, but for the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), they’re an essential — and beloved — part of the program. At its 2017 Annual International Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, this past June, 7–11, SAH offered a staggering 26 local tours over the course of the five-day meeting.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The 20 conferences, seminars, and festivals listed below will help keep you informed and up to date on the all the latest trends, news, and laws. The conference/expo/consumer showcase hybrid promises a lot opportunity for both education and fun. Discover must-attend cannabis events that are shaping a fast-developing industry.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 4, 2021

Virtual conferences aren’t a groundbreaking idea anymore, but event planners are continually learning how to use them in groundbreaking ways. Learn how virtual conferences work, which key components you need to include to really stand out in your field, and how going hybrid may be the trick in a post-pandemic world. Trade shows.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 1, 2019

Think is IBM's biggest conference of the year and features well-known speakers like Joe Montana and Tony Hawk; dozens of workshop sessions on various technology subjects; and plenty of networking opportunities. Maybe you need to bring in edgy speakers or partner with progressive companies. Source: IBM. IoT Exchange. Source: IBM.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

In 2013, with dinners growing steadily, Flowers and Fernandez formalized their model as a 401c3 organization called The Dinner Party. Frey, who has emceed 150 dinners so far, would love to see the model layered into conferences. “As As human experiences, [conferences] are defined by linear and transactional thinking,” he said. “I

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Bizzabo

JUNE 14, 2019

Source: NYT Conferences. Like all forward thinking publishers on this list, it's also expanded its media empire into the world of live events, two of which stand out above the rest: NYT Conferences and the "Conversation" event series. Perhaps, like Forbes, you have access to amazing speakers that you can help book at other events.

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Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The conference promises to mix educational and exciting new concepts with live music, good food, and great fun. You can keep an eye on the conference website for updates closer to the time and you can buy early bird tickets now if you’re ready to save your spot. Conferences are built to be places where you can meet your peers.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

During that time you’ve managed everything from smaller, intimate events to Moz’s huge annual customer conference. I've been helping with events and sponsorships at Moz since 2013. It’s a great way to get acclimated before the conference each year. Another strong facet of the MozCon community is our community speaker program.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

million last year, according to Forbes , up almost 35 percent from 2013, when valuations were last published. Gross revenue for Major League Baseball approached a record $10 billion in 2016 — the 14th consecutive year that baseball has posted record revenues. Minor League Baseball’s 20 most valuable teams were worth $37.5

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

The underlying philosophy of the storytelling-technology conference “is to celebrate the changing nature of the audience,” Melcher said. “In His purpose, he told participants at FoST 2013, was to create a community. “It We really had to blow up the conference model,” Melcher said in an interview with Convene. THE COMMUNITY. ‘On

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The Scottsdale, Arizona-based consultant, facilitator, public speaker and founder of Quality Process Consultants, Inc. published Powerful Panels: A Step-By-Step Guide to Moderating Lively and Informative Panel Discussions , in 2013. Around the same time she also launched a survey about the subject, receiving 539 responses.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 21, 2017

Rather than relying on microphones and speakers to receive a message, the deaf and hard of hearing depend on the talented hands of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters. The International Association of Conference Interpreters published guidelines for meeting professionals. Brittany Kaplan (@BrittanyLKaplan) June 9, 2017.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2019

SaaStock boasts Europe’s biggest SaaS conference which takes place in Dublin every October with 4,000 attendees from 50+ countries in addition to a calendar of global conferences. Alison is an experienced exhibition and conference marketing professional with 18 years’ experience encompassing conferences, exhibitions, marketing and PR.

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