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Circularity: The Biggest Shift for Trade Shows in 2024 

Smart Meetings

Trade shows have been a crucial aspect of the business world for centuries. Jack Macleod For the last 15-20 years, green meetings and organized gatherings aimed at minimizing negative impacts on the environment have been a concept, but in 2020, after the Covid-19 pandemic, they became a widespread topic in the events industry.

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The Challenge of Virtualizing Trade Shows and Exhibit Halls

PCMA Convene

Trade shows are the lifeline of many associations but their nature makes them challenging to virtualize — and then monetize. There’s no such thing as a virtual exhibition, said Jochen Witt during a Web Summit 2020 panel discussion in December. Illustration by SHOUT). It’s nonsense. It does not exist.

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35 Must Attend Events For Event Planners in 2020

Bizzabo

We encourage every event planner to mark their calendars for the following 35 events and conferences in 2020. Attending these conferences will allow you to learn more about the events industry and meet other event professionals. Learn from top speakers and network with your peers. International Confex 2020. Event Name.

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CONVENE 2020 continues to shape the Baltic Region’s meetings & events Industry

Event Industry News

Vilnius is abuzz with meetings and events professionals networking at the LITEXPO Exhibition and Congress Centre for the eighth edition of CONVENE. The annual trade show organised by Go Vilnius, the city’s official agency for development, features an impressive mix of 140 hosted buyers from more than 30 countries.

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Business events format have not changed much over the past decades

GEVME

If we look at trade shows (trade fairs or exhibitions, if you prefer) over the past decades, the reality is that not much has changed. Take a look at the following picture of a trade fair back in 1979: National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association Conference & Trade Show 1979.

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Tech Meets the Future

SmartMeetings

Even companies that canceled key conferences altogether in the chaos of 2020 have announced they are bringing back at least the virtual component. The Day the Meetings Stopped. We quickly pivoted to meet the needs of our customers and the company,” Horstman said. “We Geeks have always been a discerning audience.

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How the National Speakers Association Made Key Decisions Leading to a Successful Virtual ‘Experience’

PCMA Convene

NSA President & CEO Mary Lue Peck (clockwise from top right), NSA Board of Directors President Anna Liotta, and Sylvie di Guisto, who served as co-chair of NSA’s conference program for INFLUENCE 2020, participated. Participants in a Sept. 1-4, to an all-digital event. Our industry needed us,” Peck said.