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Vision 2025 celebrates reaching 100 members
Event Industry News
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
The festival sustainability campaign, Festival Vision 2025, has topped 100 members with the ‘From the Fields’ portfolio joining the festivals pledging to reduce their carbon footprint by 50% by 2025. It’s great to see more members of the festival community engaging to reduce their carbon impact, getting onboard Vision 2025 and seizing the moment to play their part in helping tackle the climate emergency.”.
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Rotterdam will host the World Energy Congress in 2025
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 15, 2020
The World Energy Congress 2025 (WEC2025) will be organised in Rotterdam. The world’s largest energy event will take place September 8-11 2025 with Rotterdam Ahoy Convention Centre as main venue. Theme for the Dutch 2025 edition of the congress will be ‘Sustainable Energy for all’.
Festival Vision:2025 Conference programme now live
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Industry-leading guests confirmed to share insights, innovations and decades of event sustainability experience with delegates at The Festival Vision: 2025 conference at The Showman’s Show, Wednesday 16 th October, 12-5.30pm, hosted by not-for-profit Powerful Thinking. . This year, for the first time, the conference is open to all visitors to The Showman’s Show as well as event organisers who have taken the Festival Vision:2025 pledge.
Vision:2025 returns to The Showman’s Show 2018
Event Industry News
JULY 6, 2018
This will be the 3 rd annual meeting of organisers signed up to the Vision:2025 pledge, with Powerful Thinking, to cut the environmental impacts of their events by 50% by 2025. The Showman’s Show organisers, Lance Publications, underline their commitment to sustainability in hosting the Vision:2025 event for the second year running on Wednesday 17 th October. The post Vision:2025 returns to The Showman’s Show 2018 appeared first on Event Industry News.
Festival Vision: 2025 launches Crowdfunder, inviting event professionals to be part of sustainable events strategy
Event Industry News
JUNE 11, 2019
The Festival Vision: 2025 crowdfunding campaign, launched by not-for-profit group Powerful Thinking, gives the whole live events industry the opportunity to work together and provide leadership around climate breakdown through the Vision 2025’s pioneering strategy. Festival Vision: 2025 began in 2015 when The Show Must Go On report edition one, was delivered to the COP21 talks in Paris as a festival industry response to climate change.
Showman’s Show creates ‘Hub’ to play host to Festival Vision: 2025 Sustainability Skills & Knowledge Update
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
The new space will play host to the second meeting of Vision:2025 Festivals, an initiative launched […]. The post Showman’s Show creates ‘Hub’ to play host to Festival Vision: 2025 Sustainability Skills & Knowledge Update appeared first on Event Industry News.
New facilities underline GL events’ environmental commitment
Event Industry News
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
GL events is championing sustainability through its support of the Festival Vision 2025 initiative and, internally, by monitoring, measuring and improving processes to reduce environmental impacts. Featured Festival & Outdoors News event supplier Festival Vision:2025 GL events
The Showman’s Show 2019 hailed huge success
Event Industry News
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
In addition, the return of the Festival Vision:2025 Conference proved to be a triumph! Commenting on the impressive turnout and overall success of the event, Bethan Riach, Powerful Thinking’s communications manager, said: “A huge thanks to all who were part of the Festival Vision: 2025 event this year. Exhibition News Featured Festival & Outdoors News Festival Vision:2025 Newbury Showground outdoor events Showman’s Show The Showman's Show
Lyft’s New Green Mode Lets You Request an Electric Vehicle
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
The Green Mode initiative is part of Lyft’s declared goal of delivering 1 billion rides per year by EV by 2025. Fast Company. Fast Company ). Read More
Black Engineer of the Year Conference Returns to Baltimore After a 14-Year Absence
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
A convention of more than 10,000 science and technology employers and students that left Baltimore nearly a decade ago will return in 2024 and 2025. The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore Sun ). Read More. News Junkie Places & Spaces
Event Industry Green Survey launched
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
The survey results will contribute to the 2nd edition of The Show Must Go On report, to be published early 2020, after the success of Powerful Thinking’s Festival Vision: 2025 Crowdfunder which secured over £28,000 of funding for the report. Four years on, almost 80 UK festivals have taken the Festival Vision: 2025 pledge to reduce GHG emissions by 50% by 2025.
GL events supports Festival Vision
Event Industry News
AUGUST 16, 2019
GL events UK has confirmed its support for The Festival Vision: 2025 initiative, as part of its own commitment to a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly industry. The Festival Vision: 2025 crowdfunding campaign was launched by not-for-profit group Powerful Thinking, to support the UK live event industry in providing leadership action on climate change. That’s why we were so keen to support The Festival Vision: 2025 campaign.
Event Tech Live 2020 reveals still more content, still more reach
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 7, 2020
Fully virtual for the first time, Event Tech Live 2020 (ETL20) will feature more than 100 sessions and 70 plus demos, from home and abroad, delivered by show partners First Sight Media, Glisser and Grip.
Addressing the impact of generational change on Scotland’s events industry
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
David Coletto, CEO of leading Canadian public opinion and marketing research consultancy, Abacus Data, will deliver the keynote speech at the 2017 National Events Conference: Setting the Scene for 2025. With almost a decade of experience working in the marketing research industry and as Abacus Data’s lead on Canadian Millennial Research Practice, David will provide invaluable […].
Best of Connect Association: October 2016
Connect Your Meetings
OCTOBER 31, 2016
What Will Future Events Look Like in 2025? Each day, we strive to bring you the best content about the events industry. But we know you are also busy planning so a few stories may fall through the cracks. Here is your second chance. Below is the list of our most-read stories for October 2016. A Preview of Gaylord Rockies, By the Numbers. How to Prepare Event Staff for an Armed Attack. 8 Tips for Rebranding an Association or Conference. Al Hutchinson Moving From Mobile to Baltimore.
Add sustainability to RFPs urges the Meetings Industry Association
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
The Meetings Industry Association (mia) is calling on the sector to include sustainability as a key requirement in requests for proposals (RFP), to help eliminate single-use plastics by 2025. . To date, many organisations have signed the association’s #20PercentLess pledge to eliminate single-use plastics from the industry by 2025, but it believes change could happen sooner if booking agents also underlined the importance of sustainability within their RFPs.
Conference audience learn how ‘experiential obsessed generation’ are the future for Scotland’s events industry
Event Industry News
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
A day of lively debate and discussion was had as Scotland’s events and festivals industry came together on Monday (27 November) at this year’s National Events Conference: Setting the Stage for 2025. Hosted by sports broadcaster, Eilidh Barbour, and held at Glasgow’s Technology & Innovation Centre, 42 expert speakers and a capacity audience gathered for the […].
Vision2025 previews its second Show Must Go On Report
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 9, 2019
The report will be free to download from the website, featuring chapters on governance, waste, food, transport/travel and power, giving advice and best practice examples to festival organisers, with the aim to reduce carbon impact by at least 50% by 2025. Vision2025 previewed the January launch of the second edition Show Must Go On Report, supported with a new online sustainability knowledge hub for the outdoor event sector, at the UK Festival Awards, 6 th December 2019.
The Show Must Go On report & Vision2025 website launched
Event Industry News
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
More than 100 festivals and events have made the Vision:2025 pledge and more than 60 suppliers have supported the report. Alison Tickell, CEO and founder of Julie’s Bicycle, the charity behind Powerful Thinking and Vision 2025, said: “Living within the generous boundaries of our planet’s ecosystems is now the only job in hand.
Showman’s Show revamps Green Supplier and Innovation Award
Event Industry News
AUGUST 15, 2018
In line with these plans, changes have been made to the Green Supplier and Innovation Award that will see three shortlisted exhibitors present to Vision:2025 experts and attendees. For the first time, the 2018 award will be judged live at the Show, forming part of the Vision:2025 programme, curated and managed by Chris Johnson of Powerful Thinking.
Lessons Learned From Planning Singapore’s First Hybrid Event
PCMA Convene
JANUARY 4, 2021
Give us words that you want to describe travel in 2025 with,’” said Yeoh Siew Hoon (right). “At “[WiT Experience Week] was such a golden opportunity to do something [in-person].
2019 SXSW schedule - the top sessions for event marketers
Eventbase
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Tuesday, March 12 Influencer Marketing in 2025: The Future of Human Marketers 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Fairmont Congressional B The number of Gen Z consumers is increasing and will make up a big portion of the market by 2025. We’re gearing up for SXSW 2019 and looking forward to our time in Austin. This year marks our 9th year of powering the SXSW GO app.
Showman’s Show – what can the event industry take away from it this year?
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 22, 2019
The show also welcomed back the Festival Vision 2025 Conference. Event Industry News caught up with the co-director, Johnny Lance, to learn what this year’s show had to offer the event industry. This year, The Showman’s Show welcomed over 325 exhibitors from all around the world to showcase their most innovative products and services. It received a significant increase in international exhibitors, indicating the strength of the UK event industry.
Leading international festivals signed ‘Green Deal Circular Festivals’ at ADE Green 2019
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Circular in 2025. They strive for circularity in 2025, by developing solutions that can be put into practice by other festivals worldwide. Today, the Dutch minister of environment, Stientje van Veldhoven, launched the Green Deal ‘Circular Festivals’ during ADE Green. The Green Deal is an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and Green Events International.
Tarsus Group buys 70% stake in Touch China
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
billion in 2019 and to more than $8 billion by 2025. In 2018, at least 30 million pieces of 3D glass were needed in China – this demand is expected to outnumber 170 million pieces by 2025 and will see many manufacturers pushing to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the sector.
Hong Kong secures multiple first-ever MICE events amidst COVID-19 challenges
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced that Hong Kong has been chosen as the host for four international MICE events, including the city’s first-ever events of high strategic value, and two repeated events amidst the COVID-19 challenges.
Bioglitter™ supports project to promote sustainability at festivals
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Stephen Cotton, commercial director of Ronald Britton and Bioglitter , said: “The first edition of The Show Must Go On Report was published in 2015 and has been an information resource for the festival scene and launched the Festival Vision:2025 strategy for events to cut impacts year on year. The manufacturers of eco-friendly glitter brand have thrown their support behind a project to promote sustainability at music festivals.
Kigali Marriott Hotel Opens in Rwanda
Connect Your Meetings
OCTOBER 4, 2016
percent per year through 2025, Marriott notes. This week’s grand opening of Kigali Marriott Hotel marks a milestone in Rwanda’s long recovery from a genocide that nearly tore the country apart. The property also marks the first entry into sub-Saharan Africa for the world’s largest hotel company. Marriott’s latest news comes on the heels of finalizing its merger with Starwood.
London Leads Europe’s Tech Scene
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
With AI applications estimated to be worth $50 billion by 2025, the research and knowledge in London make the city an attractive destination for associations that want to grow in this sector. The inaugural AI Congress took place September 2018 at the O2 arena in London. By Lane Nieset. Last year, the U.K. and London attracted more venture capital investment (and had more tech IPOs) than anyone else in Europe.
GL events UK announces charity partner
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
GL events continues to be an outspoken champion of CSR, sustainability and environmental initiatives, having recently joinied the Festival Vision: 2025 campaign and released its own literature on how to make events work harder, creating a positive legacy for local, national and international communities. GL events has confirmed that The NSPCC will be its chosen charity partner for 2019 / 2020.
Just So Festival receives award for Sustainable Tourism
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
The festival aims to reduce the use of fossil fuels by at least 50% before 2025 and they’re working with clean energy organisation Energy Revolution to offset the carbon from their audience’s travel to and from the festival. Cheshire’s Just So Festival has been awarded the ‘Sustainable Tourism’ Award at the 14 th annual Marketing Cheshire Tourism Awards. The winners were announced last Thursday (September 13th) in an awards ceremony at Chester’s Carden Park Hotel.
The Path to Sustainability
PCMA Convene
JANUARY 7, 2019
Lykketoft : Copenhagen aims to be the first carbon-neutral capital by 2025, so reducing energy consumption from the tourism sector is important and will also benefit the sector with lower costs. With predictions of 60 percent more tourists in Copenhagen by 2025, we are at risk of visitor pressure and of alienating locals from certain parts of the city. How cities, including Copenhagen, are adopting strategies aimed at ensuring a better future. By Boardroom editors.
Booking Group Business in the Future of Meetings
SmartMeetings
JUNE 16, 2020
Some participants were booking events as far out as 2025. Editor’s Note: This is part of a series reporting on FICP Chats about the future of meetings. You can read previous reports here , here, here and here. group business. For the short-term, request for proposals ( RFPs ) do not look dramatically different, if they’re being submitted at all, but there is great optimism that event disruptions and “new normal” considerations will not persist into future-year events.
Support the mia’s plastic pledge at The Meetings Show
Event Industry News
JUNE 14, 2019
Organisations signing the mia’s #20PercentLess pledge commit to eliminating single-use plastic from their business by 2025. The Meetings Industry Association (mia) will be encouraging visitors to The Meetings Show to support its #20PercentLess campaign to help eliminate single-use plastics from the industry.
Informa Markets launches Better Stands programme to ensure all stands are designed and built to be reusable
Event Industry News
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Informa Markets’ parent company, Informa, recently launched its FasterForward commitments which includes goals of having carbon neutral products and halving event waste by 2025.
Would AI Improve Cyber Security On Its Own?
NVOLV
JANUARY 30, 2020
By 2025, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry is expected to grow by $190 billion, says a report by Markets and Markets. And it is expected that 3 quarters of commercial firms will use AI in their software applications. One of the major areas where AI-capabilities are being used is cyber security. AI improves data processes and replaces the need for human intervention, allowing them to focus on other key areas.
Plans for a greener Showman’s Show 2018 well underway
Event Industry News
MAY 21, 2018
A Vision:2025 hosted event will also make a welcome return to the Showground on the afternoon of Wednesday 17 th October with another varied and packed programme of event sustainability content. We’re also thrilled to be hosting another Festival Vision:2025 meeting and excited about plans to bring visitors dedicated content on the reduction of single-use plastics.
RHC secures 5-year agreement with AgriScot
Event Industry News
APRIL 15, 2020
The AgriScot 2020 event will take place on 18th November and the deal will secure its location at the 120-acre RHC events space at Ingliston until 2025. AgriScot, Scotland’s farm business event, has signed a five-year, six-figure deal with RHASS’ events business, the Royal Highland Centre (RHC). The agreement follows 25 years of successful AgriScot exhibitions hosted at the venue since 1994 (DairyScot 1994 – AgriScot 2019).
New CWT Trends Report: Event Sustainability Is Critical to Attendees
PCMA Convene
OCTOBER 24, 2019
acre rooftop garden that CWT says produces seasonal yields of up to 7,000 pounds of vegetables and herbs used in venue catering, plus a new food recycling program that turns waste into energy and fertilizer; Hotel Herman K in Copenhagen, which aims to be carbon neutral by 2025 and does not use any chemicals in its cleaning products ; and PARKROYAL on Pickering in Singapore, a garden-concept hotel that harvests rain water and has eliminated single-use plastics, including from meeting spaces.
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