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Looking into the Future of Event Tech

Velvet Chainsaw

As the event-tech space continues to evolve with a number of mergers and acquisitions, I see four changes coming for larger annual conferences. #1. The California Consumer Privacy Act is similar to GDPR and goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Which of these event tech predictions surprises you?

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Tech Meets the Future

SmartMeetings

From around the world, announcements of dates and places for bringing tech minds together F2F have started to trickle in. He was at the office in Redwood City, preparing to leave for a show in London after finishing a three-day annual kickoff meeting in Las Vegas for 250 people when “the call” came. The Day the Meetings Stopped.

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Tech Mergers Could Simplify Virtual Meeting Management

SmartMeetings

Cisco’s announcement in November that it was buying the virtual interaction company Slido may have been a foreshadowing of event tech mergers to come in 2021 according to event tech experts. The post Tech Mergers Could Simplify Virtual Meeting Management appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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2019 Tech Conferences: The #1 Tech Events Guide

Bizzabo

The most authoritative 2019 tech conferences directory on the web. This carefully curated conference directory features over 200 (and growing) 2019 tech conferences across multiple industries. This carefully curated conference directory features over 200 (and growing) 2019 tech conferences across multiple industries. Start Date.

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5 Attention-Grabbing Trade Show Booths

Connect Your Meetings

Showing up to your trade show booths with company collateral and a stack of business cards isn’t going to earn you any ROI. Attendees want innovative, eye-popping concepts with wow factors they’ll talk about long after the show—like these five attention-getters, for example. An Artsy Touch. Bangle Jangle. A2z, Inc.,

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Virtually There: Tech Meetings

SmartMeetings

Tech companies tested virtual meetings before they were cool. But planners who have been orchestrating user conferences, trainings and town halls for tech audiences for years say capturing and holding audience attention—so they retain the information—requires a form of performance art based on an understanding of data science.

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Whova named Best Event App and Best Event Networking Technology at the Event Technology Awards

Event Industry News

Whova spun off from a research group at the University of California, San Diego in 2013 to offer an all-in-one event management solution and mobile app for conferences. Today, the Whova app is the highest-rated event app and has supported over 4 million event organisers and attendees at conferences, trade shows, and expos.