Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

We encourage every event planner to mark their calendars for the following 35 events and conferences in 2020. In this post, you’ll find a comprehensive list of the most important event industry conferences that every event professional should attend this year. The conference where events professionals can extend their reach.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 3, 2023

If business with suppliers on the show floor is the main meal at the IMEX America show, then the 150-plus educational offerings for meeting professionals are the appetizer, snack, and dessert. Coordinating the behemoth task is Tahira Endean, head of programming and a self-described “total event nerd.” Sessions cover generative A.I.,

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

37 • National Conference Coordinator. Dunwoody, Georgia. 37 • Director of Convention and Trade Show. 35 • Conferences and Meetings Manager. Kristen Merrifield. Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits. Phoenix, Arizona. Kari Messenger. 32 • Senior Meetings Manager. Association Management Center. Jessica Moy.

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Bizzabo

JULY 27, 2018

Georgia International Convention Center. Georgia Aquarium. With an additional outdoor courtyard, theater, and conference room all conveniently located minutes away from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the Delta Flight Museum is one to watch. Georgia International Convention Center. Georgia Aquarium.

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Ins'Tent

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Automobile trade shows dominate America’s expos. New York International Auto Show. If you’re interested in green technology, then you need to visit the Washington Auto Show to keep up with the latest trends. California Cannabis Business Conference. International Production & Processing Expo.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

These are interesting times for trade shows. Earlier this year, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) reported that the industry finished last year on a down note — with the performance of B2B shows declining in the final quarter of 2016 after 25 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Trade Show Operations Manager | Urban Expositions | Trumbull, CT. Conference & Technical Event Producer | Precon Events | Rockville, MD. Event Manager – B2B Conferences | GreenPearl Events | New York City, NY. Atlanta, GA.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

billion users around the world, Facebook has become one of the most powerful platforms for promoting conferences and trade shows. With more than 1.7 24–27: Facebook Live. 24–27: Facebook Live. We’ve been increasing our social-media presence over the past few years,” Wulfekuhle said.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

billion users around the world, Facebook has become one of the most powerful platforms for promoting conferences and trade shows. With more than 1.7 24–27: Facebook Live. 24–27: Facebook Live. We’ve been increasing our social-media presence over the past few years,” Wulfekuhle said.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

And at the Infinite Energy Center (formerly the Gwinnett Center) in Duluth, Georgia, alcoholic samples are forbidden outright. Since then, Herlitz has encountered directives that differ from venue to venue — but has also laid down his own rules in response to misadventures with food on the show floor. HOW TO LIMIT LITTER.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Trade Show Operations Manager | Urban Expositions | Trumbull, CT. Senior Shows Administrator | National Marine Manufacturer’s Association | New York, NY. Conference and Events Manager | McKinsey & Company | New York City, NY.

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2018 Hospitality Trade Shows Hotels 40

Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Trade Show & Events Coordinator | B&R | Roswell, GA. Conference Producer | UBM | Remote, OR. German Speaking Project Manager (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Events) | Dublin, Ireland. Connecticut. Atlanta, GA. Jersey, GA.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Nominated by Tina Squillante, CMP, for a completely revamped American Society of Transplantation conference in 2013 “I brought in a lot of new ideas, and I was doing things in a new way in a very short period of time. Nominated by Cori Dossett, CEM, CMP, Conferences Designed “I have worked with Brittany several times in the past year.

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Eventscase Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

About Eventscase The Eventscase platform helps event organisers manage corporate events, conferences, and trade shows, whether large, small, in-person, hybrid, or virtual. Make the most out of it! No technical skill is required at all.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

Conferences and trade shows “shouldn’t simply be boring education, a famous keynote speaker, a cocktail party, and a golf outing,” Neal said. NACD started with losing the “conference” stigma. Conference’ wasn’t a word that was relevant to what directors do,” Stoever said. To others it was a conference.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 25, 2021

It wiped out the town of Islamorada in the Florida Keys and took 408 lives, affecting a swath of states, including Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Fittingly enough, the first major event I worked on in my new role was AWS re:Invent, a free, three-week virtual conference for 500,000 people training to reenter the workforce.

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