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What is Stopping International Attendees from Returning to U.S. Conferences?

Smart Meetings

As that eases, it could not only help increase the ability to bring attendees to conferences from China, but other countries as well as Chinese visitors have been rerouting through neighboring destinations to get to their California events. Conferences? Authentic encounters, sustainability and premium travel are growing trends.

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Doing peer conferences right

Conferences that Work

Software testers do peer conferences right! They even call them a peer conference , rather than unconference , a term I don’t like.) As evidence of software tester conference awesomeness, I offer three examples below. a short history of the peer conference. The 2022 SoCraTes peer conference. But first…. …a

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Conference Destinations Compete With Academic Firepower

EventMB

tops the 2021 country rankings, with the UK, France, Germany and Italy rounding out the top five list. The post Conference Destinations Compete With Academic Firepower appeared first on Skift Meetings. These five cities are the top global knowledge hubs with over 10% of the total intellectual capital.

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Alexander von Humboldt: A meeting designer way ahead of his time

Conferences that Work

I’m indebted to Martin Sirk for sharing remarkable information about an 1828 conference designed by the German geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. In September 1828 he invited hundreds of scientists from across Germany and Europe to attend a conference in Berlin.* Martin Sirk Modern meeting design!

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START Summit injects innovation into Europe’s startup conference scene

The MICE

START Summit offers an innovative take on entrepreneurship conferences – entirely student-run it gives a fresh perspective on Europe’s startup landscape. While there are numerous startup conferences worldwide, what truly sets START Summit apart is that it’s entirely run by students. Gallen, Switzerland. Gallen, Switzerland.

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The SoCraTes Conference: Peer-Generated Content on Display

MeetingsNet

For the International Conference for Software Craft and Testing held annually in Germany—known as SoCraTes—event coordinator Tobias Goeschel has a notably less-complicated job than most other business-event planners have. For the SoCraTes conference, “the format works because we have only a limited set of rules,” Goeschel notes. “We

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ICE Community Continues International Expansion into the US

Prestige Events Magazine

The news follows the continued establishment of its ICE GERMANY, following another successful awards and conference last year, and another stellar year for ICE UK. The cross learning and sharing opportunities will be vast so it’s really, really great news for ICE UK and ICE GERMANY.