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Breaking Through the Mindset of Digital vs. In-person Events

PCMA Convene

Some panels at IAPCO 2022 blended speakers who were physically at the meeting with remote panelists. Atmospheric ash from the volcano canceled the flights of hundreds of thousands of travelers — including those of speakers scheduled to attend ESOT’s annual meeting in Rotterdam in mid-April.

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Showcase Live Streaming – brings the retail industry together virtually for World Retail Congress Connected 2020

Event Industry News

Up until six months ago the team were busy preparing to head to the ‘Rome Cavalieri’ in Italy to deliver the 2020 event, but due to current challenges and restrictions, this year’s delivery will mean a slightly different format and venue. Ermin’s has allowed key speakers to be filmed in a safe and inspiring central London location. ‘We

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When Good Meetings Go Bad

SmartMeetings

Sometimes, the projectile comes in the form of a volcano, hurricane, rogue audio visual technician, speaker or guest. Thornsberry was producing a conference for Canadian Association of Tour Operators at historic Fairmont Banff Springs in Alberta. This was bucket-list Italian opera sung in Italian, in Rome—very special.”

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Client media spend to top £25bn at Festival of Media Global

Event Industry News

This year’s event will see senior players from the world’s biggest spending brands attend as delegates, judges and speakers all looking to learn and discover new opportunities to drive their media and marketing campaigns with a combined budget spend of more than £25bn.

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Taking Meetings and Exhibitions on the Road

PCMA Convene

In October 2019, the annual meeting of the Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care, and Resuscitation (SIAARTI) drew 4,000 health-care workers to the La Nuvola Congress Center in Rome for a four-day program of education and networking. feet) apart at all times, and event staff administered regular temperature checks.

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Artists of Assembly: 2017 40 Under 40

Connect Your Meetings

To most, the idea of putting together a set of dates, a venue, a program, a speaker lineup, an education schedule, food and beverage orders, audiovisual packages, marketing materials and more is overwhelming, to say the least. 35 • Marketing and Conference Administrator. 31 • Member Services and Conference Planner. Jamie Blick.

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Protec European Events deliver full AV and scenic solutions for Canon in Berlin

Event Industry News

VIP speakers included Michele Tuscano, Director of Large Format Printing & Partner Channel, Canon Europe were in attendance for what was an important event in the Canon calendar. To overcome this we added extra speaker hangs facing from back to front. Andriani Lada, Speaker and Product Manager, Canon Europe.