Conferences that Work

MAY 24, 2021

This occurred during the first Meeting Design Practicum in Utrecht, The Netherlands: more details here ). In 2016, I experienced my first escape room. Two teams competed to escape two identical rooms. Both teams included people I hardly knew.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 24, 2016

a few weeks ago, the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions (NBTC) took a few different approaches. Again, there’s a story there: While the ballroom is quite traditional and stately, with Old World furnishings and artwork, the living area is more contemporary, accented with modern Dutch design. In Washington, D.C.,

Tourism 40

Tourism Hospitality Meetings Conference 40

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The role of night mayor goes back to the 1970s in the Netherlands, and is catching on globally. But the position is a serious one: Milan works with city officials, residents, and businesses to resolve conflicts over things like noise and safety, while championing the benefits of nightlife to the culture and economy.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Netherlands. Inspiration. Stations : Norway. Food and beverage: Potato gratin, charcuterie, and Glogg (mulled wine). Decorations: Snow, bare white birch branches, and twinkling white lights.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Netherlands. Inspiration. Stations : Norway. Food and beverage: Potato gratin, charcuterie, and Glogg (mulled wine). Decorations: Snow, bare white birch branches, and twinkling white lights.

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Food and Beverage Meetings Transportation Events 107

Decibel Management

MARCH 27, 2021

—a leadership and strategy design agency in Silicon Valley—a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, and one of the most popular writers for Harvard Business Review and LinkedIn’s Influencer Group. McKeown has taught at hundreds of events across the world including in the U.S.,

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Soon, Cisco offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom followed suit. The beekeepers called their project Connected Bees, and it provided a real-world example of how “the Internet of Everything — people, process, data, and things—can support the study and management of bee populations,” according to a Cisco case study.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Our industry is constantly evolving, which makes a long-term career in business events all the more exciting. Events Manager, International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Sina Bünte. SINA BÜNTE, DES. Carmen Ferrari.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

If you only see the same old thing in the same old way, you get bored with it,” said Martijn Timmermans, founder of the Netherlands-based company Storyboard. In this way, graphic visuals organize goals at a glance. “If Rather than creating a 30-page document, people in the meeting can immediately see who’s involved, who the customers are.

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Meetings Meeting Design Speakers Tech 103

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Tech started out as its own industry and its own economy, but now tech is just a part of every industry,” said Gillian Rago, a marketing associate for Rabobank, a Netherlands-based bank that produces pitch competitions called Foodbytes! by Rabobank. We’ve started to see that switch happen, where [technology] is just ever-present.”.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

They are known for planning epic events, creating amazing exhibits and organize engaging trade shows. Founded in San Diego in 1978, 360 Destination Group specializes in event design, development, and execution. Event Creative. Notable Clients: TimeWarner, McDonalds, Centene, Interl, Google. 360 Destination Group.

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2019 Sports Entertainment Sponsorships 78

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Events and Marketing Manager, TQ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. TQ serves as a technology hub for startups, and I’m fortunate enough to work on the event programming for this industry. I am dedicated to paying it forward and contributing to the strength of young professionals in our industry. AMANDA MAROCHKO, DES.

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2017 Education Meetings Hospitality 69

Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Amsterdam, Netherlands. The annual CCB TechShowcase, Wisconsin’s premier technology event, is the only tech conference in the state that brings the world’s top technology companies together for business leaders and IT decision makers to experience the latest in business technology. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Tech 2019 Conference Technology 168

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Convene sat down with Mazur — who came to the United States from the Netherlands in 1981 —to talk about how the ban would affect scientific conferences, including OSA’s. We got a note from a professor in the Netherlands who said under the current circumstances he can’t see sending his students over to a meeting in the U.S.

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Travel Meetings Telecommunications Education 72

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Convene sat down with Mazur — who came to the United States from the Netherlands in 1981 —to talk about how the ban would affect scientific conferences, including OSA’s. We got a note from a professor in the Netherlands who said under the current circumstances he can’t see sending his students over to a meeting in the U.S.

Travel 40

Travel Meetings Telecommunications Education 40