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Bournemouth 7s tackles drone-misuse with Houndstooth Wireless

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Bournemouth 7s is one of the latest places to issue a ban on drones and has brought in the help of Houndstooth Wireless, a Wiltshire-based company, to help police the issue. Will Kerr, the technical director at Houndstooth Wireless, said Bournemouth 7s was the first major roll-out of their technology. “Any Brand Events.

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Q&A on Embracing Event Tech with Sandy Hammer. We asked Sandy Hammer, co-founder of Allseatedand exVo, about embracing event tech, from seat planning to robots to Fornite. 10 Requirements for an Interactive Hybrid Event. 7 Phenomenal Women in Event Tech Share Their Best Advice.

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11 Event Tech Trends That Shaped 2018

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The personal touch attendees expect from meetings is now largely being delivered with the help of machines. Yes, the event business has officially entered the realm of high-tech. Smart Meetings covered all the must-have tech advances this year to help you stay at the top of your game.

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Can One Virtual Meeting Platform Rule Them All?

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The announcement yesterday that London-based virtual streaming giant Hopin was purchasing the physical event services company Boomset was another step in the direction of an end-to-end hybrid meeting solution. Our goal is to empower event managers to succeed with any event format,” the company said in a post.

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Best of 2023: Technology

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This year, we took the time to explore the pros and cons of AI, and the importance of making sure your technology is good and ready for your event. Smart Meetingsevent tech contributor Brandt Krueger offers planners some insightful suggestions on how technology can be used to plan more thoughtfully before heading to the airport.

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Designing an online memorial service

Conferences that Work

Under pandemic conditions, former alumni, faculty, staff, and other friends of the institution cannot even meet in person to grieve. Receive and curate writing, photos, audio, and video for creating some form of keepsake remembrance(s) for the event and, perhaps, post-event. A Zoom meeting recorder.

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8 Event Tech Trends for 2018

Connect Your Meetings

Event tech probably will never replace face-to-face meeting. But new technology can drive those interactions to make events more meaningful. Howard Tullman, CEO of 1871, a tech co-working, incubator and accelerator space housed in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart says in his Inc. Facial recognition for matchmaking.