Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

(Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) Most meeting conveners concentrate on feedback about meeting content (“great speakers!”)

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Endless Events

MARCH 9, 2018

Every meeting planner we know is a great juggler. So we have compiled our favorite meeting planner tips and few tricks to help you manage your time by using some classic event management shortcuts. Meeting Destinations Are Not What They Used to Be. Is there an intersection between the realm of public works and meetings?

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Bizzabo

APRIL 21, 2020

Rakuten is a Tokyo, Japan-based organization that was founded in 1997 by Hiroshi Mikitani. The company began as an online shopping marketplace and quickly became one of the most popular websites in Japan. In fact, over 4,000 one-on-one meetings were scheduled in 2019 alone! Rakuten TV NBA Viewing Event. Source: Rakuten Today.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 30, 2023

Andrew” was a full volumetric character within the space who was panicking and shouting as the intensity grew, aided by the room’s 3D sound speakers projecting noises from all angles of footsteps and glass breaking. This experience has been a collaboration for a while with Universal and M. It feels like he’s right there with you.”

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 22, 2018

And how does culture impact meetings? Is a millennial in Japan the same as a millennial in Austria?” Posch stressed that the concept of the “cultural iceberg,” — there’s only so much one can glean from the surface when meeting someone. For more on public speaking, read “ 3 Simple Ways to Be a Better Speaker.”).

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Decibel Management

MARCH 27, 2021

Welcome to Decibel Event Management’s Talent Spotlight series where we highlight great keynote speakers, presenters, performers and other talent to enhance your in-person or virtual event. Michael Brenner is a globally-recognized keynote speaker on leadership, culture, and marketing. Meet Charlene Li. Meet Eric Stuart.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2023

Security, training and follow-through crown best efforts of meeting producers The five-star Royal Lancaster London will welcome a number of VIP guests for the Coronation of King Charles III. Crowned heads from Europe and Japan will be on hand. And, there is a new aspect to the program.

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Decibel Management

AUGUST 13, 2021

and Tokyo, Japan. Here at Decibel Event Management, we are experts at combining live and online experiences, and develop bespoke platforms to showcase your speakers both in real-time and on-demand. NBC’s 2021 effort included : 8,000: Number of miles that the “Rings Across America” marketing activation will drive across the country.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion. And more and more, they’re asking questions about a destination’s local expertise and knowledge base.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

HOT SPOT   The summit was held on the heels of the EU Capital Mayors’ Meeting, also in Amsterdam. “Everyone showed up early,” he said. And the number of press outlets that covered the event — 52 — “was insane.”. And while most of the agenda took place during the day, the event venue was a nightclub. “We Night Shift.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

Deep local expertise is also how Sehgal, who is managing director, Asia-Pacific and Japan, strategy and innovation, for the business-intelligence firm ORC International, came to be the opening speaker for the 2017 PCMA Global Professionals Conference – APAC, which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2018

Insanely Innovative Meeting Space. The Social Concierge program was designed to give back to both the meeting organizers by supporting their delegate-experience goals,” wrote nominator Nicole Havers of Tourism Vancouver, “and the delegates themselves for coming to Vancouver and sharing their experience with their own networks.”.

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Eventory

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Then, you get the chance to meet fellow representatives of the industry. Are there any potential clients you’d like to meet with? In the platform, you can adjust the preferences regarding the event topics, people you’d like to meet at the events and so on. 6 IAB Annual Leadership Meeting. How the agenda fits the needs?

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Hubilo Blog

JANUARY 22, 2019

In VG 2019, the partner countries included Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Japan, Morocco, Norway, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, The Netherlands, UAE, and Uzbekistan. The entries were first approved by the organizing committee and they were then allowed access to register for seminars and meetings.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 5, 2017

” Also participating with me in a shortened version of the experience were a female journalist from Japan and a member of the Airbnb communications team. This conference experience, so different from the typical set-in-stone itinerary with sessions to attend and speakers to meet, had completely surprised me.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Meeting and event planners know this better than anyone. Pods also include a privacy visor with built-in speakers to drown out surrounding noise, while internal storage bins lock away items. Breathe in Cinnamon-Scented Oxygen in Narita International Airport (NRT)-Chiba, Japan Narita International Airport (NRT) Where? Terminal 1.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Meeting Planner, Association of American Medical Colleges. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Heading home from our annual meeting a few years ago. It was so much fun just relaxing and visiting with everyone, knowing that the meeting had been such a success. Alexandra Adsit. Washington, D.C.,

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Jutting into the Sea of Japan, South Korea is cut off from mainland Asia by its closed northern half, North Korea, meaning that everyone needs to travel in and out by air or sea. The views from the property’s 22nd-floor meeting space stretched even farther than those from my guest room, out over the mountains that ring Seoul.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. In Japan, Shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing,” “is the therapeutic act of just spending time in the forest,” Morgan said.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The trade show featured a whole new look and layout, 3 revamped sub areas, over 60 speakers, a world-class seminar programme, a new beauty influencer event, and the biggest hosted buyer programme to date. Fumie Nyfeler Sato, Nordic Beauty Journalist in Japan. EgenVårdDistribution: LIVE Pitch to the Buyer.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Brilliant speakers bring phenomenal content on Marketing Strategies, UX & Design, Email, Search, Mobile, Video, SEO and so much more. Brilliant speakers bring phenomenal content on Marketing Strategies, UX & Design, Email, Search, Mobile, Video, SEO and so much more. Tokyo, Japan. Digital Summit Phoenix. Phoenix, AZ.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Be a speaker. Fake meetings are not fake news,” he writes. That is to say, fraudulent conferences exist, and they are becoming a real problem for the meetings industry.”. These dodgy meetings are a real danger to our industry’s hard-won reputation.”. Some excellent speakers came from the U.S.,” Senthil Gopinath.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2018

PCMA Convening Leaders 2018 Keynote Speaker Neri Oxman, professor at the MIT Media Lab. It’s going to get out there, so it might as well be out there in a good way.” — Darlene Somers, senior meetings manager, Association Management Center. “The hotel room is the enemy of the meeting planner. Photo Credit Jacob Slaton.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2018

Tuesday’s Convening Leaders Main Stage speaker, Gen. “The hotel room is the enemy of the meeting planner. Is a Millennial in Japan the same as a Millennial in Austria? Stanley McChrystal, discussed “New Rules of Engagement for Leaders in the Shifting Geopolitical Landscape.” ” — Gen.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. In Japan, Shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing,” “is the therapeutic act of just spending time in the forest,” Morgan said.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 17, 2017

Holographic meetings , robot concierges and underwater music systems are no longer items of science fiction—they’re current hotel amenities. The W Singapore elevated the average dip in the pool with underwater speakers. The hotel boasts 240 guest rooms and features special meeting amenities such as mood music and signature scents.

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The MICE

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The awards ceremony at Design Offices München Atlas was well organised with fabulous food, interesting keynote speakers and workshops, and – of course – drinks and networking opportunities. Even more so than the past, we believe that content is what makes people come to an event, who they meet there is what makes them come back.

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Endless Events

JUNE 14, 2018

Typically during conference sessions, the attendees are seated and listening to the speaker, not getting many steps in, but with the options of bike rentals, the attendees can bike to the event or bike around the city at the end of each day to stay active. The Henn na Hotel in Tokyo, Japan has robots that check you in and out.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

DGI has military, civilian and industry geospatial intelligence leaders at this year's meeting in London to discuss new policy developments and the latest in technology. East Meets West. Digiday Publishing Summit: Japan. Kyoto, Japan. Digital Geospatial Intelligence (DGI). San Francisco, CA. Upfront Summit. Malibu, CA.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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