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When Good Meetings Go Bad

SmartMeetings

Chilling tales from the front and how meeting profs saved the day. Sometimes, the projectile comes in the form of a volcano, hurricane, rogue audio visual technician, speaker or guest. Sometimes, the projectile comes in the form of a volcano, hurricane, rogue audio visual technician, speaker or guest. Gold Medal Reflexes.

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Taking Meetings and Exhibitions on the Road

PCMA Convene

The Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care, and Resuscitation (SIAARTI) turned its annual meeting into a traveling event that included educational content and meetings with experts, health managers, local administrators, and sponsors in socially distanced settings.

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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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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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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. 26 • Meeting Services Specialist. 38 • Program Manager, Conferences and Meetings. Sadie Agurkis, CMP.

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Prescribing a Hub-and-Spoke Approach

PCMA Convene

Nine expert speakers (one remote) broadcast training sessions from the main studio in Rome, with 180 remote participants. The joint event was simulcast in the morning from Rome and projected on big screens at the 13 hotels hosting the event throughout Italy. Barbara Sambugaro.