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Vienna Venture that Helps Elderly Bakers ‘Learned From Scratch’

PCMA Convene

A group of grannies work in the kitchen of the Vollpension cafe located in Vienna’s 1st district. Jaimé Bennett, PCMA’s regional director of EMEA, was taken on a tour of small businesses during her first site visit in Vienna earlier this year. You don’t get it at Sacher or Demel [two cafés in Vienna].

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WordCamp Behind the Scenes: Event Organizer Turns Speaker

SmartMeetings

As an organizer of WordCamp, Peshev went from event organizer to event speaker at this year’s WordCamp Europe event, presenting on a very relevant topic in an industry: remote employees. The event was hosted at MuseumsQuartier Wien, Museumsplatz, Vienna. This is his experience as he prepared for the event.

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14 Must-Attend Hospitality Conferences for Industry Professionals in 2022

Social Tables

With over 100 speakers on the agenda, and more than 30 unique educational sessions to choose from, the 2022 Expo + Conference in Las Vegas will cover all things hospitality-related. . April 27-28 | Austria Center | Vienna. Detailed event schedules, session details, speaker lists, and other event information will be released soon.

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How We Do It: Jaimé Bennett on Beginning and Ending an Event With Authenticity

PCMA Convene

We saw it last year at Convening EMEA in Vienna — music transcends borders and boundaries connects people from all over the world irrelevant of their background or interests. One of the things we talked about with Wonderful Copenhagen is how music had set the scene for previous Convening EMEA events.

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BOCOM’s premiere: showcasing the future of events

Event Industry News

The hybrid multi-site congress “BOCOM – Experience Borderless Communication” on 3 September showcased how innovative technologies and empathic speakers can be combined to create a unique event with a global community of participants. BOCOM’s initiator.

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3 Trends Shaping Events: Immersive Sound, Microadventures, and ‘Reformatted’ Department Stores

PCMA Convene

Or the sound of footsteps as a speaker heads toward the stage could be shared with those who are joining online. It can’t help but expand the potential for introducing ways to forge emotional connections with sounds that go far beyond the well-worn trick of cranking the music up to create a sense of excitement.

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Envisioning Change Through ‘Uncomfortable Conversations’

PCMA Convene

28-30 in Vienna, Austria, it was representatives from the current class and alumni of PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties, an annual program that recognizes global industry leaders early in their careers who are the future of the events industry. Bennett also found that the format put the speakers more at ease.