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Ideas and tips · San Francisco (EEUU)

Some tips on personalization at events (PCMA I)

What if you thoroughly analyze what the attendees do at your events, the specific experience that each one has, their frustrations? This is something w ...

ALL · Barcelona

How the giant AV show ISE became a reference, and why it comes to Barcelona

It may not be as well-known a brand as its cousin (and good friend), the Mobile W ...

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Bots will manage basic attendee queries so you can focus on adding value

Monterey Car Week & Concours D’Elegance, held in Monterey, California, is whe ...

Ideas and tips

How to capture attention in events

Our senses detect a higher quantity of information that our brain is able to proc ...

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We talked to Bob Caldwell, founder of EventBots

The winner of the IBTM awards for the best new technology in 2017 was a company that could bring our sector into the world of artificial intelligence. The american Sciensio had developed a bot technology called EventBots specialised in events. We are in 2019 and the good event professional that you are has to know everything ...

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Sebastien Jouhans (Jack Morton), gives us an overview of some key tech innovations

Biometrics, blockchain, bots, augmented reality ... the horizon of technologies w ...

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What the F$%& is meeting design??

When a topic generates too much buzz, it often has the risk of being more ‘hype’ ...

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Adapt your event management to a volatile environment: VOK DAMS goes for agile events

Can an event briefing and its execution plan be fixed, in an age where the busine ...

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Steve O’Malley shines a light on the concept of festivalization

Festivals are probably the coolest events, those which spark more passion and offer the most complete experiences. So much so that the concept of ‘festivalisation’ has been a hot topic in events lately as all meeting planners aim to capture this coolness. The President of Maritz Travel and 2019 Chair of the International Boa ...

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How the Cirque du Soleil manages its venues

If someone ever doubted the importance of the space of an event, consider the Cirque du Soleil. Sure, the artis ...

Ideas and tips · Madrid

8 ‘musts’ for a more sustainable venue

We all want to be more sustainable but as we often see in our editorial and research work, it is difficult for ...

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But … what is an event?

By Eric Mottard What happens to us, when it is difficult for us to define our very essence, what is really and is not an event? This identity question ...

Associations · Barcelona

A flatter MICE world, according to Euromic’s president

Stuck between a narrative which sentences DMCs to a certain death… and the realis ...

ALL · Pittsburh (EE UU)

The German Convention Bureau explores the future of meetings

Eric Mottard We have been writing about the need for convention bureaus to rethi ...

ALL · Barcelona

Still strong, and increasingly tech-powered

The most thorough – and much-awaited – annual barometer of our industry was back: ...

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Use events to bring diverse groups together and facilitate the dialogue

What does the future hold for us? Dex Torricke-Barton, a communication leader experienced in several key Silicom Valley players, was one of the keynote speakers of IBTM World, where he analysed macro societal trends, including the rise of globalization and nationalism, as well as the development of technologies such as virtu ...