Organizers for business events across a swath of industries are bracing for the toll tariffs will take on their shows in the next year and beyond.

What do experts see on the business events horizon?

Instead of giving the online audience the full concert experience, the most famous couple in hip-hop offered a small glimpse of the stage at a recent performance in South Africa. Event organizers can take a cue from the FOMO-inducing approach.

Chick-fil-A’s annual gathering of franchise operators is about more than helping attendees ring up more sales and attract more customers. The experience is equally focused on shaping their personal futures.

Corporate activism is having a transformative moment. The 3BL Forum explored the movement with a new, flexible format and an impressive roster of speakers that broached critical topics from all angles.

Making Vinyl — an event for vinyl manufacturers, retailers, packagers, record label representatives, music brokers, artists, musicians, and enthusiasts to delve into vinyl’s rebirth alongside rock-star keynoters like Little Steven of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band — grew in 2018.

As people talk to smart speakers at home and scan their faces to unlock their phones, they are likely to grow increasingly comfortable with the evolution of technology at events. Here’s a look at how digital engagement is expected to evolve next year. (PCMA Partner News from Freeman)

Pico’s Darren Lim says event planners can learn from big-ticket B2C events like ChinaJoy and Ultra Music Festival.

Kellie Shevlin of Craft Beverage Expo, David Audrain of Exposition Development Company, Britton Jones and Sharon Enright of NXT Events Media Group offer their advice about event planning and marketing that all organizers can use to make sure their events stay fresh, regardless of how long they’ve been in existence.

A pitchfest can showcase emerging ideas and bring innovators and investors together at your event. Here’s what the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has learned since launching their own Pitch Fest five years ago.

Finding the right partners will be a hallmark of the next round of breakthrough innovations —making business events and startups a perfect match.

What does that mean for events taking place in the eco-friendly nation?