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Capturing ‘Lightning in a Bottle’ Event Data
When COVID-19 forced the American Pet Products Association (APPA) and Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA) to make Global Pet Expo a digital experience in 2021, show management learned valuable lessons about data capture that it has put into practice at its in-person show.
Don’t Make Your Tech Tool Your North Star
Crafting a successful digital or hybrid attendee experience goes deeper than the technology you use. It’s about developing a foundational process that frees you up to be creative.
A Dickens of a Breakthrough
Dickens scholars and computer scientists got together online and solved a century-old literary puzzle. What can the meetings industry learn about the value of collaboration from their success story?
We’re on the Cusp of the Next Gen of Events
A session at PCMA Convening Leaders 2022 contrasted the evolution of the business events industry against other business sectors and explored what insights we should glean from that — and why the future may be here sooner than you may think.
Tech Experts Weigh In: How Has the Digital Event Experience Changed?
Convene editors asked companies at Convening Leaders 2022’s Tech Village at Caesars Forum to identify what’s changed about the digital attendee experience over the last year.
Tracking an Event’s Carbon Footprint
Maritz Global Events recently announced BPA Worldwide’s iCompli Sustainability division is now a part of the company’s Wellbeing Network to help give clients a yardstick to measure — and lessen — their events’ carbon footprint.
Automated Contact Tracing: The Next Big Thing for Events?
ECEF attendees tried out a contact-tracing wearable that helps event organizers measure and communicate COVID-19 exposure risk to participants.
How Event Storytelling is Being Reimagined Through Extended Reality
In a recent webinar presented by PCMA APAC, an event experience company showcased how it’s breathing new life into virtual business events.
Webinar: Reimagine Virtual Event Storytelling through Extended Reality
Streamed live from AUX Immersive Studio in Singapore, join this webinar to build a practical understanding on Extended Reality (xR) and unlock new ways to engage your audiences with virtual event storytelling.
Hackathon Points to More Biases in Twitter Algorithm
At Def Con 29, held online and in-person in Las Vegas in August, hackathon participants uncovered how a Twitter algorithm was coded with implicit bias against older people, those with disabilities, and Muslims, in addition to Black people.
Has the Pandemic Changed How Planners Think About Event Technology?
Event technology has exploded over the last year — here are two views on what new tools will mean for planners in the future.
Can Organizers Guard Against Fake Vaccination Cards?
With mandates on the rise, organizers have few options to double check proof of vaccination. Health-tech may have an answer.