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Meeting Martin: What’s on the agenda, and other Confex thoughts

People who say they ‘don’t like surprises’ are usually dull. I have no doubt at all that if they went to a cash machine

It’s about more than asking for someone’s name…

By David Taylor, managing director, Grass Roots Meetings & Events When they are successful, meetings and events can have a really positive impact on

Will digital eventually ‘kill’ live events and exhibitions?

By Kerry Prince, portfolio director, ibtm events Each passing year, as a new piece of connected technology is introduced with the promise to help

Why your first robot might speak with a Scottish accent

Rory Archibald, business development manager for VisitScotland Business Events. Last month, the prime minister announced that cutting edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI),

Boutique associations: the backbone of the UK association conference industry

By Sammi Rudge, business tourism development officer at Southport Conferences It’s difficult not to be impressed when major association meetings visit a destination. In

Meeting Martin: Technology’s great, shame about the music

While nobody was watching the world has gone completely mad. Once upon time you were born, left school at 15, spent 40 years mixing

Fear Factor: Why eventprofs fear eventtech

David Chalmers, Cvent’s senior marketing director, looks at the three big fears that are still taking hold of event planners, and holding them back. Fear

Closing the gap

By Rachel Ley Since the first BA Event Management degree was launched just over 20 years ago, the interest in events career opportunities has

Barriers to adopting event technology: Education, education and more education!

David Chalmers, Cvent’s senior marketing director, Europe looks at the main barriers to using technology Undoubtedly companies in the US were the early adopters

Life’s a Beach…

By Sammi Rudge, business tourism development officer, Southport Conferences It now seems archaic, and more than a little bit cheesy, when we think back

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