The third edition in the Conference News Conference Question Time (CQT) series was held last night (26 September) at 1 Wimpole St in London and attracted 80 meetings industry professionals. The core topic for the event was ‘Meetings industry tradeshows: are they delivering what is needed?’
The expert panel on the night featured Julian Agostini, MD of Mash Media Group and owner of International Confex and the Event Production Show; Carina Bauer, CEO of the IMEX Group; Graham Hill, Head of Venues and Events at Square Meal; and JJ Jackson, Director of Perming Artistes. The event was facilitated by Richard Foulkes, Vice-Chair of the Business Visitors and Events Partnership (BVEP) and Paradise Experiment Founder.
The evening’s discussions covered much debated meetings industry tradeshow issues such as offering free Wi-Fi at exhibitions, student access and the future of event industry exhibitions.
For the full report on what was discussed read November’s issue of CN.