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How IMEX Frankfurt Answered Critical Questions for a Sustainable Event

Smart Meetings

This commitment has led to more than a decade of work across venues and suppliers around the topics of waste, water, energy, supply-chain, social equity and social impact. For example, the weight of recycled material can actually be weighed on a scale, in ideal circumstances, or be tracked and reported through detailed venue hauling records.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE Blog

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020.

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Nine conference mythodologies

Conferences that Work

Here are nine mythodologies about conferences. At least half the sessions programmed at traditional conferences are not what attendees want. Mythodology: A “ conference curator ” can improve the quality of your conference content. Reality : Sadly, conference curators don’t exist.

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Tackling In-person Events as a Team at nSight 2022

Smart Meetings

The ninth nSight conference was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, an up-and-coming technology hub between three major universities. The younger nCino started in 2011 and started nSight in 2013. Marisa Roberge, nCino’s associate director of global conferences & events, had prior experience with TSEC in her previous job.

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People on the Move

Convene by PCMA

Sarah Marshall Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre in Farnborough, England, has appointed Sarah Marshall as its new venue director. In her new role, Marshall will lead the commercial growth strategy of the venue and work to deliver quality events.

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MPI WEC Inspired Action in San Francisco

Smart Meetings

The 1,700 attendees checking in live at Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference ( WEC ) at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week were treated to a performance in three acts designed to provide “perspective,” “approach” and “action,” according to Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO.

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Sign of the Times? GE Sells its Famed Training Facility

MeetingsNet

A private group of investors has purchased Crotonville, General Electric’s management-training facility for nearly 70 years, for $22 million and will operate the suburban New York venue as a conference center—which means that business groups can meet in the same spaces that legendary GE CEO Jack Welch educated his management teams.