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New In Events is for everyone working in the Meetings, Incentive, Conference and Events sector. You may have recently got a job in this industry and you’re looking to learn from more experienced players. Or you may be a seasoned pro looking for new solutions, new ways of working and inspiration for how your events can evolve for the future. Whichever part of the global events industry you work in and no matter how long you’ve been one of us, you’ve come to the right place.
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New In Events: IACC venue member trends and a new world order
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IACC’s European Director, Gail Tomlinson-Short discusses the key trends impacting how operators run their meeting venues in this episode of New In Events. Alistair Turner then discusses how Artificial Intelligence, the economy, and the four billion global voters heading to the ballot box will shape 2024. Plus, co-hosts Mike Fletcher and Paul Cook t…
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New In Events: AI’s impact and how to embrace technology
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In episode seven of New In Events, Mike Fletcher and Paul Cook discuss AI, innovation and the tech supplier relationship with three event technology experts. Vok Dams CEO, Colja Dams explains how AI will change the planner’s role forever and how greater societal adoption of AI will drive live events as a more authentic and trustworthy form of marke…
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New In Events: Industry advocacy and Let the Games begin!
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Mike Fletcher and Paul Cook catch up with ICCA President Marta Gomes to find out how her home city of Paris is gearing up for the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer. Marta also talks about the importance of advocacy to highlight and emphasise the events industry's relevance, and importance to global enablers, policymakers, industry stakeholde…
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New In Events: Climate conversations & the road to net zero
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For World Earth Day, Mike Fletcher and Paul Cook chat with Shawna McKinley about her work documenting events in Canada that have been impacted by changing and unpredictable weather patterns. From her home in North Vancouver, Shawna advises a better understanding of event insurance policies, along with emergency preparedness and better crisis commun…
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New In Events: Unearthing insights into the attendee experience
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For episode four, Mike Fletcher chats with ICE Strategy Director Anita Howard and ExCeL London’s Executive Director James Rees, while Paul Cook hears from Meet in Wales ambassador Dr Lee Parry. Dr Lee Parry, a biosciences lecturer at Cardiff University tells Paul about the unseen power of conferences and why he was in Barcelona to support Meet In W…
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New In Events: Investigating Incentive Travel with the IRF
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For episode three, hosts Mike Fletcher and Paul Cook go stateside to discuss incentive travel with the Incentive Research Foundation's President, Stephanie Harris. She starts by explaining some of the different roles that people enjoy when working in the incentive travel sector, before going on to talk about the findings of the annual Index - a glo…
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New In Events: Chatting career development & mentoring with Fast Forward 15's Fay Sharpe
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For episode two of Season One, hosts Mike Fletcher and Paul Cook meet up with Fay Sharpe, Founder of the industry mentoring initiative, Fast Forward 15. With Fast Forward 15 now in its tenth year, Fay tells us why career development through structured mentoring schemes like hers is so important, no matter who you are and what stage of your career y…
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New In Events: Talking tech, audience engagement & phrases you love to hate with Cvent
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Welcome to New In Events, a podcast by IBTM. For this opening episode of Season One, hosts Mike Fletcher and Paul Cook visit Cvent's European headquarters to interview its Marketing Director for Europe, Felicia Asiedu on all things tech and audience engagement. We then cross over to the show floor of IBTM World 2023, which took place in Barcelona l…
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