The
Meetings Show has unveiled an enriching knowledge programme jam-packed with
sessions designed to empower event professionals to think, connect, plan and
live differently.
Returning to ExCeL London on 19 and 20 June 2024, the
programme has once again been curated by The Attendee Experience Company
(atex), building on the success of last year’s partnership.
It will feature 28 sessions split across four key themes: Impact
& Inform and Innovate & Inspire. The sessions feature a stellar line up
of expert speakers covering topics including event marketing trends, security,
AI, creativity, experiential design, contract negotiation, sustainability and
much more.
The show will kick off with ‘9 to Thrive: Dolly Parton's
Guide to Sustainably Rocking Events and Meetings’ with Be in your Element’s
Lucy Eden, and Judge the Poet – ‘How To Trust Your Imagination And Explode Your
Creativity’.
Day one will also include a session led by Cvent marketing
director Felicia Asiedu entitled ‘What Are You Worth? Unveiling Insights from
our Annual Events Industry Salary Survey’, insights from Amex GBT’s Emma Bason
on ‘Venue Sourcing in the New Era: Evolving from Order Takers to Strategic
Consultants’ and ‘The Great Debate - How to improve the supply chain for Buyers
& Suppliers’ with We Are MEaT founder James Bacon.
Highlights on day two include Mike Ghasemi on ‘Fuelling
Innovation Engines: The Role of Creative Intelligence in Turbocharging Your
Success’, a session with Nick Rosier entitled ‘From Zero to Event Hero:
AI-Powered Event Creation in 30 minutes’, and’ Let's fix networking together’,
a co-design workshop with Tamsin Treasure-Jones.
Back for a second year, the Blank Canvas stage will showcase
best practice event design with sessions throughout the two days featuring
hackathons, a Neurodiverse Design Challenge and an innovation showdown.
The show’s Knowledge Programme will follow the Hosted Buyer
Insight Forum on Tuesday 18 June. Open to hosted buyers, it will feature
innovative sessions including the Great TMS AI Hackathon, a trends versus
reality session with global agency leaders, plus workshops and social
activations supported by ExCeL London after the success of ExCeL backstage last
year.
This year, there will also be a workspace cafe inside the
forum, enabling hosted buyers to dip in and out of content as they wish.
Jack Marczewski, portfolio event director, Northstar
Meetings Group, said: “We received excellent feedback on last year’s refreshed
knowledge programme so we’re delighted to be working with Samme Allen, Claus
Raasted and the atex team again to deliver an exciting and innovative line up
of speakers and sessions that will deliver value and practical takeaways for
all who attend.”
There are various ways to register to attend The Meetings
Show 2024, which will be co[1]located with Business
Travel Show Europe and TravelTech Show. To find out more about the buyer,
hosted buyer and visitor registrations options, visit: www.themeetingsshow.com/register
