Kenneth Briodagh

The centennial of the sinking of the Titanic will be this April 15, and events are springing up everywhere from Belfast, Ireland, to St. Louis, MO. And now, one of the biggest aquariums in the northeastern U.S., the Mystic Aquarium, is jumping into the pool, too. The institution, operated by the Sea Research Foundation, has worked with the discoverer of the Titanic, Dr. Robert D. Ballard, and former Disney Imagineer Tim Delaney to develop its Ocean Exploration Center exhibit hall, representing a more than $1 million investment. It will open next week.

The b-to-b trade show world gets a bad rap for being behind the rest of the event marketing industry when it comes to innovative experiential tactics, but the SES Worldwide Conference and Expo Series is out to remove that stigma with some seriously exciting ideas about how to present a trade show that’s entertaining and relevant to attendees while providing big-time results to exhibitors and sponsors.

The mobile technology branch of electronics brand LG set out on two simultaneous road tours in February designed to promote the brand’s newest high-definition, 3D mobile devices. The East Coast leg began in New Jersey, hit Boston and New York, and will continue to Chicago before wrapping in Kansas City at the end of May.

 Finnish tech brand Nokia brought its state-of-the-art research and development laboratory to the South by Southwest Interactive, Film and Music Festival (SXSW) last week in the form of the Nokia Lab. From the outside, the three-domed, otherworldly space evoked the brand’s Scandinavian roots, partly thanks to the very aggressive exterior bubble cannons that created a downpour of bubbles resembling snow over the long lines of eager SXSW attendees trying to get inside. Once through the doors, guests got hit with some hot music and two drink tickets for the in-house bar.