B-to-B Events

For the first time, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) exhibited at its own show, CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the international trade show for the construction industries. The 75,000-square-foot Tech Experience, activated in Silver Lot 3 under the monorail at the Las Vegas Convention Center, March 7-11, was designed to shift the perception of CONEXPO-CON/AGG as an “equipment show” […]

Plenty of professionals nod along when terms like “machine learning” and “cloud computing” come up, but the truth is, most people don’t have a firm grasp on what these technologies do and how they can be applied to solve modern business challenges. Enter: Google Cloud Next. The inaugural user conference, held March 8-10 in San […]

This year’s Experiential Marketing Summit featured four killer keynote speakers, including Deb Curtis, vp-global experiential marketing at American Express, who delivered a perceptive morning keynote to kick off day two of the conference. Curtis offered an overview of the financial services giant’s 167-year history, along with insights on what it means to be a part […]

In this, the Internet of Things era of smartphones, smart homes, smart cars and smart everything, event marketing has gotten smarter, too. Savvy event marketers of all stripes, from automotive to retail, banking to beverage, are incorporating virtual reality, biometrics, wearables and more into engagements. The result: events that are more personal, measurable and relevant than ever before.

Our special report on the Best Places to Work in Events offered an inside look at the top office environments and cultures in the industry, including a rare peek at the internal strategies driving Facebook’s events team.