Technology

cvent rebrand

July 15, 2026Cvent announces $1bn investment in AI as it unveils new brand strategyCvent is to invest more than $1bn (£750m) in AI, product innovation and technology over the next three years.Read More

Five Minutes With…FIPs congress manager Mireille Swakhoven

November 4, 2020Five Minutes With…FIPs congress manager Mireille SwakhovenIn our brand new ‘Five Minutes With…’ series, Holly Patrick caught up with Mireille Swakhoven, senior congress manager at the International Pharmaceutical Federation.

Necessary pivot: international association forum goes virtual

October 28, 2020Necessary pivot: international association forum goes virtualThe inaugural Geneva International Association Forum (GIAF) will be a virtual event this year due to the ongoing pandemic.

AIME announces custom meetings algorithm for 2021 hybrid event

October 26, 2020AIME announces custom meetings algorithm for 2021 hybrid eventThe Melbourne-based Asian Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME), has joined forces with virtual and hybrid event platform, Delegate Connect to enhance AIME Online 2021 through custom algorithm software.

Venues: Bob Heile wi-fi champion and awards chair dies 75

October 21, 2020Venues: Bob Heile wi-fi champion and awards chair dies 75Bob Heile, a longstanding advocate of Wi-Fi excellence in the meetings and events industry has died, 75, at his home in Boston, USA, following a battle with cancer.

Coronavirus: medical association takes annual congress on the road

October 14, 2020Coronavirus: medical association takes annual congress on the roadA medical association took its annual congress on the road to avoid a mass gathering of its members.

Virtual meetings: doctors miss the human touch but like the convenience

October 12, 2020Virtual meetings: doctors miss the human touch but like the convenienceFace to face meetings are still the preferred choice of healthcare professionals, a study found, with a perceived ‘lack of human interaction’ one of the biggest drawbacks of virtual medical congresses.

Why virtual meetings change everything – and nothing

October 2, 2020Why virtual meetings change everything – and nothingThe success of any emergent technology depends upon various things: usefulness, reliability, cost, and, crucially, whether you need a degree in computer science to make it work.

Opinion: Venues cant afford to be sluggish with new tech

September 9, 2020Opinion: Venues cant afford to be sluggish with new techBusinesses around the world are trying to figure out how they can return from the immense damage inflicted by Covid-19.

Cvent to drive online interactions with new virtual solution

August 24, 2020Cvent to drive online interactions with new virtual solutionCvent, the event management software provider, has unveiled a new virtual event solution, the Cvent Engagement Hub.

Nostalgic drag: why were thinking too conservatively about meetings

August 20, 2020Nostalgic drag: why were thinking too conservatively about meetingsThe deprivations of Covid‐19 have generated a cloud of collective nostalgia, writes Martin Sirk, despite our awareness that the world has been changed utterly by the pandemic and its consequences.Show More