Thomas Reiser has been executive director of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis for ten years. In this first episode of Season 2 of Deep Dive he talks to James Lancaster about the last 18 months, the lessons he has learned, and the challenges of the future.
1:30 “If you’ve been given lemons, make limoncello out of it!”
2:30 “One of our board members said, ‘guys this is not looking good’. So, we pivoted quickly!”
5:30 It’s getting more challenging. The expectations for virtual are rising and rightly so.”
11:50 “Keystone events will do well. ‘Me too’ events are going to have a harder time.”
12:32 “We need to evolve our formats to show the ROI of the physical get-together”
I5.59 “Associations have to start looking at how dependent they are on conferences economically”
16:20 “We’re going to start looking at destinations more closely. You don’t need taxi strikes on top of everything else.”
18:05: “I am super impressed with how accommodating and collaborative the meetings industry has been, but obviously that can’t last for ever.”
20:20 “In the virtual world we had a higher number of women attending conference. That was startling.
23:00 “Our organisation was thrown in the spotlight like never before, and we were very well prepared.
24:00 “We had very good board – staff relations which allowed us to act very quickly! That’s super important.
26:00: “I can only recommend this book!”
https://omny.fm/shows/the-deep-dive/s2-ep-1-thomas-reiser-executive-director-isth
Written By
James Lancaster
AMI editor James
Lancaster is a familiar face in the meetings industry and international
association community. Since joining AMI in 2010, he has gained a reputation
for asking difficult questions and getting lost in convention centres. Proofer, podcaster, and panellist - in his spare time, James likes to walk,
read, listen to music, and drink beer.
