Event Industry News Podcast
Episodes
Event adaptability with Conference Compass
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jelmer van Ast, founder and CEO at Conference Compass, a company – based in the Hague – which is behind customisable event engagement platforms, c...
Energy PR: Consumers’ attitudes to event sustainability
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Findlay-Wilson is founder/managing director of award-winning agency Energy PR and an investor in green energy. In this episode, under the um...
Brand experiences turning a complex message into a compelling story
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ex-pat American Dax Callner, strategy director at creative agency Smyle and president of the Experiential Marketing Measurement Coalition, returns to ...
Trends in telco and what they mean for the event industry
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Founded in 1991, Sledge is an award-winning event, content and creative agency. In this episode, Ben Heaysman, film and content creator at Sledge, dis...
Revolutionising the Secondary Ticket Market
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A digital/tech mind working in the event industry since 2014, Ryan Kenny launched Seatlab at the end of last year, raising capital to revolutionise ti...
AMR - Behind the letters of event strategy
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Denzil Rankine, author and thought leader in the global events and exhibitions industry, founded AMR in 1991 as a specialist in due diligence before d...
Why the right event host is more important than ever...
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Howard, a professional host and compere with more than 200 virtual and 100s of live events in his portfolio over the course of some seven years,...
All the way to Remo
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hong Kong-based Hoyin Cheung founded interactive virtual event platform Remo in 2018, to ‘humanise the online event experience, and bring people tog...
The power of empathy - brought to book
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Founder/CEO of customer acquisition agency MCM, John McMahon, added to his lockdown To-Do list researching and writing The Power of Leading With Empat...
Tracking changes at new model Hilton Birmingham Metropole
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nicola Underhill is general manager at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole – a venue built in step with the NEC, where it sits. The biggest UK hotel out...
Changing lanes at Brooklyn Bowl
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Tietze, director of sales and events at Brooklyn Bowl, has a 10-year history in live events, turns at the Manhattan Center and at CBS Radio refle...
Farnborough International facility flying high
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carlo Zoccali joined Farnborough International Ltd in 2016. Responsible for venue sales, operations and customer service he also oversees relationship...
Ink Factory’s perfect picture
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since 2011 Chicago-based Ink Factory has been delivering visual note-taking, physically and virtually. Creating pictures that summarise key takeaways ...
Talking shop with The Party Goddess
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Verbose, in the best Los Angeles tradition, Marley Majcher is CEO of The Party Goddess, an A-list full-service event planning and catering company in ...
Vendoir vidi vici
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Launched at the threshold of the pandemic, March 2020, Vendoir is a platform for sole traders, freelancers, start-ups and existing suppliers to showca...
Deep into EventWell
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The message ‘One in three event professionals will experience poor mental health every year, in the form of stress, anxiety, depression and burn out...
Four on the Business Design Centre floor
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host James Dickson attended the AEV (Association of Event Venues) Conference at the Business Design Centre (BDC) last month, a fertile ground for podc...
Pleased to MEETYOO…
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Launched in 1999, in a different guise, Berlin-based MEETYOO is the digital events business behind a customisable platform providing large-scale virtu...
Fully loaded CLIPr
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former head of computer vision key initiatives at Amazon, Humphrey Chen, co-founded video analysis and management platform CLIPr 14 months ago, in the...
Conference Compass’ hybrid points
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Conference Compass, the Dutch next generation event platform specialist, has produced a telling, timely document ‘How to run the most engaging hybri...
Ingenuity and Eventistry
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Owner/CEO of Eventistry by Alecia and host of the 6 Figure Event Podcast, Alecia May is an award-winning certified strategist and coach. In this episo...
Diversity is not enough
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Having worked in events for 15-years, Lauralee Whyte moved from experiential marketing towards the content construct, focused on sourcing speakers and...
How CMOs should prep for the new event world
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Devin Cleary is the VP of global events at award-winning digital platform Bizzabo – multiple-winner of the Event Tec...
Exploring variables in Precision Communities
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Baris Onayis an entrepreneurial executive with 15 plus years’ experience in b2b media, events, exhibitions and conferences. He launched Precisio...
Truly Event Genius
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reshad Hossenally found his inspiration in a part-time job; selling tickets, by hand, while at university. He went on to found Event Genius, and the r...
Gower on growth at The Game Fair
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With a background in big events, from London and Southampton Boat Shows to the International Festival for Business, James Gower was a perfect fit with...
Event Design for live…
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A self-confessed ‘tech nerd’ at heart, Anthony Vade worked in AV and event production Down Under before moving to Canada in 2010, initially for mo...
Hosting government and much more at Manchester Central
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Manchester Central, formerly GMEX, has been home to, among many other things, festivals, standalone concerts, consumer shows, trade shows and conferen...
Tune in to M&C Saatchi Talk
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Bannister, head of creative development at communications agency M&C Saatchi Talk, is responsible for delivery of all campaign implementation, ...
JUNO Live in July
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Hotsenpiller launched ‘hybrid events and 365 engagement software’ business JUNO Live in March 2020, at the top of the Covid-19 storm, respond...
Time for Recess...
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Shannon is CEO and co-founder at California-based experiential growth marketing platform Recess. Launched in 2010, Recess is tech designed to mar...
New market for InEvent
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pedro Góes is CEO at InEvent, an integrated end-to-end events platform which has customers in 67 countries and the likes of Facebook, Coca Cola, KPMG...
Bournemouth 7s talks July 19 and tackling government indecision
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dodge Woodall and Craig Mathie, owner/founder and managing director respectively, design and deliver Bournemouth 7s, a sport and music festival that’...
Now hear this – Raccoon Events’ CEO hits back over Johnson’s delaying tactics
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Seaman, CEO at Raccoon Events and chair of the AEO UK Organiser Group, wrote a passionate response to the Prime Minister extending restrictions t...
Totem Hybrid – poles apart
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Bo Shields, co-founder of Totem, started out in theatre, as a lighting and sound technician, before going on to launch Lock On Productions...
Wroe power at JL Lighting
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Wroe, the new non exec chairman at JL Lighting (JLL), was CFO at Just Eat from 2008 to 2016, a period which saw the business move from “a coupl...
Unbridled agency on the fast track
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Working out of Denver, Colorado, Tim Woodring is chief solutions officer at event management, production and creative agency, Unbridled. Launched at t...
Introducing EMMC - made to measure
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Launched in March, the Experiential Marketing Measurement Coalition (EMMC) is out to standardise core metrics and assessment methodologies and promot...
Powering up next generation events with Brandfuel
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Ball is founder & CEO of Brandfuel, a creative agency specialising in the sustainable design, planning and delivery of virtual events. In this e...
Behind the TRO white paper treasure TROve
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Conceived as an event management and production agency nearly 40 years ago, around the automotive sector, TRO joined Omnicom in 2008 focused on design...
On brand, on message with TBA
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guy Horner is CEO at brand experience specialist TBA Group, which operates three divisions: Sports, Brands, Entertainment, and provides for a stellar ...
Turning the tide with Undercurrent
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Damian Clarke founded brand experience agency Undercurrent in 1991, providing for an illustrious set of clients including Google, Samsung, Live Nation...
Ally Wolf on Clapham Grand designs
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ally Wolf is manager, producer and programmer at “variety club” the Clapham Grand. He’s also co-founder/festival director of Mighty Hoopla. I...
Looking at the spoils of Play.Fund.Win
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Schofield studied event management in Leeds. He went on to work for Salford City Council before moving to the Middle East with QMDI. Dan came back...
Looking forward with We Are The Fair
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With more than 23 years in the industry, Nick Morgan is CEO of large-scale event/festival production company We Are The Fair and We Are Placemaking. N...
TLC boss faces the future
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Taylor, CEO of the Taylor Lynn Corporation (TLC), designs, produces and delivers events for the corporate and private sectors and has done for mor...
Virtual tips from Top Banana
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Twamley joined Top Banana as creative director in October 2019 from a similar position at RP Group, A creative comms agency with a weight of g...
The return of James Dickson
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Event Industry News’ podcast episode 223 is a welcome back for host James Dickson, interviewed by founder Adam Parry who managed the series in his a...
Ahead of the curve with GDS Group
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harlan Davis is vice president of Product and Innovation at US-based GDS Group. In business for nearly 30 years, GDS started as a publisher, producing...
Shindig platform spurs spontaneity at online events
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Gottlieb, founder of TVT Records, the independent label that gave a big leg-up to the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Pitbull, Seven...
Spelfie app makes space for branding
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Launched last year, Spelfie is an out of this world marketing opportunity for live events. Hand in hand with Airbus’ technology, bookable weeks, mon...
Conference Compass' community spirit
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ten years ago, Jelmer van Ast took his experience as a playwright/actor/producer and festival organiser across the tracks to found technology company ...
Live Group resets events
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Rose has been at Live Group for more than 11 years, finding his way from business development to head of content and learning all the way. Estab...
Putting new model exhibitions to the test
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lou Kiwanuka is founder and MD of training specialist The Shaper Group, vice chair, about to be chair, at ESSA and part of EventWellPledge - a social ...
Keeping on top of stress
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With more than 20-years’ experience working in live events, at Incisive Media and Ocean Media, London, before moving to the Middle East for DMG in 2...
A sense of touch
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With more than 20-years’ experience in and around live events, Mike Ford, director at UK/US based full-service engagement agency Touch Associates, h...
Pushing sustainability forwards
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Abdelnoor, a freelance corporate event producer, is co-founder of the not for profit group Isla, which launched in September, focused on supporti...
Love at First Sight
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
MD Richard Belcher joined First Sight Media in 2006 when the company was primarily focused on producing DVDs and VHS tapes of graduation ceremonies. R...
Beyond the blue sky thinking
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Founding director of independent promoter/festival organiser From the Fields, think Kendal Calling, bluedot, Inner City Electronic, Off the Record...
Government support missing the mark
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 has hit suppliers along the event industry supply chain particularly hard and Downing Street’s ‘one sticking plaster for all’ solution ...
Powering up a personal brand
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alongside her role as senior events manager at specialist information provider Chemical Watch, Juliet Tripp is her own brand; a professional speaker, ...
How Buzznation are helping business meetings go virtual
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ratnesh Singh, head of global business at Buzznation Event Technologies, and author/keynote speaker/futurist/strategic technical advisor Bernard Marr ...
Putting a new era in experiential
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Spawned from the UK’s first guerrilla marketing agency Buddha’s experience with/onus on projections, disruption and PR stunts and his military bac...
Perfect Conversion
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Tranter, Managing Director at 73 Media/industry spokesperson, had to wholly rethink a launch event, the grassroots’ focused Rugby Show, in the ey...
Putting the 'you" in inclusivity
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ashanti Bentil-Dhue, who heads up virtual production company EventMind, founded Diversity Ally with Gabrielle Austen – Browne to help foster diver...
Agency for change
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George P. Johnson started as a flag maker/sail repair business in Detroit, providing for automotive events in the city. One hundred and eighty-six yea...
The future is here
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With offices across the world, SpotMe provides enterprise solutions to more than 250 global brands via the web, iOS and Android, as well as a no-code ...
From organisation to event tech
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Founder and CEO at Washington-based Hubb, the virtual/hybrid/physical event platform, Allie Maygar launched her first company, Impulse Productions, ag...
A tech provider’s take on virtual & hybrid events in 2020
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode features Kevin Lorch, managing director at Eventscase, a white label software business focused on providing the perfect integrat...
The significance of Human interaction
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode welcomes James Tucker, COO at GovNet, a well-established UK event supplier that delivers public sector conferences, expos and tr...
The Importance of Human Connection with Matt Culverhouse, TEN6 Creative
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest CEO of TEN6 Creative, Matt Culverhouse. In a more relaxed format than normal, Matt and I chew the fat about the importance ...
Montgomery Events - sponsored by Grip
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is sponsored by Grip, a leading AI-powered event matchmaking solution for virtual and hybrid events. Montgomery Events, a subset of ...
Special Edition with industry guru, Katie Morhen
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Starting her event career in 2007 with Reed Exhibitions, my guest this week, Katie Morhen, has helped some of the largest exhibition organisations dri...
Podcast: The Launch of SaaStock Remote
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s very special guest is Saastock founder Alex Theuma. Following a career in IT, Telecoms and Cloud, Alex moved on to creating a powerful n...
Podcast: The Launch of SaaStock Remote
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s very special guest is Saastock founder Alex Theuma. Following a career in IT, Telecoms and Cloud, Alex moved on to creating a powerful n...
Pioneering Digital and Online Events
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining the podcast this week is William Thomson, author, event consultant and head honcho at Gallus Events. The digital and online event world i...
Social Media Tips and Tricks from digital producer at George P. Johnson
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining me this week is Caitlin Kobrak, digital producer at George P. Johnson. Managing social media campaigns for mega-events such as Cisco Live...
The State of the Experience Industry
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode welcomes Rachel Butler, head of marketing and brand communications at Marble LDN; an award-winning live experience agency with a...
Podcast: The Explosion of E-sports
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Based in London and founded in 2016, Esports Insider is a business news site, agency, media and events company. Joining me this week is Sam Cooke, ma...
The power of podcasting
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Jason Allan Scott, an award-winning Entrepreneur, Podcaster, Bestselling Author and CEO of A Podcast Co. In this episode, w...
Podcast: Key steps to rebooking digital events
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With almost zero exhibitions taking place at the moment due to Covid-19, Acier Events, an onsite exhibition sales company, is another business that sa...
Podcast: Top tips for virtual events
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode takes me (virtually) across the pond to the U.S. My guest this week is Brian Fanzo, founder of iSocialFanz, a company which...
The Pivot to Virtual Events in just 40 Days
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many organisations in the industry have had very little choice but to pivot to a virtual solution. Swoogo, an event registration platform, is no excep...
Podcast: Best practice for event marketing
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Once again, it’s been a big week for the industry. Since our last broadcast, Edinburgh Festival, Wimbledon and The Open Championship have all been c...
Podcast: Tim Groot founder at Grip, speaks about Virtual Meeting Rooms for Events
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second in a series of ‘Lockdown’ podcasts, I’m joined by Grip founder, Tim Groot. Grip is an intelligent Event Matchmaking solution de...
Podcast: Craig Mathie, MD at Bournemouth 7’s, speaks about this year’s postponed festival.
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The UK, in effect, is in Lockdown. As we all know, the event industry was one of the first sectors to be hit by the Covid-19 outbreak. In this must...
Special edition podcast: Industry calls on gov to support #eventprofs
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition of the Event Industry News podcast, Matt Rakowski from DBpixelhouse joined editor, Adam Parry, to discuss the petition for the...
Podcast: Events director, Judith Wilson, speaks ahead of EVENTIT
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Speaking from the headquarters of the esteemed AV and technical supplier in the event industry, Universal Live, James had the pleasure to talk to the ...
Podcast: Avantgarde’s Thom Greybe discusses experiential power for brands
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of the Event Industry News podcast, we welcomed Avantgarde’s digital creative director, Thom Greybe. Avantgarde is a global...
Podcast: Find your next experiential solution at PixelLab
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s podcast, our host, James Dickson, was joined by not one but three guests: DBpixelhouse’s creative director, Alastair Reece; marketing m...
Podcast: Gearing up for #EventWell20 with MD Helen Moon
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we were joined by the managing director of the event industry’s charitable social enterprise, EventWell. Helen Moon joined us ahead of Ev...
Podcast: Exploring ICEINSIGHTS with ICE director, Anita Howard
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of the Event Industry News podcast, James is joined by Anita Howard, the director of the ICE community. This community is ren...
Podcast: Fanomena business unit lead tackles issues with physical goody bags
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining James this week on the Event Industry News podcast was Lennart Hohneck, the business unit lead for event management platform Fanomena. Joining...
Podcast: Samuel Scott reveals best practices for keynote speakers
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining the podcast from Copenhagen, Denmark, was professional keynote speaker, Samuel Scott. With a background in journalism and marketing, Samuel tu...
Podcast: James Huddleston, Certain, reveals top tips for revamping marketing strategies
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
VP and head of marketing from Certain, James Huddleston, joined podcast host, James Dickson, for this week’s podcast. In the episode, Huddleston dis...
Digital marketing at ICC Belfast to drive revenue & exposure
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining our podcast host, James Dickson, on this week’s podcast was ICC Belfast’s head of digital, Charlie McCloskey. During his time with us, he ...
Podcast: Universal Live offers insight into its creative design process
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Speaking from Universal Live’s Bradford base, our podcast host, James Dickson was welcomed by its commercial manager, Neil Clappison, and creative g...
Podcast: Aaron Kaufman, president, Fifth Element Group on business in events
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fifth Element Group is an award-winning live experience company that is recognised throughout the world for creating large-scale galas, events, fundra...
Podcast: Vivacity Consulting founder on getting the most from your speakers
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joining the Event Industry News podcast this week was Deborah Henley, the founder of Vivacity Consulting. Deborah is a professional speaker and former...
Podcast: Conference Compass’ Jelmer van Ast discusses apps for conferences
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For this week’s episode, podcast host, James Dickson, spoke to CEO and founder of Conference Compass, Jelmer van Ast. Founded in 2010, Conference Co...