Contents
Features
8 >> Informed decisions
Informa plc CEO Lord Carter
talks strategy
14 >> Skilling up
We report on a Hire Space webinar
devoted to getting the best out of
event tech trends
18 >> Big Interview
RAI Amsterdam COO relaxing back
into the business groove
24 >> Event insurance
Time to adjust the equation,
says Paul Cook
32 >> One Voice
Full report on JMIC’s Iceberg
initiative, as global industry aligns
behind new manifesto
43 >> Insight
Tanya Pinchuk shares some
thoughts on reviving sponsorship
opportunities for meetings
and events
Regulars
3 >> Editor’s letter
6 >> Global snapshot
17 >> AIPC – Introducing the
new CEO
23 >> SITE – ‘Nobody told
me there’d be days
like these’
45 >> Show Preview
IBTM World: industry’s last
stand for 2020?
49 >> Insight
Cvent’s Patrick Smith with
advice on going hybrid
35
Denmark’s recipe for
legacy ecosystem
Danish meeting profs show pathway for
realising conference legacies
29
Top
ranking
Analysis of the
latest ICCA city and
country rankings
37
News from
the Americas
Vancouver, Philadelphia and
Aventri hit the headlines
50
Transforming
to virtual in
one week
MCI China’s study in
virtual speed working
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