IBTM World Virtual crowned the winner of its TechWatch programme , which sees a series of event tech startups pitching to a panel of judges .

The finalists were narrowed down to five , with Clipr being picked as the eventual winner . Clipr uses machine learning to analyse lengthy videos of recorded event content , breaking it down into more easily consumable chunks . It also creates ‘ meeting recaps ’ to allow delegates without lots of time to catch up quickly .

Clipr beat out four others to the top spot : ConsensIQ , Pubshere Exhibits , Socio and Troop .

ConsensIQ is a tool for live polling inside virtual or live events . It allows presenters and hosts to create realtime polls , with delegates given 100 ‘ points ’ to assign to each answer . The company ’ s pitch was centred on “ harnessing the wisdom of the crowd ” to make decisions and gather data .

Pubshere Exhibits , meanwhile , is a Canadian company which has created a proximity alarm called ‘ EGID ’ designed to assist social distancing at tradeshows . If someone gets within two metres of an EGID unit – which is worn pinned to a shirt or top – it

lightly beeps and turns red . The sensor also contains a temperature reader which can detect high temperatures in approaching delegates .

Socio is a virtual event platform with live chat , Q & A and polling . It was pitched as an “ all in one ” solution , with a clean interface that allows event organisers to quickly put together virtual and hybrid events .

Troop is a platform that ranks meeting and event destinations based on a variety of factors , such as sustainability , pricing , ease of acquiring travel visas , and more . These ranks are then aggregated and presented to meeting and event organisers .

Clipr takes the win Clipr , however , was named as the winner . The judges said it addressed the issue of ‘ Zoom fatigue ’ which had become common in 2020 .

CEO and ceo-founder Humphrey Chen commented : “ Meeting fatigue is real . There are 55 million meetings per day in the world . In 2020 the pandemic moved much of this activity online , where it could be recorded . This gave us an idea . What if we could get out lives back ? What if we could build an AI that would quickly prioritise the moments that matter most ? What if we could search for what we needed from these meetings , rather than attend ?”

“ We noticed companies and individuals struggling to keep up , stay in business , watch at double speed , use the time bar to try to find that perfect moment to extract knowledge from vast swathes of video content . We felt the pain ourselves and took the opportunity to reimagine things .”

Right : Clipr CEO and founder Humphrey Chen

Left : Dahlia El Gazzar

Dahlia El Gazzar , tech evangelist and chief collaborator for IBTM World TechWatch Live 2020 , said : “ We are super excited to crown Clipr as the winner of the TechWatch Awards 2020 . The way they can help event professionals use their content for better curation purposes , monetisation , and as snackable content to prolong the life engagement with stakeholders , is going to be a critical factor in events , branding , and storytelling going forward .”