Sustainability was a key topic amongst attendees , with show director Liz Agostini putting herself on stage and to face a grilling on Confex ’ s sustainability credentials .
“ International Confex is complete and utter testimony to the resilience , power and outright bloody-mindedness of the events industry ,” said Liz Agostini .
“ Our last outing in September 2021 brought the hardcore of the events industry to ExCeL and since then we ’ ve been through countless new peaks , variants , social distancing measures , quarantine rules , false dawns and false starts . Now we can all agree that the skies are clearing , the road ahead is straight and the future looks bright .
“ More than a third of our exhibitors this year were brand new and the show floor was rammed with innovative new suppliers , mind-boggling event tech providers , brand new event spaces and iconic venues and destinations who have been brave enough to invest heavily over the last two years .
“ Conversations in the theatres were transformed with topics of sustainability , diversity and inclusion which are now fundamental guiding principles of event planning rather than nice-to-haves .
“ As always , at its heart , Confex will be a celebration of everything and everybody that makes our wonderful , indefatigable industry the best in the world and our heartfelt thanks go out to all our fantastic exhibitors , sponsors and speakers who make Confex the leading event for UK eventprofs and who have done so for 39 years now .
“ We couldn ’ t do it without you .” EN
“ Confex reconfirms that the UK events industry is world class at what we do .”
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