Speakers:
Howard Givner, Founder & CEO | Event Leadership Institute

Session Description:
We kick off the summit with Opening Remarks from Howard Givner, who will give an introduction to our Summit Speakers, as well as a brief overview of what to expect and key take-aways.

Speakers:

• Will Curran, DES, Founder & Chief Event Einstein | Endless Events
• Brandt Krueger, Technical Producer and Instructor | Event Leadership Institute

Session Description:

Nothing captures our collective imagination quite like emerging technologies, but as quickly as innovations such as Gamification become part of our everyday, other promising tech like Google Glasses…. fades into obscurity. Will Curran, DES, Founder & Chief Event Einstein | Endless Events and Brandt Krueger, Technical Producer and Instructor | Event Leadership Institute presents a live, rapid fire discussion with audience interaction on what’s “Hot” or “Hype”, and a compact assessment of the winning inventions.

Speakers:

Tammy Kockaya, CMP, CMM

Chief Strategy & Growth Officer | Event Leadership Institute to lead panel in discussion.

Session Description:
The fight for the audience’s attention is fierce, and events clients in every industry feel this. Learn how to get that winning touch – engagement – and distinguish yourself. Hosted by Tammy Kockaya, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, | ELI with Panelists; Sophie Ahmed, SVP Market Strategy | Hubilo, Lori Allen, VP Global Event Operations | MetLife and Chandra Champion, MSSA, CNM, National WIC Association, share their tips on creative event design and how to reimagine the standardized events and stand out from the crowd.

Speakers:

Danny Stefanic, CEO | MootUp Founder & CEO | LearnBrite

Session Description:

Once home to scientists in Sci-Fi or Superhero movies, the Metaverse brings a new level of mesmerizing your audience through stunning audiovisual experiences. 20 year virtual reality veteran, Danny Stefanic, CEO | MootUp, dissects the world of immersive virtual conferences, with a deep dive into the Metaverse and its uses and applications for your events and your clients.

Speakers:

Larry O'Reilly, CEO | ARHT Media

Session Description:

Think it’s hard to become go-to experts in live streaming and broadcasting hybrid and virtual events? Larry O'Reilly, CEO | ARHT Media will unravel the mysteries of new-era tools including Holograms and Virtual Global Stages, so you can think beyond your current limitations and offer creative, forward-thinking speaker solutions to make traditional live streaming events special. Larry will be sharing real-time experiences from Event Planners who have stepped up to challenges of the Hybrid World creating a visual, and experiential adventure for everyone involved.

Speakers:

Victor Torregroza | Events & Experiences Program Manager at Intel Corporation

Session Description:

Intel’s refreshing, digital-first CES® programs reveal what rich B2B digital experiences can bring to a brand and target audiences. Victor Torregroza, Experiences & Events Program Manager, Intel Corp., will take you behind-the-scenes of the most memorable moments from the all-digital CES® 2021 and hybrid activation at CES® 2022. He’ll share how a digital-first approach with purposeful moments can create memorable experiences.

Speakers:

Beth Surmont, CAE, CMP Vice President Event Strategy & Design, | 360 Live

Session Description:

Preparing for the future isn’t about saying with certainty that “this is what is going to happen,” but about being primed for the “what if?”. Beth Surmont, Vice President Event Strategy & Design, | 360 Live, believes "We’re planners! " and we can set ourselves up to be our own predictors of the future with strategic thinking and a simple shift of mindset.

Speakers:

Marco Giberti, Founder & CEO | Vesuvio Ventures; Co-Founder | LAB Miami Ventures; and CoAuthor | Reinventing Live

Session Description:

Forget the traditional one-off, in-person event. Welcome to a new world, where event organizers no longer see themselves as pure organizers; rather their role is to facilitate - business, connections, education and advocacy. Marco Giberti Marco Giberti, co-author of Reinventing Live takes you behind the scenes with his views about the opportunities for event organizers leveraging technology and innovation and creating new business models for their events.

Speakers:

Dahlia El Gazaar, DES, altMBA, ECC, EWD Founder & CEO |Dahlia+Agency

Session Description:

Dust out your magic wand, and join Dahlia in this session to learn some tricks about how to create happy attendees – the key to happy sponsors and successful events. We’ll talk about engagement beyond the 3 common ways so you can inject your events with energy, fun and memorable moments!

Speakers:

Matthew Homann | Founder & CEO at Filament LLC

Session Description:

Matt Homann’s passion is helping people think, meet and learn together better. A life-long entrepreneur, he’s working to reinvent the meeting, redesign old processes and create the case for change.

Speakers:

Smriti Bansal, Head of Content | e180/Braindate

Session Description:

Braindate is fast becoming the leading solution for events worldwide who want to provide more than just networking for their participants.  Smriti Bansal, Head of Content at e-180, the inventors of Braindate, will take you on the journey on how the app can boost your lead generation and your business development by creating conversations that participants can have one-on-one or in a group, on a topic of their choice, at live, virtual, and hybrid events.

Speakers:

Naomi Clare Crellin | Founder & CEO at StoryCraft Lab

Session Description:

The ability to develop empathy is at the very foundation of design thinking, and the disciplines focused on customer experience design. Naomi Clare Crellin, Founder & CEO at StoryCraft Lab, will help you develop a deeper understanding of your audiences, and how you can create the best solutions to meet their needs.

Speakers:

Howard Givner, Founder & CEO | Event Leadership Institute

Session Description:

Thank you to our incredible Speakers, Panelists and Audience.