B-to-B Events
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B-to-B Events
B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Joost Bijsterveld
Delivering compelling, high-touch experiences within the highly regulated health care industry is a tall order, but Joost Bijsterveld has been rising to the occasion for the last 25 years.
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How Mars Veterinary Health is Making Green Sponsorship at VMX Grow
At the North American Veterinary Community’s VMX: Veterinary Meeting & Expo, the world’s largest veterinary conference and trade show, sustainability took center stage with Mars Veterinary Health’s sponsorship of the show’s Sustainability Hub and waste-sorting activations at the Orange County Convention Center. What started with a few recycling bins in 2022 has grown into a […]
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10 Minutes With… Jasmin Ozeri, Head of Strategic Events, Wiz
As head of strategic events at Wiz, Jasmin Ozeri leads the company’s innovative approach to trade shows and experiential marketing. With previous event manager roles at Microsoft and AppsFlyer, she specializes in designing interactive, themed experiences that captivate audiences and drive meaningful engagement. Since joining Wiz, Ozeri has transformed the company’s trade show presence, turning […]
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How Wiz Traded Panic for Play at Cybersecurity Trade Shows
The doom of cyberattacks is real at security and tech trade shows, where dark colors and actors dressed as hackers dominate the show floor. It’s high stakes, high stress all the time. Wiz, a cloud-security company, flipped the script on panic with a booth drenched in pinks and purples and activations that kept chief security […]
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Four Insights on SXSW’s Evolving Brand Activation Landscape for 2026
SXSW has long served as an annual barometer for the experiential marketing industry with its roster of brand activations throughout the city of Austin helping to inform spending forecasts and tactical trends. The soon-to-be, 40-year-old tentpole was an early example of festivalized conference experiences, and has served as a breeding and proving ground for earned […]
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Watch The Brief, Live! August 2025 Edition: Experiential News & Ideas
Event Marketer’s Rachel Boucher, head of content; Kait Shea, senior editor and manager-digital; and Juanita Chavarro Arias, managing editor, recap and provide commentary on some of the top experiential marketing stories, ideas and trends of the month. Think: the coquette aesthetic, hatching eggs and kidney pledges. New episodes drop monthly. Subscribe to The Brief LinkedIn […]
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Five Lessons from CollegeVine’s AI-powered Vineyard Summit in Chicago
In the world of higher education, AI is typically applied to learning and development initiatives, but overlooked when it comes to the day-to-day operations that keep universities running. So CollegeVine, a company that uses a network of students, data and AI agents to alter how institutions recruit and retain pupils, aimed to flip the script […]
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10 Minutes With… Debra E. Smith, Conferences and Events Manager at Elanco Animal Health
For VMX 2025, the premier veterinary conference, Elanco wanted to reinforce its position as a global innovator in animal health with a multi-exhibit experience that showcased new products and connected with veterinary professionals in personalized, memorable ways. Designed for education and engagement, the 50×60-foot corporate exhibit featured product-focused zones with hands-on engagements and custom workstations, […]
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From Chatbots to Agents and Beyond: How AI is Transforming Trade Shows in 2025
The use of AI is evolving at neck-breaking speed across every aspect of our lives, rapidly changing how we plan, work and even think. In trade shows, this evolution is also happening fast, with AI powering everything, from access to knowledge to agents that can be built with no coding skills. Here’s what we’re seeing […]
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Three Production Design Ideas from a Live Podcast Show
With the rise of high-impact general sessions, like keynotes at Sphere that offer sleek but immersive presentations powered by LEDs, event marketers are raising the bar on how to produce engaging main stage experiences. One medium we’ve been combing for best practices? Live podcast productions, where in-depth and in-person conversations are “must-see” by nature. The […]
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