 Corbin's July/August 2018 TechTalk News |
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Welcome to the latest edition of Corbin's TechTalk Newsletter providing the latest in technology to nearly 10,000 events, tradeshows and hospitality professionals in over 70 countries. This issue is packed with articles, links, videos and ideas on how you can use technology to improve the business process for events and tradeshows. In this issue:
We are living in a time of unprecedented technology change. How will these changes affect meetings and tradeshows? Will they remain a central form of education, networking and marketing? Will virtual meetings and other communication technologies replace the need for face-to-face events and exhibitions? Although there will likely be very significant changes in these next few years, there are some strong drivers that bode well for the future of events.
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This article covers five constants that will keep meetings viable in the future.
This podcast, recorded and transcribed by Leading Learning, covers a wide range using technology for meetings, virtual meetings, virtual/augmented reality and more.
Exhibitions and tradeshows are great ways to engage an audience. New technologies mean the landscape of trade shows changes with each passing year. Here are some emerging trends that are revolutionizing trade shows that marketers need to be aware of.
NEWS:
 Corbin to Chair IBTM's Technology and Innovation Watch Award for the 15th Year
This award is the longest running and one of the events industry's most significant award recognizing technology innovation - the "Academy Awards" of events technology. I am very pleased to I have been asked again to chair the judging committee. This award is a great opportunity for technology companies to show their new stuff and get a free booth at IBTM in Barcelona as well. .
The IBTM Technology Watch, established in 2000, is the original meetings technology award! I have had the honor of chairing the judging committee for the past 15 years and am eagerly looking forward to doing so again this year. This award has highlighted wide assortment of international events technology innovations that continue to impact the events industry. With new ideas bubbling up every day, I expect that this year’s competition will be excellent.
More information will be forthcoming here at the IBTM Tech Watch page and through my website and newsletter. The award will be given November 28, 2018 in Barcelona.
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Tech Watch Application Form:
Does your company have a new, innovative technology product applicable to the meetings and tradeshow industry? Would you like to get substantial free publicity for it? And a free booth at IBTM World in Barcelona as well? If so, apply HERE. Got fun videos? Or helpful business or meeting planning links? Send them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
5 Meeting Industry-Related Sites:
5 Business/Utility/Reference Sites:
5 Sites Just for Fun
QUOTES OF THE MONTH:
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Artificial intelligence is sort of the end goal of computer science. Computer science is about automating stuff, and artificial intelligence is about automating everything.” -- Alex Krizhevsky, Computer Scientist and Google Scholar
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"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." -- William Shakespeare .
SHORT-SIGHTED TECHNOLOGY PREDICTIONS OF THE MONTH:
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"The Panama Canal is actually a thing of the past, and Nature in her works will soon obliterate all traces of French energy and money expended on the Isthmus." -- Scientific American (1941) "There is practically no chance communications space satellites will be used to provide better telephone, telegraph, television or radio services inside the United States." -- T. A. M. Craven, FCC Commissioner (1961) RECENT MENTIONS AND QUOTES FROM CORBIN:
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My July/August 2018 travel schedule brings me to Las Vegas, Butte, Sarawak Borneo and a few other places as well via webinars. Click the link above for specific details and links. I would love to make your city one of my destinations as well, so please contact me and let's set a date.
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Corbin Ball, CSP, CMP, DES, MS
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The Iceberg is an industry-supported vehicle that is powerfully equipped to promote the global Meetings Industry effectively – both as a source of information and resources to members engaged in advocacy, and as a communications force in its own right, with media networks that can open up new audiences. .
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ITN International
ITN International, the world leader in mobile NFC and cloud-based event solutions, serves corporate event producers, event agencies, tradeshow managers, and exhibitors on six continents. .
 Meeting Evolution (ME) - a web-based Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) platform managing the entire meetings lifecycle. ME SMM includes event request processing; sourcing of venues, custom contract management, post-event reporting and meeting spend analysis; event planning to create BEO's; attendee registration and housing with a dynamic on-line/mobile APP for your attendees.
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