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The Unsung Hero: Rosie-Jo O’Halloran
In this series, features and series developer Heather Nicholls speaks to the unsung heroes of the events industry to reveal what…

Associations
Ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky to join the main stage power play at G2E in Las Vegas
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The Unsung Hero: Rosie-Jo O’Halloran
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Ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky to join the main stage power play at G2E in Las Vegas
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Spring Fair, Autumn Fair and Glee partner with Accio Work
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Meet the EN30u30: Jessica Cooper

Shows
Spring Fair, Autumn Fair and Glee partner with Accio Work
Spring Fair, Autumn Fair and Glee have announced a partnership with Accio Work, Alibaba.com’s AI business platform for…

EN30u30
Meet the EN30u30: Jessica Cooper

Events
Comic Con returns to Northern Ireland’s biggest event venue

Central & North America
Opus Origin taps Greg Topalian to lead its next chapter of US growth

Central & North America
A hundred industry organisations lobby the FCC to protect innovation at US events and trade shows
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You are spending the trust of the person who is delivering in order to protect the dignity of the show that is not.
Kate Chambers
Founder
Talking about an underreported phenomenon in exhibitions; how a show's financial failure is often patched up by requiring additional revenue from a more successful event.
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Europe · 4 September
All About Ports finds safe harbour for premiere in Hamburg
A new industry conference and exhibition in Hamburg brought together over a thousand international decision-makers, technology…

Launch
Raccoon Media Group and Kendal Mountain Events to launch North Downs festival

Asia
NürnbergMesse and Messe Berlin bring food industry trade fairs together in Mumbai

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My weekend experiment building an AI sales coach
I was going to write a slightly academic article about the layers of data, but then the AEO Conference in Birmingham…
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