Event Industry News Podcast

This week’s episode of the Event Industry News podcast saw two guests join host James Dickson to talk about trackway and temporary surfacing. It’s often the first thing onsite and the last thing offsite and plays a huge part in the planning and execution of outdoor events. Respected industry journalist and now director of All Access Communications, Nic Howden joined John Davy, founder of Floor Box...

This week’s episode of the Event Industry News podcast featured an engaging conversation with Helen Sartory, the creative artist behind a new live music experience called ANDRODES. Under her stage name SARTORY, Helen has created what is billed as an immersive, cinematic musical journey that utilises 3D animated film synced to an electronic dance music soundtrack, which is performed live. The exper...

This week’s episode of the Event Industry News podcast looked at the Sunfall Festival, an event set to take place in London this summer for the second time. The festival is a unique event that combines an outdoor daytime element that is then followed by official after parties in nearby indoor venues. Andy Peyton and Noah Ball from the festival’s senior management team joined the podcast to look at...

In the second of our live streamed Tuesday night podcasts, host James Dickson looked at the topic of ROI and whether traditional methods of data capture are killing exhibitors’ chances to analyse it successfully. Joining the podcast was Captuvate co-founder Brian Anderson, a company that through its unique way of capturing exhibition leads has identified flaws in the way ROI can be measured. Durin...

This week’s episode of the Event Industry News podcast looks at the phenomenon of ‘persistence of vision’ and how it has been seized to help create an innovation in digital outdoor media technology. The innovation in question has been created by Lightvert, a company that has developed a way to use persistence of vision to deliver branded messages. The company’s CEO Daniel Siden joined the podcast...

In the first Event Industry News podcast to be live streamed, host James Dickson was joined by Alex Lassiter from Gather to discuss five habits of successful event managers. For the first time, the podcast also welcomed a main sponsor, event registration supplier N200|GES. Gather specialises in event management software for restaurants and venues, and in his role as co-founder and Vice President o...

Lots of people will have heard the term ‘bots’ being used, but how much do we understand this type of technology and the capabilities it has? In the latest episode of the Event Industry News podcast, CEO of Event2Mobile Siddharth Jhunjhunwala joined the show live from New York to look at the subject of bots and explain the basic principles behind them. During the episode, he put the idea of bots i...

Jim Quintrell from the Meetings Benchmark joined the latest edition of the Event Industry News podcast. Jim has worked in the meetings and events industry for over 20 years, and always on the agency side of the sector. Three years ago, he was one of the founders of Conference Doctor, working with organisations on commercial strategies and procurement. Whilst delivering that service, one of the thi...

The latest episode of the Event Industry News podcast looks at how RFID is helping to shape data-capture and engagement at meetings and events. The technology has been widely adopted in the industry as a means of cashless payment at events like music festivals. However, the way the technology interacts with databases and CRM systems means that suppliers like Boomset are now using it to add greater...

Joining this week’s Event Industry News podcast was Client Partnership Director for Ashfield Meetings & Events Andrew Moore, along with the CEO of SpotMe Pierre Metrailler. In their respective roles, the two guests form a key partnership as organiser and technology supplier, helping to improve the way in which Ashfield Meetings & Events deliver healthcare events to the sector. SpotMe is an event a...

The current trends in brand events have been discussed during the latest episode of the Event Industry News podcast.   Joining host James Dickson was Nick Morgan from the Big Cat Group and The Fair, who highlighted the growing desire among brands to establish their own events. The Fair was launched as the dedicated events company of The Big Cat Group, whose experience in producing events since 200...

The latest episode of the Event Industry News podcast welcomed General Manager for Protec Richard Bellia. Joining the podcast from his base in Dubai via video link, Richard highlighted some of the challenges faced by the company when delivering events in one of the world’s richest and most demanding regions. Despite the frequent assumption that there are bottomless budgets available for events in...

Event Director Judith Wilson joined the Event Industry News podcast to talk about the forthcoming EVENTIT Scottish Events Expo in Glasgow. Having relocated to the recently re-branded Scottish Events Campus (SEC), the second year of the event features significantly more exhibitors and an expanded conference programme. During the podcast, Judith explained how and why the first event was created, and...

Alistair Turner - president of the UK chapter of the International Live Events Association – joined the Event Industry News podcast this week to discuss the forthcoming UK Events Week. Centred around International CONFEX and the Event Production Show at London Olympia, UK Events Week will bring together events from many different sectors in order to further raise the profile of the UK events indus...

The latest episode of the Event Industry News podcast focusses on the forthcoming ‘mock’ trial that has been organised by the A.C.T. (National) Ltd. The staged prosecution of an events company will be based on a real case and will utilise the actual documentation that would be required in a real trial. Speaking as a guest on the podcast, A.C.T. (National) Ltd’s group director Chris Woodford explai...

In this episode of Talking Events we welcomed backed Co-founder & CEO of Grip, Tim Groot to discuss the subject of beacons and whether it could be a short-lived technology.  Beacons have received an increasing level of hype and coverage in the last couple of years for the way in which they can help to push information to users, with the added ability to create indoor navigation by using multiple b...

The latest episode of the Talking Events podcast welcomed co-founder and CEO of Grip, Tim Groot.   The company launched in April 2015 and built the first artificial intelligence (AI) powered event matchmaking system, and has subsequently worked with some of the world’s leading meeting, exhibition, and conference organisers to help connect their attendees in a more effective way.  The Grip service...

The Talking Events podcast was recently given the unique opportunity to set up its studio in the President’s Suite at the Victory Services Club in London. This tri-service all-ranks members club is a hidden gem in the heart of London’s bustling West End, with several unique event spaces available to organisers.  Operations Director Mark Field joined the podcast to discuss member organisations and...

A new book designed to offer insight and expertise from a range of different event professionals has been launched.   The Event Professional's Handbook is available as a free downloadable e-book from the major digital outlets and has been created to give readers a chance to quickly absorb and digest bite-sized pieces of information relevant to their jobs.  The book was discussed in detail during t...

The Event Supplier and Services Association will open the doors to its 2016 conference this week as it welcomes members and delegates back to the Coventry’s Ricoh Arena. ESSA Director Andrew Harrison spoke to the Talking Events podcast about The Conference of Things and what is in store this year. “Sometimes conferences can be quite restrictive if they are billed as a ‘sales’ conference or a ‘mark...

In part three of a special series looking at rigging and lifting, the Talking Events podcast returns to the home of Blackout to discuss a newly launched apprenticeship scheme specifically for riggers. The development of the Trailblazer apprenticeship in Live Events Rigging has been facilitated by the National Rigging Advisory Group and some of the leading rigging companies within the industry. The...

Augmented reality and virtual reality platforms are moving on at a rapid pace. More and more mobile devices are being launched as ‘VR ready’, and as the technology becomes more accessible it is inevitable that consumers become more accustomed to using it. For our industry, the obvious effect of consumers becoming more accustomed to using it is that organisers will also become more aware of how to...

Alex Patriquin, founder of Event Geek, joined the Talking Events podcast from his base in Boston, USA to discuss the company’s unique project management software and the inspiration behind its creation.  Having worked for several startup companies in a digital marketing capacity, Alex’s role quickly evolved to include the planning and running of events. It was this experience that prompted him to...

In the second episode of a three-part special, the Talking Events podcast looks at the subject of rigging and working at height. Recorded at the offices of Blackout in south-west London, part two looks at the newly created National Event Lifting Certificate (NELC). The qualification was created to serve the training needs of event professionals that may need to raise equipment off the ground, but...

In a special series recorded at the London HQ of Blackout, the Talking Events podcast welcomed experts from the world of rigging to discuss several of the key topics set to affect the industry.  Plasa’s NRC Manager Paul Riddiford, Technical Director of Unusual Rigging Robin Elias, and veteran rigger & rigging trainer Eric Porter all joined host James Dickson to discuss the National Rigging Certifi...