The Trade Show Podcast

Tom Gavazzi is an accomplished entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of Woom AI Marketing Agency, a company specialising in AI-powered conversational marketing solutions. In 2025, Woom became a global partner of Infobip, one of the world’s leading communication platforms. Under Tom’s leadership, Woom has developed innovative AI assistants that enhance engagement and communication on WhatsApp, par...

Marco Barozzi is the Founder of Expo Consulting, with experience of over three decades in the exhibitions and events industry. His journey began with key roles in prestigious companies like the Blenheim Group, Miller Freeman, and Reed Exhibitions. Later, he founded Expo Consulting, helping organisations succeed in the complex and dynamic world of trade shows and events. Over the years, he has coll...

Miguel Neves leads the editorial team at Skift Meetings, where he and his team passionately tell the incredible stories around the business of events. He has worked in and around events for almost 20 years in various roles covering planning, marketing, social media, and editorial. Miguel has been at the forefront of innovation in event technology and AI for more than 15 years and has closely follo...

Kai Hattendorf is one of the most prominent thought leaders in the global business events industry, building on a decades-long legacy of transformation and innovation. He serves as Managing Partner at JWC, the globally leading management consultancy specialising in the exhibition, trade fair, and conference industry. In his decade at the helm of Paris-based UFI, the Global Association of the Exhib...

Marlys Arnold brings a unique perspective to trade show exhibiting, with experience as both an exhibitor and a show organiser. For more than two decades, she’s advised thousands of exhibitors through consultations and workshops for events, ranging from local consumer expos to major U.S. trade shows. She has written two books on the subject: the award-winning Build a Better Trade Show Image and Exh...

Baptiste Boulard is the CEO and cofounder at Swapcard, which he built after leaving a career as a business lawyer to transform the events industry. He manages the leadership group and leads the go-to-market strategy for the company’s AI-first platform, including Sherlock (AI chat assistant), Launchpad (registration platform), and industry-leading matchmaking technology (Attendees Connect). B...

Enrico Gallorini is the Co-Founder and CEO of GRS Research and Strategy, a cutting-edge boutique multinational research firm headquartered in Venice, Italy. Enrico and GRS recently hosted the Human 2 Human Summit at Dubai taking ahead his ideas about In-person and creating a focused discourse. Enrico has dedicated his life to decoding the profound impact that in-person experiences at large human g...

Vince Battaglia produces and maintains online, private-labelled Global and National Trade Show Directories for dozens of suppliers, associations and media groups in the exhibition industry. His career in the trade show industry began 35 years ago at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, and since the,n he has had several sales positions for Octanorm, Cort Trade Show Furnishings, beMatrix and TWI Logistics....

Anca Platon Trifan is the Founder and CEO of Tree Fan Events Productions, a woman-owned AV production and event technology agency, and the Producer and Host of Events Demystified, the Top 5 podcast in event production, event technology and AI. Her career was built backstage long before the spotlight. Anca came up through live production, calling shows, mixing audio, and leading technical teams und...

Dr Corey Seemiller is a seasoned educator, researcher, and speaker on Generation Z. Her work has been featured on NPR and in The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, Popular Science, USA Today, Business Insider, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, as well as in several other news publications and cited in nearly 5,000 academic articles and books. She has engaged in market research consultin...