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We just completed Predict: CEIR’s Annual Exhibition Industry Outlook Conference 16-17 September in Chicago, IL and we’re proud to say that this was our largest Predict ever! It drew a record-breaking 139 attendees, all top level executives, to learn about the future of the exhibition industry. If you didn’t make it to 2015 CEIR Predict, here […]
By Cathy Breden, CAE, CMP, CEIR Managing Director Marco Pardi, President of UBM Tech Events and a panelist at the recent CEIR Predict Conference, suggests that exhibitions in the Communications/IT Sector take a cue from “brick and mortar” companies like IBM, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and HP. “They’re constantly reinventing because they’re competing with new, lifestyle […]
By Mary Tucker, CEIR Blog Manager PREDICT: CEIR’s Annual Exhibition Industry Outlook Conference continues the conversation of where the overall economy is headed and how that will affect the exhibition industry. Freeman, a title sponsor of Predict, offers further insight into this data on its blog about the event. Cautious optimism is growing as the […]
By Brian Casey, CEM There has always been a need by all of us to try and understand what the future holds. We live it every day with predictions on the weather, future of stocks, the economy and of course, world politics. Last week, a high concentration of thought leaders in the exhibition industry convened […]
By Mary TuckerCEIR Blog Manager As CEIR gears up for its fourth annual exhibition industry outlook conference: Predict on 11 September at the Intercontinental Hotel Chicago, Marina Gorbis has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the program. Gorbis brings an interesting perspective to the information share at Predict because of her background in research […]
By Nancy Drapeau, PRC, Research Director On any work day, a business-to-business exhibition is likely taking place somewhere in America. Events come in many shapes and sizes, from small, regional events to the largest in the world. The channel is a mirror image of the diversity of the U.S. economy. Exhibitions exist for farmers, medical […]
by BOB PRIEST-HECK, Chief Operating Officer, Freeman Chairman, CEIR Predict Program Committee Often, the most significant events are most appreciated in retrospect. After all the planning, the anticipation and the intensity of producing the actual program – comes that sweet moment of reflection when you realize, something truly wonderful happened! And so it was at […]
by Greg Ortale President and CEO Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau In the afterglow of the CEIR Predict Conference which took place in New York City a couple of weeks ago, one notable event occurred that merits highlighted commentary. The current chairman of SISO (Society of Independent Show Organizers), David Audrain, CEM announced a […]
by Douglas Ducate, CEM, CMP President and CEO CEIR The third edition of the CEIR Predict conference saw more than 150 industry executives spend a day at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City focusing on the outlook for the exhibition industry over the next three years. Discussions were held among some of the […]
by Jennifer Rivera Content Manager CEIR CEIR Predict has ended but that doesn’t mean you can’t view sessions from the conference. City Talk, now viewable online, is a session with the mayors of Baltimore, Dallas, Houston and Orange County discussing creative steps destinations have taken to attract major events and deliver a better experience for […]
