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Confex Marketing Theatre: driving attendance to B2B events with LinkedIn advertising

3 September 2021 - 0

For the fourth Marketing Theatre session of the day at International Confex 2021, Eleanor Bougie-Smith, head of digital at SocialB, spoke about how to harness the power of LinkedIn ads to attract target audiences to events

Confex Keynote: The big fat recruitment debate

2 September 2021 - 0

For our final session, Robert Kenward, chief cheerleader and founder, The Hub, Mike Frost, co-founder, Expocast, Natasha Layal, co-founder, Expocast and Sian Kelly, recruitment manager, Hyve, discuss 'the big fat recruitment debate

Confex Keynote: REACH scholarship

2 September 2021 - 0

In this session, Robert Kenward, Gabby Austin Browne, Priya Narain, Caitlin Kobrak, Jonathan Sibley and Martin Fullard discuss the official launch of REACH, a new scholarship which has been put together to encourage and nurture greater diversity in the events industry

Confex Keynote: One year on from the black square

2 September 2021 - 0

In this session, we’ are joined by the Event First Step team: co-founders Priya Narain and Catlin Kobrak. They deep dive into the findings, both qualitative and quantitative, discussing where there is clear room for improvement, and share action points that you can take back to your team to ensure you are putting in the work to make real change

Confex Keynote: How did an £84bn sector become invisible?

2 September 2021 - 0

In this session, we’re joined by panellists Martin Fullard, editorial director, Mash Media, Shaun Hinds, chief executive, Manchester Central, John Sharkey, executive vice president, ASM Global and Rick Stainton, founder and group executive director, Smyle Group

Confex Keynote: Why event planners should be moving away from only events and towards communities

2 September 2021 - 0

In this session, Julien Bouvier, event director, Swapcard, Mia Massion, content director, Swapcard and Chris Haddow, head of sales, Swapcard, provide attendees with a set of concreate steps for event planners to follow when embracing a community model

Confex Keynote: Inspirational leadership in constant chaos

1 September 2021 - 0

In this session, Kelly Frew, inaugural events director, Carnival UK and Claire Eason-Basset, senior lecturer & programme leader, University of Northampton bring their perspectives on inspirational management practices that enable leaders to thrive and deliver high performing teams

Confex Keynote: Build back stronger or move forward differently?

1 September 2021 - 0

In this session, Jack Saward, managing director of Saward Marketing & Events and Neil Thompson, founder and MD of The Delegate Wranglers, is joined by a panel of senior eventprofs from the DW community to discuss how the last 18 months has affected our outlook

International Confex: The role of an association during a crisis

1 September 2021 - 0

International Confex 21’s Association Event Forum, on Day 1 of the show, continued with its second discussion held under the title ‘The role of an Association during a crisis’