Angela Tupper is the Branded Content Editor for Skift Meetings. She has been reporting on both event industry news and event technology for the last four years. Angela’s background includes a combination of writing, editing, marketing, and teaching roles, as well as hands-on experience with association events. With an interest in all topics related to events, she is keen to learn more from industry professionals. She currently calls Montreal, Canada, her home city.
Should Events Report Covid Case Numbers?
The recent Consumer Electronics Show had some of the most comprehensive health and safety measures ever provided by an event of its size. But CES' failure to report the number of Covid cases detected in Las Vegas is drawing criticism and raising an important question for planners about whether events have an obligation to report cases to the general public.
LinkedIn’s New Event Platform Could Spell Trouble for Event Tech Giants
Over a 10-year period from to 2020, LinkedIn took its annual revenue from $243 million to $8 billion — and it now boasts close to 800 million users. Now that it’s launching its own event platform. Will it quickly dominate the space?
CES Opens In-Person Despite Calls to Cancel
CES is being held in person for the first time in two years, but the move is proving divisive. Critics have called for its cancelation while major exhibitors have pulled out — yet 40,000 to 60,000 visitors and over 2,200 exhibitors are voting yes with their feet.
Users Surprisingly Are Becoming Less Comfortable With Event Tech
Among the many interesting findings from our State of the Event Industry Report, one of the most noteworthy results concerned self-reported comfort levels with event tech. While we might expect event professionals to become increasingly comfortable with event tech as more and more organizations shift to virtual and hybrid formats, that’s not what’s happening — […]
Event Tech Solutions for Covid Vaccine Screening
Vaccine rollouts across the globe have helped to enable the gradual return to in-person events, but the process of verifying vaccine certificates has been fraught with difficulties from the beginning. Many event planners are currently stuck with checking paper print outs of vaccine cards at the door, while some have opted to hire third-party screening […]
Why Omicron Won’t Undo All the Progress on Covid for Events
The recent emergence of Omicron, a new Covid variant of concern, has sent shockwaves through global markets and led to the WTO conference being postponed days ahead of the planned meeting in Geneva. How concerned should event planners be?
What the Metaverse Will Mean for the Event Industry
Ever since Facebook announced it was becoming a “metaverse company” and changing its name to “Meta”, the concept of a virtual reality universe has become part of everyday conversation. While many remain skeptical, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies continue to advance. Investors also appear to be bullish, with Meta’s shares rising by […]
Why Event Planners Can’t Afford to Overlook Hybrid Attendees
Hybrid events were a hot topic at EventMB’s recent Experience Design Summit, and many seem to agree that hybrid formats require event planners to design two different event experiences — one for in-person attendees, and another for those participating remotely. But is there room for any overlap in these two experiences? Gerrit Heijkoop, the founder […]
Are Smart Glasses Coming to an Event Near You?
Google may have debuted their first smart glasses in 2012, but the technology is only now starting to gain momentum. Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook are all developing their own products. But what are smart glasses, and will they be coming to an event near you?