Meetings Innovators

For Sina Bünte, innovation isn’t about disruption; it’s about execution. Drawing on lessons from the Olympic Games and Cirque du Soleil, she focuses on continuous experimentation, smarter use of AI, and designing events that match how audiences engage and learn.

Forrester's Tavar James on burning the B2B events playbook and embracing passion and self care to create unforgettable, human-centric brand experiences.

The rise of AI is making 'average' easy and creating a flood of 'same-same' events. For Meetings Innovator Nick Borelli, using design thinking to break away from the norm is a necessity, not a luxury.

This power user of AI feels that the next wave of innovation will come from making meetings more human.

Ruud Janssen believes true innovation is about simplifying complexity and getting people to work together and urges all event designers to leave their ego at the door.

Robyn Duda believes that true innovation comes from listening, iterating, and creating connections people didn’t know they needed.

Howard Givner built and sold three successful event businesses. He says events are "on borrowed time" if they ignore two areas in dire need of innovation.

Liz Lathan is reinventing business events with emotional clarity and bold ideas, reminding the industry that connection is the real return on investment. 

Claus Raasted wants to disrupt the default settings of the meetings industry — one bold, low-stakes experiment at a time. His legacy goal? Make the world a little less afraid, and a lot more willing to try something new.

IMEX Head of Programming Tahira Endean lives and breathes creativity. So it makes perfect sense that she would dream up the idea of categorizing ‘joy’ as a KPI — and then write an entire book about it.