One Step Ahead, Predicting the Future of Event Technology

Presenter: Brian Ludwig

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Technology is ever-changing at an incredibly fast pace, becoming more accessible all the time, and our industry has undergone massive change in the last year alone. What’s next? In this session, we’ll discuss all the hottest trends taking the meetings and events industry by storm. Hold onto your iPads, it’s going to be an electrifying ride.

Join us to hear Brian Ludwig’s long-term predictions for the transformation of event tech, in three key areas:

  • Getting to the event
  • Venues of the future
  • At the event tech

Speaker:
Brian Ludwig – Senior Vice President, Sales, Cvent
Brian Ludwig joined Cvent as employee number six in 2000. Brian plays a critical role in shaping Cvent’s go-to-market strategy, product enhancement roadmap, marketing initiatives, and sales training and development. In his current role, he oversees worldwide sales of Cvent’s Event Management platform. Having been in the meetings and events industry for over 20 years, he is often called on as an expert to speak at conferences about the tech trends we’re seeing with live events.

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