GES has again achieved APEX/ASTM Level Two certification for the meetings and event industry. Spearheaded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Green Meeting Industry Council, the standards were developed in collaboration between APEX (the Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange) and ASTM (an ANSI certified international standard development organization).The certification encourages organizations to adopt environmental standards to create more sustainable events and recognizes enterprises for diligent work toward expanding sustainable practices.

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Freeman introduces Fuzion, an open technology platform that gives organizers the ability to which digital solutions best meet their event needs. This multi-functional platform will provide a smooth integration of digital tools and overcomes some of the common challenges of seamless operations.

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Planning for stress can be difficult, but anticipating it helps it from impacting your work. Every event planner has an inherent amount of pressure involved in their jobs, but there are specific ways you can help alleviate it'a impact in the moment.

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In the wake of controversy at Google in whether they offer equal advancements for women as they do men, industry professionals are speaking up to discuss the role female professionals play in event tech. The event tech sector reflects some of the reports out of places like Google or Silicon Valley, in that they have solid amounts of female employees, but very few make it to the executive level.

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A look at how current industry professionals are paving the way for future generations of live event and expo professionals. Creating opportunities for young people to experience what this industry has to offer is important in growing the future industry.