Jennifer Brisman

Jennifer Brisman is a 20+ year Event Industry Expert and the Founder and CEO of VOW, a technology company committed to transforming the future of work for event, meeting and hospitality professionals everywhere. VOW’s latest product release, VOW Digital Health, is the first Professional Solution to manage COVID-19 health safety at scale for the workplace and events.

Laura Brounstein

An award-winning journalist, strategist and team-builder who helps companies and individuals develop their content strategy, define their narrative and form smart partnerships

Samuel J. Smith

Samuel J. Smith is a SaaS founder of the event gamification software company, SocialPoint Audience Engagement platform. Sam produced hybrid events in a prior life and led the MPI research team that developed the baseline research for virtual and hybrid events.  Today, Sam helps exhibitors and marketers make virtual and in-person events fun through event gamification.

Taylor Estes

Taylor Estes is an event production enthusiast and entrepreneur, helping companies drive business results using events as a catalyst, and is Co-Founder and CEO of Apple Box, a boutique event production agency based in Atlanta. Check out her Linkedin Learning Course on Pivoting to Virtual Events with over 11,000 learners to date.

Pierre Metrailler

Pierre joined SpotMe in 2001 and became CEO in 2016\. In 2004, after a research position on distributed algorithms at NTT Japan, he returned to SpotMe and led the pivot from proprietary hardware to SaaS, making SpotMe the leading event app and virtual event platform.

Shawn Kanungo

Shawn Kanungo is a globally recognized innovation strategist. He spent 12 years at Deloitte working closely with leaders to better plan for the opportunities associated with disruptive innovation. Shawn is a Partner with Queen & Rook, where he advises leading organizations and executives on disruptive trends, and invests in early-stage ventures.

Michael Buckley

Entrepreneur, designer & technologist. An emerging thought leader in the field of enterprise technology with experience producing groundbreaking mobile apps and digital solutions for enterprise. In-depth technical knowledge and broad corporate industry expertise. Enjoys leading teams of innovative technologists, designers and creatives to produce solutions that exceed client expectations.

Specialties: Product, software and interactive design; food obsessive, user experience research; design and development management, productivity management, humor, sports data nut

Brandt Krueger

Brandt is a technical producer, consultant, and highly-acclaimed instructor for the Event Leadership Institute and MPI’s Virtual Event and Meeting Management certificate course. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, he has spoken at events and conferences all over the world, been published in numerous magazines and websites, and is ranked among the most influential people in the events industry.

Dahlia El Gazzar

Dahlia is a coffee-fuelled ‘go-to’ source for event tech, virtual and hybrid event design, and branding. She is on a mission to empower your brand, brain, and being. She is breaking the status quo and geared to #getshiftdone!

Abi Cannons

Abi is Global Innovation Success Manager for Reed Exhibitions where she works with digital teams around the world to help them find, test and adopt the best event technology on the market. Previously at Slido – an audience interaction tool for live Q&A and polling – and having managed and produced conferences for 9 years before that, Abi has experienced multiple aspects of what it takes to drive innovation in events. Abi loves nothing more than getting underwater as a scuba diver and is a budding bass house DJ on dry land.

Andre Cholewinski

Andre Cholewinski, CMP, DES Senior Director of Meetings and Business Partnerships at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), obtained his CMP in 2014 and most recently his DES in December of 2020. He is currently serving on EIC’s Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) Commission and the current Chairman of the Association of Meeting Professionals (AMPs). Hailing from Brazil, and having lived in many parts of the world, he speaks Portuguese, English, Swedish and Polish fluently.  Andre is an accomplished meeting professional, assisting organizations worldwide to achieve their goals and objectives. He is a dedicated and highly motivated individual with a successful track record in the global meetings industry with over 15 years of domestic and international meetings experience in 5 continents. He is a true Meeting Architect who delivers real and measurable value to clients. Andre is known for his strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to develop win-win solutions with all stakeholders.

Tess Vismale

Tess thrives virtually and face-to-face. She is #EventTechPullUp Podcast Co-Host, Virtual Event Superhero, and Speaker. She is Chief Event Executioner & Event Technologist for iSocialExecution, Inc., Live Event Associate with ExecOnline, Tech Whisperer with DAHLIA+ AGENCY & Speaker. Tess was named one of the United States’ most influential event professionals on the 2020 #BizBash500 list! She was recognized as a member of Connect Association magazine’s “15 Over 50.” The honor highlights the top professionals in the events industry. Tess is a Certified Meeting Professional, Digital Event Strategist, stage manager for TEDxPeachtree (9yrs).