16:00-16:45
Keynote: The Changing Landscape of Events After COVID-19
As the founder and President of The Kliman Group, David creates think tanks and performs in-depth research for event industry organizations, including destination marketing organizations, convention centers, and hotel companies. In March 2020, David co-founded the Events Industry Council APEX COVID Business Recovery Task Force to address the immediate need for guidance on accepted practices, to restart the industry, and to examine long-term how we can adapt and transform for future stability, relevance, and resiliency of the events industry. In this keynote, David discusses the changing events industry, how the current challenges create new opportunities, how the EIC task force is compiling and creating resources for global use, and what events might look like in the future.
About the Speaker
About David Kliman
David Kliman is the founder and President of The Kliman Group.
The Kliman Group creates and facilitates think tanks and performs in-depth research for event industry organizations. The Kliman Group’s clients include many destination marketing organizations, convention centers, and hotel companies.
In 2020, David co-founded the Events Industry Council APEX COVID Business Recovery Task Force and also currently serves on the MPI (Meeting Professionals International) Foundation Global Board of Trustees.
David has served as International Chairman of MPI and on the White House Council of Travel and Tourism. He’s been awarded MPI’s International Planner of the Year and was named Top 25 Influencer of the Meetings Industry by Northstar Meetings Group in 2020.
David’s in-depth knowledge of SPJA, its event, and stakeholder communities was developed during a one-year research consultancy with the organization.