Tuesday 21 May Wednesday 22 May

Inspiration Centre
Seminars
Tuesday 21 May
10:30-11:15
Create, Excite and Innovative - How this Brief Can Lead to a
Completely Different Approach to an Event
Speaker: William Thomson, Founder, Gallus Events
11:30-12:15
The Power of 10 Grand Challenges and Future Scenarios for the Meetings Industry
Speaker: Rohit Talwar, Project Director, Fast Future Research
12:30-13:15
Compliance als Chance - Agenturvision versus Auditorwirklichkeit“
Speakers: Walter Schlegel, TÜV Cert Compliance Auditor and
Dominik Deubner, CEO, DOMSET Live-Kommunikation
13:00-13:45
Have a Ball - Timranarsob! Does that mean anything?
Speaker: Mike van der Vijver, Meeting Designer, MindMeeting
13:30-14:15
Challenges and Opportunities of Working in both China and Brazil
Speakers: Roy Graff, Managing Director, ChinaContact and Diogo Assis, CEO, Events by TLC
14:30-15:15
The Venue Message
Speaker: Mike van der Vijver, Meeting Designer, MindMeeting
15:30-16:15
Generational Influences on today’s Meetings Industry
Speaker: Phelps R. Hope, CMP, Vice President, Meetings and Expositions, Kellen Company
16:30-17:15
Using the Toolbox for Hybrid Meetings
Speakers: Maarten Vanneste, CEO, Meeting Support Institute and
Simon Waddell, Conference Producer, Waddell & Co
Wednesday 22 May
08:45-09:45
mmm - MICE Market Monitor 2013 - Key Trends in the German-speaking
and Indian MICE market
Speaker: Johanna Fischer, Managing Director, tmf dialogue marketing
10:30-11:15
Meetopolis: Not Learning & Make Business As Usual!
Speaker: Benoit Froment, Managing Director, Meetaxis
11:30-12:15
Making the Most of Personality Differences
Speaker: Ann Holmes, CMM, Annfacil Meetings and Management, author of the Rainbow-Plus®
Personality Type Assessment System
12:30-13:15
Internetmarketing und Social Web Online-Märkte von Morgen: Web 1.0 und Web 2.0
Optimal Einsetzen
Speaker: Sanjay Sauldie, Direktor des EIMIA, Europäischen Internet Marketing Institutes
und der Akademie
...Continued
Inspiration Centre
Seminars
Wednesday 22 May continued
13:30-14:15
Advance Your Career with the Certified Meeting Professional®
Speaker: Gayle Dahlman, Certification Director, Convention Industry Council and
Lawrence Leonard, COO, Convention Industry Council 14:30-15:15
Risk Mitigation Abstract
Speakers: Michael Schuller, Vice President, Europe, American Express Meetings & Events and
Milton Rivera, Vice President, Global Business Development, American Express Meetings & Events
15:30-16:15
Curating and Creating Bite-Size Content
Speaker: Lindsey Rosenthal, Executive Producer, Event Alley Show and
Liz King, Executive Producer, Event Alley Show
16:30-17:15
How to bring Social Media to life at your event?
Speaker: Gerrit Heijkoop, Executive Partner, How Can I Be Social (HCIBS)
Thursday 23 May
10:30-11:15
A Great Deal - Using Negotiation to get Results
Speaker: Malene Rix, Executive Advisor and Trainer in Negotiation, Malene Rix-Negotiation
& Facilitation
11:30-12:15
Crossroads of Culture - How to do Business Effectively in the Global Marketplace
Speaker: Avinash Chandarana, Global Learning and Development Director, MCI
12:30-13:15
APEX: How Much Do You Know about Bandwidth at Your Events?
Speaker: Lawrence Leonard, COO, Convention Industry Council 13:30-14:15
Effektive Selbstmotivation - So zähmen Sie Ihren inneren Schweinehund
Speaker: Dr Marco Freiherr von Münchhausen, Coach, Münchhausen & Partner
14:30-15:15
New Perspectives on Hybrid Events
Speaker: Colja M Dams, CEO, VOK DAMS Agency for Events and Live-Marketing