IBTM Events will be interviewing prominent leaders from across the business events industry in its new interview series, IBTM Meets.

The series, which will debut later this month, will be hosted on IBTM’s online hub, IBTM Connect. Industry personalities already tapped to share their insights on a range of topics include:

• Panos Tzivanidis, Director, Corporate Events & Services, International Olympic Committee;
• Neil Brownlee, Head of Business Events, VisitScotland;
• Oscar Cerezales, Executive Vice-President, MCI Asia Pacific;
• Christoph Tessmar, CEO, Barcelona Convention Bureau;
• Melissa Riley, Vice-President, Convention Sales & Services, Destination DC;
• Sven Bossu, CEO, AIPC (International Association of Convention Centres);
• Tracy Halliwell MBE, Director of Tourism, Conventions & Major Events, London & Partners;
• and Isabel Bardinet, Chief Executive Officer, European Society of Cardiology.

Since its launch in March 2020, more than 7,000 unique global users have visited IBTM Connect and 3,000-plus event professionals from around the globe have attended webinars hosted on the hub. The May 2020 IBTM Connect webinar line-up is:

• May 6, 2020 | Crisis Comms in a Post Covid-19 World | Presenter: Steff Berger, managing director of event management company, VOBE
• May 13, 2020 | Q&A with Navid Moazzez the “world’s leading virtual events expert”
• May 20, 2020 | Using Social Media to Maintain Relationships with Attendees | Presenter: Christina Erazo, Social Media Consultant and Trainer, Salt Social Media

“We have been very pleased with the response to IBTM Connect. Over a thousand event professionals from around the globe have signed up to each of the webinars we have hosted so far, and many thousands more continue to access the hub’s content library,” says Shane Hannam, portfolio director, IBTM Events. “There’s no doubt that IBTM Connect has filled a gap for event professionals around the globe, allowing them to keep conversations going and share learnings to support each other in navigating the current landscape. The content announced today brings insights and opinions from key players from across our industry as together we prepare for recovery post COVID-19.”