EVENT BUYERS LIVE
TOM KERRY
LIZ WARWICK
CHRIS JOHNSON
LUCY EDEN
JEN MACKLEY
JOHN WASSELL
Big names set to inspire With just two months to go until Event Buyers Live welcomes events professionals to the industry event of the year, Stand Out can exclusively unveil even more speakers and event ambassadors
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n less than two months’ time, Stand Out Multimedia, the organiser of Event Buyers Live, will welcome live event organisers and suppliers to EMCC and Orchard Hotel for intense meetings, networking, and education. Building on the success of the 2019 event, which facilitated pre-arranged meetings between organisers and suppliers, Event Buyers Live 2021 will continue to deliver for live events professionals that are looking to procure event services for future projects and participate in structured networking and insightful roundtable discussions. Last month, the organising team revealed the first tranche of speakers set to inspire even the most experienced events professionals and now Stand Out can exclusively unveil even more topics that will excite attendees.
Creating immersive experiences, wellbeing and event safety are just a handful of the new topics that will be up for discussion. Plus, there will be special panel sessions dedicated to mass participation events, event sustainability, the journey to net zero and women in sporting event management.
HUGE EXPERIENCE
John Wassell, co-founder and executive creative producer at Walk the Plank, Lucy Eden, founder of Be in Your Element, and Helen McCabe, acting managing director of Harrier UK, will facilitate respective roundtable sessions on creating immersive experiences, mental health and employee wellbeing, and health and safety. They join Jennifer Mackley, licensing manager at Glastonbury Festivals and director of
Mackley Projects and Events, Ben Whur, director of Proud Events, and Chris Johnson, operations director and sustainability lead at Shambala, who will lead dedicated roundtables on Licensing, Event Management Planning and Stakeholder Engagement, Scenario Planning for Events and Festivals and Sustainability. But that’s not all. There is even more fantastic content in the form of dedicated panel sessions, which will provide event organisers and suppliers with the opportunity to pose questions on the intricacies of mass participation events, how to begin a net zero journey, and the complex nature of major sporting events from four high profile female events professionals.
INDUSTRY INSIGHT
Tom Kerry, chief operating officer at LimeLight Sports Group, Tom Naylor, managing director of Grounded Events Company, and Nick Rusling, CEO of Human Race, are all members of the Mass Participation Sports Organisers group. They will be answering questions from the audience, as they take part in the mass participation events panel. Liz Warwick, owner of Lansdowne Warwick Sustainability Consultancy, is just one of the speakers to join a dedicated sustainability panel, organised in association with ecolibrium, an events
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