Banquet Robots and 3D Diagramming - Meeting Planning Automation is the Future

The Future of B2B

Event Planning Automation

November 5, 2014

● Get at me, dog.

{ user: @danberger } { tag: #EventTechLive }

● Steal Everything! SAUR

● Get Out of Jail Free Card

Audience-Presenter Agreement

I am an event

goer.I am an event

planner.

I am an event

believer.

Learning Objectives

● Learn about the spaces of the future and the

products that will make them more accessible.

● See what hotels are doing to enhance the customer

experience.

● Listen to [a few] of my predictions for the next 20

years in our industry.

● See the future of event planning automation

software

Let’s talk about space, baby.

● Spaces are old. amirite?

● Floor plans are not readily available. WTF?

● They are not modular. crying cat emoji

● You can’t tell what’s really real. #realtalk

● Site visits are costly. $$$$

Indoor maps

2D mapping

3D mapping

Building from scratch

Trends in meeting spaces

● Convertible spaces. (e.g. from fashion show

to meeting room)

● Goodbye chandeliers! projections, LED

walls, interactive panels, kinetic ceilings

● Unconventional breakout spaces -- lobbies,

cafes, etc.

● Spaces to evoke feelings.

Objective-based meeting design

Marriott’s meeting purpose

● Celebrate

● Network

● Produce

● Promote

● Decide

● Educate

● Ideate

Replacing the site visit

What hotels are doing

A few predictions for

the next 20 years

Unions will no longer be an

issue.

There will be a subscription

model for events.

Group business will be booked

mostly online.

Events will be smaller and more

intimate.

Events will mostly be indoors

or under covered structures.

Event planning automation

Manage

Source

Communicate

Plan

Objectives

Data

Organization’s Mission

Project MgtScheduling

Transportation HousingSite Selection

Surveys

Badges, Check-in, etc

Email

Marketing

Speaker Mgt Design

Reg Social Media

Reports

Measure

Database

Logistics

The

Meeting

Planning

Process

Pyramid

(c) Social Tables 2014

Software that thinks for you, ensures compliance,

and increases meeting effectiveness.

@danberger

dan@socialtables.com

socialtables.com

Give me your card for slides!

Contact me