Event Buyers Live 2019

KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT

IAIN DUNCAN SMITH MP

IMPACT OF BREXIT ON EVENTS

On February 20, with less than six weeks to go before the UK leaves the EU, Iain Duncan Smith MP will address events professionals and deliver Event Buyers Live's opening keynote

JASON FOX

TEAM WORK AND RESILIENCE

What Jason Fox, star of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins, doesn’t know about team work and resilience isn’t worth knowing. It’s this knowledge that he will share during the closing keynote at #EBL19

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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

TARA HOBSON

Generating revenue

JONATHAN SMITH

Health and safety

CHRIS JOHNSON

Sustainability

STEVE HEAP

Festival clinic

TERRI HALL

Campsite effectiveness

BEN HARDY

Increasing footfall

ADAM PARRY

Event technology

GRAHAM MACVOY

Event operations

DICK TEE

Technical event production

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"The speakers were superb and there’s always a little room in the old grey matter for us all to learn, I certainly did. There was also a great balance between formal and informal."

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