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Meetings Quest Learning
Labs to Focus on
Technology and Legal
Issues Confronting Meeting Planners
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Sessions facilitated
by Steven Hacker will include technology
innovators
and the nation’s foremost expert on meetings law
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Los
Angeles, CA – August 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / Meetings
Quest, the nation’s longest-running series of educational and networking
events for association and corporate meeting planners, will offer incomparable
educational programming for meeting planners and meetings industry suppliers
when it’s held September 9–10 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
On
Wednesday, September 10, Meetings Quest, which is hosted by the Cabarrus
County Convention & Visitors Bureau, will feature a morning of exclusive
and innovative meetings-industry Learning Labs facilitated by Steven Hacker.
Hacker is the former president of the International Association of Exhibitions
and Events and currently serves as the “Association Doctor” columnist for
Association
News magazine.
“If
you have read any of my ‘Association Doctor’ columns in Association
News then you know I take special pleasure in debunking fuzzy conventional
thinking and slaying sacred cows,” said Hacker. “Meetings Quest offers
event planners an exciting and intimate chance to probe key trends, discuss
emerging technologies and discover the newest best practices with some
of the industry’s most innovative thought leaders.”
In
the first Learning Lab, Hacker will be facilitating a session titled “Beyond
the Leading Edge,” on meeting-planning and mobile technology. Presenters
include Jay Tokosch, co-founder of Core-apps, a developer of mobile applications
for conferences and events; and Terence Donnelly, vice-president of sales
for Experient, one of the largest event and attendee management providers
in the industry.
The
second Learning Lab, titled “The Realities of Legalities,” will feature
attorney John S. Foster, one the nation’s preeminent experts on meetings-industry
law. Foster will provide Meetings Quest attendees with ways to protect
themselves and their organizations from expensive legal problems by using
state-of-the-art risk management techniques. Foster will also be available
to meet one-on-one with attendees during the Meetings Quest trade show.
“What
we discover together at Meeting Quest will help us to be more efficient,
fearless and successful. It will also simplify our lives,” promised Hacker.
“Join us at Meetings Quest in Cabarrus County for a unique, enriching and
refreshing game-changing experience.”
For
further information or to register, visit MeetingsQuest.com
or call toll-free 877-577-3700. To watch the Meetings Quest video overview,
click
here.
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For
further press information, please contact Ann
Shepphird, or call 310-577-3700.
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