Meetings technology veterans will discuss the new and upcoming technology trends that will affect our industry and the way we approach and conduct our meetings and events. Strategies for incorporating an effective technology platform will also be discussed. Q & A with audience response system will be available.

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9:15 - 10:15 AM Sessions
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Online Travel Systems for Meetings

Integration with an online booking system is the next technology push in online meeting planning. Significant cost-savings have been realized by many companies that have learned to integrate their meetings travel with their registration process. In addition, your attendees will enjoy the benefits of a one-stop shop when signing up for your next meeting.

Speaker: TBD

This session will allow you to:

Understand the benefits of the online travel integration.
How you can manage meeting travel on-line.
Create new business opportunities with online travel.

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level- mid-upper

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Audience Polling/Response Tools

Create Engaging Meetings and Events: How to Integrate Audience Response and Interaction Tools

Do you “talk to” your audience or “interact with” them? Give your audience a voice and keep them engaged like never before!

During this hands-on, interactive discussion, find out what ARS is, what it isn't and how the solution can be integrated to create truly engaging events. While you already know that ARS is a great tool to gather audience feedback on things like speaker evaluations, event logistics and overall comprehension, we'll teach you how ARS can do so much more.

Don't lose your audience to their PDA's and that darned free WiFi! Create a two-way dialogue with your audience and engage them throughout the entire event.

Speaker: Eric Alzuhn, MSInteractive

This session will allow you to:

Learn how audience response tools work.
Learn about the benefits these tools can offer your future meetings.
Learn about the various pricing structures offered.

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level- All

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eRFPs/Site Selection Tools

Online site-selection/request for proposal systems can digitize highly paper-intensive tasks with substantial savings in time and efficiency. Find the right property for your next meeting and send specs based on your needs! Learn how these systems work, discover the benefits, features and options available with the eRFPs/Site Selection Tools available in today's meetings tech marketplace.

Speaker: Melissa Shemanski, Lenos Software

After this session you will be able to:

Identify the top must-have capabilities
Avoid potential pitfalls
Know who the current players are in the marketplace.
Select the appropriate vendor based on your needs.

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level- Mid-Level

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10:30 - 11:30 AM Sessions
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Web Meeting Software – Tools to Engage Participants

Create high performance meetings that broaden participation, stimulate creativity and break through meeting logjams. This session will explore web meeting tools designed to increase the level of participation and interaction among participants in both face-to-face and online meetings. This session will demonstrate tools for brainstorming and idea generation, voting and prioritizing, surveys, action planning and documentation. We will share examples from large and small meetings and events from corporate, government and education sectors were these tools have significantly increased the level of attendee participation and collaboration. Whether in support of your planning team, getting participants engaged before a meeting or boosting the level of interaction during a large group event, web meeting software brings new meaning to high performance meetings.

Speaker: Julia Young, Vice President, Facilitate.com, San Francisco, CA

After this session you will be able to:

Describe what web meeting software is and how it complements other meeting tools such as presentations, video-, tele- and web-conferencing technology.
Understand different ways web meeting software can support your meeting process – before, during and after the main event.
Identify new methods of engaging your meeting participants, whether all in the same conference room or scattered around the world.
See how increasing the level of participant engagement and interaction can increase the success of your meetings.

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level- All

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Meetings Spend Consolidation & Management Tools Part I

This session will discuss the role that technology plays in each step of the Strategic Meetings Management Program (SMMP) initiative with an emphasis on capturing meeting spend and how to uncover rogue spend.

Speaker: Debi Scholar, CMP, CTE
Co-Chair of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) Groups & Meetings Committee
Meeting & Event Services Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.

After this session you will be able to:

Formulate an action plan to initiate a meetings spend report to leadership
Identify eight key technology points to research and review before making final decisions
Understand at least 21 types of reports that technology tools can provide

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level- Mid - Advanced

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Event Marketing Tech Tools

Effective communication and marketing tools are essential components for successful meeting and events. In today's business environment, integrated campaigns yield the most traction and response rates. This tutorial will explain the benefits event marketing systems and how to utilize their features to reach and exceed your marketing goals. Whether a planner is marketing a paid event or trying to organize internal events there are many systems that can be helpful.

Speaker: Ed Lemire, Executive Vice President, Acteva

After this session you will be able to:

Utilize various marketing technology tools to achieve your marketing goals.
Learn effective methods to increase attendance at your next event.
Select the appropriate technology/vendor or use existing marketing technology to accomplish your event goals.
Extend your event year round with new marketing technology solutions

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level- Beginner - Mid-level

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2:00 - 3:00 PM Sessions

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Audio Visual Products/Services

Although a requirement at almost every meeting or event, yet audio visual products and services is perhaps the least understood technology aspect of your function. Learn how to unravel the AV complex and maximize the technology offerings within without getting burned. Lighting, projection, photography, staging, graphics and more will be discussed in this session.

Speaker: Tim Brady, Vice President , Swank Audio Visuals

After this session you will be able to:

Select the appropriate audio visual tools for your next event.
Eliminate unnecessary AV services and apply your AV budget where needed most.
Understand your AV options at your next event.

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level-All

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Database Management Tools

Are you maximizing your data? Are you leveraging the information you own about your event attendees? If not, you could be unintentionally giving yourself more work and creating less effective meeting experiences for your attendees. Learn how new developments in database management tools can help you harness the power behind data that you already own and help reduce your workload at the same time.

Speaker: Kevin Corson – Founder, CEO and Chief Vision Officer, HBN, Inc.

After this session you will be able to:

Work more efficiently with the database you own or discover a new product to suit your needs.
Integrate other tech tools into your database such as registration, surveys, floor plans, exhibit sales, sponsorships, invoicing and much more.

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level-All

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New Tradeshow Tech Tools

Learn what is new and upcoming in the field of tradeshow technology with a look at coming tech tools as meeting and exhibition planners move forward with implementation of future meetings- the next generation.

Speaker: Rich Stone, CEO, ACT Inc. / EXPOCAD

After this session you will be able to:

Recognize and implement required tradeshow technology tools for your next show.
Learn what tech innovations are coming next in the tradeshow tech field.

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Tradeshow
Technology Level-All

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3:15 - 4:15 PM Sessions

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Networking/Matchmaking Systems

Online networking communities are popping up everywhere and matchmaking tools are catching on fast mostly because both of these tools are proving to be great enhancements to meetings—even changing the business model of revenue generating events. From profile matching to blogs, from private chat groups to attendee polling, from advertising opportunities to event ROI analysis… Learn how it all works in this session!

Speaker: Michael Hatch– Sr. VP of Marketing and Sales, a2z, Inc.

After this session you will be able to:

How an online community is formed.
How matchmaking works with your event.
How both of these functions integrate into your meeting's existing tech tools.

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level-All

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Lead Retrieval/ Attendance Verification Tools

Lead retrieval and attendance verification tools are two measurement solutions which are playing a large role in many tradeshow and conferences. Lead retrieval is more than just swiping a badge and transferring static information these days! Come see the latest advances in Lead Management. Additionally, learn how attendance tracking tools have advanced to help you pinpoint more dynamic information about how your attendee's participate in meeting –related activities, sessions, meal functions and more. We will explore how measuring this information adds value to your events by allowing the event planner to quickly understand attendee behavior. Accurate and relevant information is key when evaluating the success of an event, so do not miss this session! Learn how to capture all pertinent information easily and cost-effectively, as well as how measuring and analyzing this data is an integral part of managing effective events.

Speaker: Roger Lewis, Senior Vice President , Alliance Tech, Inc.

After this session you will be able to:

Evaluate important features when choosing an effective lead retrieval solution.
Know the benefits associated with attendee tracking and analytics.
Understand important metrics to capture and analyze, in order to truly understand your attendee's behavior at sessions, activities and on the exhibit floor.
Learn what the buzz is all about with RFID including evaluating RFID attendee reporting and real-time technologies.

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level-All

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Attendee Management–Registration

The most essential piece of any planner's technology arsenal is a robust, integrated and versatile registration system. The proper registration tool will yield incredible cost-savings, efficiencies and include additional benefits and features to help manage your attendee profiles, preferences, correspondence, and even create revenue-generating opportunities. There are differences, however, in the ever-expanding list of attendee management systems available in the market today. This session will provide an overview of the role of registration systems in the meetings industry, the benefits, list must-have items, pitfalls to avoid, pricing structure samples, and resources when deciding on the best attendee management system for your organization.

Speaker: Bill Flagg, President, RegOnline

After this session you will be able to:

Determine how your current system compares with others in the marketplace.
Recognize the one must-have items when evaluating a registration system.
Avoid potential pitfalls.
Utilize the marketing and revenue-generating features of registration systems.

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level- Beginner - Mid-level

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4:15 - 5:15 p.m. Sessions

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The APEX Toolbox: Bringing Standards to Event Management

Discover how to improve your communications with vendors while enhancing your overall professionalism by using the recently released APEX Meeting & Event Planning Toolbox, a project of the Convention Industry Council. Learn what is on the horizon that will allow the industry to electronically transfer event management files.

Speaker: Chip Meyer,CEO, DataApp

This session will allow you to:

Have an increased awareness of the content provided in the APEX Toolbox and APEX technology developments.
Have a list of the information that should always be present when preparing an RFP, rooming list or event specifications.
Develop your own RFP and event specifications.
Learn what application developers are current developing toward the APEX Standard
Discover the soon to be released APEX Power Shop for Event professionals

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level-All

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Meetings Spend Consolidation & Management Tools Part II

This session will expand upon the basics of meetings spend and address tangible and intangible returns of a Strategic Meetings Management Program (SMMP).

Speaker: Debi Scholar, CMP, CTE
Co-Chair of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) Groups & Meetings Committee
Meeting & Event Services Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.

After this session you will be able to:

Identify formulas to use to document spend and savings
Learn what other companies are doing to show savings
Follow new procurement rules by selecting suppliers fairly

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level- Mid - Advanced

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Housing/Room Block Management

Housing is still one of the most challenging aspects of meeting planning. In this tutorial we will discuss the different tools available to meeting planners today. This will include the tools that planners can purchase and also tools that hotels are offering. These tools provide more control over your housing process and can offer extensive reporting of critical information. We will explore how these tools can integrate to your registration process and enhance you ability to maximize your contracted room blocks.

Speaker: Sam Fahmy, Vice President of Marketing & Products, Passkey

After this session you will be able to:

Understand the different tools available to meeting planners
Learn housing Best Practices using technology
Know the advantages of integrating your registration tools with housing
tools

This session is applicable to the following attendee types:

Corporate
Association
Tradeshow
Technology Level- Beginner - Mid-level

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3 Ways to Register!!!

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$199 All-Inclusive Registration Includes:

All Educational Sessions
All Meal Functions
Networking Reception
1-on-1 Appointments
Vendor Presentations
Tutorial Guidebook

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$129 Expo Only Fee Includes:

All Meal functions
1-on-1 appointments
Vendor presentations
Tutorial Guidebook

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$299 All-Inclusive Registration + Hotel* Includes:

All educational sessions
Meal functions
Networking Reception
1-on-1 appointments
Vendor presentations
Tutorial Guidebook
1 room night at host Hotel, Westin San Francisco Market Street **

**Good for registrations made between June 8th - June 15th only.
Reservation night is Sunday, July 1st, 2007. Upon completion of registration, you will be contacted via email with a comp code to receive your included hotel night. If you have any questions, please call: 212-956-4720.

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Register here for San Francisco!

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Exhibitor: Certain Software
Booth#: 146

Certain Software®, Inc. provides innovative technology enabling our customers to register people and assets online. Its flagship product, Certain Registration, is the online registration solution used by Fortune 1000 corporations, universities, associations and government agencies. Certain Registration delivers meeting and event professionals control, flexibility and value through key online registration features covering program, hotel, travel, finance, email communications and reporting. Headquartered in San Francisco, California with an office in Washington D.C. and distributors in the United Kingdom, Certain has been a leader in the registration technology industry since 1994.

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Exhibitor: A.C.T. Inc./EXPOCAD
Booth#: 144

ACT will demonstrate their new EXPOCAD Contractor software and how it will streamline your communication with your contractor whether or not you are an EXPOCAD user.

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Exhibitor: MSInteractive
Booth#: 108

Creating Engaging Events: It’s not just ARS anymore!

Stop thinking of ARS as just “audience response.” Learn the MSInteractive approach to making ARS an “integrated audience participation solution.” Experience how the Perception Analyzer® can give your audience a “voice” and provide you with a tool to measure your all important ROO. Open up the dialogue and keep your attendees talking long after the event is over.

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Exhibitor: a2z, Inc.
Booth#: 100

a2zShow EMS:
Based on Microsoft.NET technology, a2zShow is an enterprise-level event management software solution containing a full suite of tools to manage multiple expositions and conferences. Built-in integration with in-house accounting, AMS, CRM and CAD systems allow information to flow seamlessly between different software applications, legacy systems, and the Internet.

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Exhibitor: Acteva
Booth#: 104

Acteva will be providing a brief demonstration that highlights how easy it is to get a branded registration page up and running in minutes. You can then begin promoting your event and collecting payments online.

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Exhibitor: EventRegister
Booth#: 130

See our demonstration of:

+ Online Registration
+ Customer Accounts
+ Event Management

Frustrated with the tedious tasks involved with reporting, communications, finances, and tracking attendees for events? Come see a brief demo of EventRegister, the most robust yet simplest to use solution available.

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Exhibitor: Passkey
Booth#: 102

"Tired of dealing with endless changes to your rooming lists, and of manually keeping track of your hotel block status and pick-up? Looking for ways to avoid attrition risk, optimizing your hotel blocks, and making it easier for attendees to make their hotel reservations, while streamlining your whole event housing management process?

Join us and we'll share with you what Passkey-enabled planners are doing differently to effectively:

- Managing their inventory and sub-blocks
- Integrating their registration and housing
- Utilizing real-time reports
- Increasing online bookings
- Streamlining the entire event housing management process

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Exhibitor: RegOnline
Booth#: 134

Join us for a live demo and we'll show you how to make your life a whole lot easier with RegOnline's automated online event registration.

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Exhibitor: NewLink Events
Booth#: 144

NewLink Events will demonstrate its state-of-the-art pre-registration system that will assist you in validating attendee information and creating updated on demand statistical and demographic reports. Discover great features that will allow you to capture reliable information and market your sponsors and event with the usage of virtual characters and voices

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Exhibitor: Alliance Tech
Booth#: 138

Alliance Tech will be demonstrating RFID Attendance Reporting. Alliance Tech will show examples of analyzed and interpreted data post event to identify additional revenue opportunities and plan for future events. Alliance Tech will also be giving demonstrations on our state-of-the-art lead management solution.

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Exhibitor: EventRegister
Booth#: 130

See our demonstration of:

+ Online Registration
+ Customer Accounts
+ Event Management

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Exhibitor: Swank Audio Visuals
Booth#: 124

Program recording overview. Whether you are recording a single person, a boardroom meeting or the entire content of a 1000 person conference, let us help you understands to tools available and advantages and disadvantages of todays technologies.

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Exhibitor: MSInteractive
Booth#: 108

Creating Engaging Events: It’s not just ARS anymore!

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Exhibitor: Facilitate.com
Booth#: 132

Take a tour of FacilitatePro – the web meeting software that helps break through the barriers to high performance meetings with tools to support increased participation, innovative thinking and consensus-driven decision making. See tools for brainstorming and categorizing, voting and prioritizing, surveys and action planning. Tools for face-to-face and online meetings.

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Exhibitor: MSInteractive
Booth#: 108

Inspire Your Audience into Action: Integrating custom games.

Who’s going to be the winner? It could be you!

During this 20 minute demo, find out how integrating a well designed custom game can be a great way to stimulate an event, reinforce key messaging and engage your audience. Play along and win prizes!!
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Exhibitor: Acteva
Booth#: 104

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Exhibitor: A.C.T. Inc./EXPOCAD
Booth#: 144

EXPOCAD Contractor may be used by clients that utilize AutoCAD® for their
Booth sales. ACT will demonstrate some of the features that will automate your life!

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Exhibitor: a2z, Inc.
Booth#: 100

a2z Conference Management Tools
Complete conference marketing and management tools handle automated abstract submission, committee review/grading and session details publishing. Comprehensive speaker management tools for online collection and publication of special requirements, handouts, and profiles save time and prevent errors. Powerful reports give real-time insight into sessions, speakers and attendees.

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Exhibitor: NewLink Events
Booth#: 144

Onsite Registration; NewLink Events will demonstrate its state-of-the-art multipoint onsite registration system that will assist you in easily capturing reliable information, printing badges or managing self-registration operations. Discover what marketing strategies work for you and from what sectors of business your visitors are coming from by applying interest and segmentation surveys

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Exhibitor: Passkey
Booth#: 102

Tired of dealing with endless changes to your rooming lists, and of manually keeping track of your hotel block status and pick-up? Looking for ways to avoid attrition risk, optimizing your hotel blocks, and making it easier for attendees to make their hotel reservations, while streamlining your whole event housing management process?

Join us and we'll share with you what Passkey-enabled planners are doing differently to effectively:

Exhibitor: RegOnline
Booth#: 134

Join us for a live demo and we'll show you how to make your life a whole lot easier with RegOnline's automated online event registration.

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Exhibitor: Alliance Tech
Booth#: 138

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Exhibitor: EventRegister
Booth#: 130

See our demonstration of:

+ Online Registration
+ Customer Accounts
+ Event Management

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Exhibitor: Swank Audio Visuals
Booth#: 124

The power of 3-D Renderings. When matching your creative vision to end results of the look of your event is paramount to your success, turn to CAD diagraming tools that exceed expections. From maximizes floor space to custom photo-real set designs, Renderings can turn imagination into reality.

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Exhibitor: MSInteractive
Booth#: 108

Inspire Your Audience into Action: Integrating custom games.

Who’s going to be the winner? It could be you!

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Exhibitor: Facilitate.com
Booth#: 132

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Exhibitor: Acteva
Booth#: 104

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Exhibitor: MSInteractive
Booth#: 108

Creating Engaging Events: It’s not just ARS anymore!

Exhibitor: a2z, Inc.
Booth#: 100

a2zNetZone for Online Matchmaking, Networking & Appointment Scheduling
An easy-to-use program that engages the Contact Identity Mapping (CIM) platform to enhance the construction of itineraries and appointments by linking three key event constituent structures: exhibitors, attendees and sessions. Install as a module of a2zShow or as a stand-alone system.

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Exhibitor: A.C.T. Inc./EXPOCAD
Booth#: 144

EXPOCAD Contractor allows general contractors to lay out a floor plan within minutes rather than hours or days. Auditing a show – changes from the show organizer back to the GSC – take merely seconds rather than days or weeks.

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Exhibitor: RegOnline
Booth#: 134

Join us for a live demo and we'll show you how to make your life a whole lot easier with RegOnline's automated online event registration.

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Exhibitor: NewLink Events
Booth#: 144

Lead Retrieval Equipment; NewLink Events will demonstrate its high tech barcode and RFID readers. As the supplier of lead retrieval equipment for MTE Chicago 2007, we wish to display how easy it is for your exhibitors to obtain and extract all lead information. Our unique portable readers define lead capturing at its best.

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Exhibitor: Passkey
Booth#: 102

Join us and we'll share with you what Passkey-enabled planners are doing differently to effectively:

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Exhibitor: Alliance Tech
Booth#: 138

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Exhibitor: EventRegister
Booth#: 130

See our demonstration of:

+ Online Registration
+ Customer Accounts
+ Event Management

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Exhibitor: Swank Audio Visuals
Booth#: 124

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Exhibitor: MSInteractive
Booth#: 108

Creating Engaging Events: It’s not just ARS anymore!

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Exhibitor: Facilitate.com
Booth#: 132

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Exhibitor: Acteva
Booth#: 104

Exhibitor: a2z, Inc.
Booth#: 100

a2zContractorConnect NEW
The general service contractors can now download the real-time event floor plan from the online a2z event management system into AutoCAD® without running scripts, or downloading CAD files. The innovative solution cuts down the time needed to make time-consuming changes on the floor plan and eliminates errors.

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Exhibitor: A.C.T. Inc./EXPOCAD
Booth#: 144

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Exhibitor: RegOnline
Booth#: 134

Join us for a live demo and we'll show you how to make your life a whole lot easier with RegOnline's automated online event registration.

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Exhibitor: NewLink Events
Booth#: 144

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Exhibitor: Passkey
Booth#: 102

Join us and we'll share with you what Passkey-enabled planners are doing differently to effectively:

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Exhibitor: Alliance Tech
Booth#: 138

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Exhibitor: EventRegister
Booth#: 130

See our demonstration of:

+ Online Registration
+ Customer Accounts
+ Event Management

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Exhibitor: Swank Audio Visuals
Booth#: 124

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Exhibitor: MSInteractive
Booth#: 108

Inspire Your Audience into Action: Integrating custom games.

Who’s going to be the winner? It could be you!

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Exhibitor: Facilitate.com
Booth#: 132

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Welcome Reception

The Franciscan Room

Sunday, July 1st, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Come join your fellow meeting professionals, technology vendors, speakers and show management for an evening networking reception with food and drink.

Location: The Franciscan Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

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Meetings Technology Expo 2007 San Francisco Event Agenda

Event Agenda

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

6:00 - 8:00 PM .............................Welcome Reception

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

7:30 AM........................................Show Opens

7:45 AM .......................................Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00 AM.............................General Session

9:15 - 10:15 AM......................Sessions

10:30 - 11:30 AM....................Sessions

10:30 AM .....................................Exhibit Hall Opens

11:20 - 11:40 AM ........................ Vendor Presentations

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM................... Vendor Presentations

11:30 - 1:30 PM ...........................Lunch

1:00 - 1:20 PM ............................. Vendor Presentations

1:40 - 2:00 PM ............................. Vendor Presentations

2:30 PM ........................................Exhibit Hall Closes

2:00 - 3:00 PM..............................Sessions

3:15 - 4:15 PM..............................Sessions

4:30 - 5:30 PM..............................Sessions

5:30 PM ........................................Show Closes

8:00 - 9:00 AM General Session __________________________________________

New Trends in Meetings Technology

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9:15 - 10:15 AM Sessions __________________________________________

Online Travel Systems for Meetings

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Audience Polling/Response Tools

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eRFPs/Site Selection Tools

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10:30 - 11:30 AM Sessions __________________________________________

Web Meeting Software – Tools to Engage Participants

__________________________________________ Meetings Spend Consolidation & Management Tools Part I

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Event Marketing Tech Tools

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2:00 - 3:00 PM Sessions

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Audio Visual Products/Services

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Database Management Tools

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New Tradeshow Tech Tools

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3:15 - 4:15 PM Sessions

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Networking/Matchmaking Systems

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Lead Retrieval/ Attendance Verification Tools

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Attendee Management–Registration

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4:15 - 5:15 p.m. Sessions

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The APEX Toolbox: Bringing Standards to Event Management

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Meetings Spend Consolidation & Management Tools Part II

__________________________________________ Housing/Room Block Management

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3 Ways to Register!!!

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$199 All-Inclusive Registration Includes:

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$129 Expo Only Fee Includes:

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$299 All-Inclusive Registration + Hotel* Includes:

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9:15 - 10:15 AM Sessions
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10:30 - 11:30 AM Sessions
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Meetings Spend Consolidation & Management Tools Part I

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Housing/Room Block Management

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