Navigating the Do's and Don'ts of Event Technology

Dahlia has an OMG-attitude about all things event tech and experience design. She’s her own brand, with more than a decade of experience in the meetings and events sector, working on both the professional planning side and as an association collaborator, Dahlia is known as the coffee-fueled ‘go-to’ source for virtual/hybrid events, trend-setting solutions, eventtech news, and professional branding expertise.  

She has been recognized in a plethora of magazines, top influencer and innovator lists, too many to count! She speaks globally on meetings and events technology, new-and-upcoming technology solutions and platforms. and Her mission is to empower event professionals with practical intel on everything tech related and educate them on the emerging digital innovation opportunities to elevate their events and audience engagement. 

She wants you to break the status quo and #getshiftdone!

Zenus Director of Marketing, Nick Borelli, leverages his background in experience design, event tech and digital marketing to help event professionals reach their full potential. His background includes decades of contributions to live and digital communication helping to facilitate his mission: bringing the world together through intentionally designed experiences. To further this mission, he has presented on a wide range of topics internationally, volunteered with numerous industry associations and contributed to dozens of publications. He has also served as a board member for a decade with the meetings and events industry non-profit, the SEARCH Foundation. Nick has been named a Changemaker by MeetingsNet, awarded International Volunteer of the Year by ILEA, and has won numerous marketing awards. He has served as an advisor for associations, conferences, technology companies and event suppliers. Nick is the instructor of the Enhancing Events with AI course with the Event Leadership Institute.

Gabriel is a seasoned professional with over two decades of experience in the events and tradeshow industries. He began his career managing global events before transitioning to designing interactive experiences tailored for the live events market. Today, he leads a specialized studio that crafts dynamic activations designed to captivate and engage audiences.

Snapmatic focuses on AI image generation -  creating visually stunning outputs that emphasize precision and consistency. We work with agencies and brands to create unique AI brand activations for product launches, brand engagement, experiential marketing and marketing campaigns - all around the world.

Seth Kenvin started and runs There.App Co. based on personal experiences organizing and managing live field activities like tradeshow exhibiting, professional off-site gatherings, and on-set media production. The company's solution is a singular and simple resource for project organization and communications including capabilities to chat live, share files, monitor task completion, manage schedule and access pertinent location data like where teammates are relative to what needs to get done. Seth has led the company's development of a (currently) 10-module collaborative suite, raising millions of dollars in venture capital, and completing successful pilots with customers in events, media, experience production and more.

Prior to founding There.App Co., Seth has been involved in starting multiple ventures including: Market7, Inc., which provided an application for collaborative media production with customers including Google, Johnson & Johnson, Cisco, Toyota, University Of Texas and Paramount Pictures; and BigBand Networks, Inc. (now part of CommScope) which provides infrastructure for broadband data and media services with customers including Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and Cox Communications. He's additionally been a consulting executive to companies in digital media production, wireless technology, mobile security, professional automation applications, and consumer applications about sports and politics. These experiences have included extensive field project execution which has been key to Seth's insights prompting the development of There.App.

Seth has additional prior experience in venture capital, investment banking and business journalism, including involvement in founding several organizations in those spheres. He has participated in billions of dollars of financial and commercial market transactions. His early career included engineering projects computerizing supply chain and manufacturing operations.

Besides his business interests and activities, Seth is an enthusiast about music, sports and writing, both as practitioner (especially blues harmonica, open water swimming, and sometimes-harsh book reviews) and fan (especially Elvis Costello, the San Francisco Giants, and whichever authors are currently on his bedside table, currently Patrick Rothfus and Marion Gibson).

Seth holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in engineering from Cornell University, and a Master’s degree in business from Stanford University.

Mark is a seasoned global executive with 40 years’ experience in the software industry. He has worked in large global companies and startups and brings a broad range of experience in executive management, COO, strategic planning, global sales, go-to-market strategy, and business development. Mark’s passion is breakout technologies like AI and their potential to impact our world and our quality of life.

Scott Owens is the Founder and CEO of Amego, the fastest-growing tech platform in the event marketing industry. With over a decade of experience managing technology for large-scale events at Salesforce and ServiceNow, Scott launched Amego to transform mobile attendee experiences at events across the globe. His leadership and vision have positioned Amego at the forefront of innovative event solutions, setting new standards for attendee engagement and event success worldwide.

Megan Saad is passionate about crafting meaningful event experiences, focusing on the power of impactful content. With years of experience as the Global Marketing Director for IAAPA, she excelled in driving global trade show attendance while balancing excellence with the pressure to meet performance metrics. Now, Megan partners with organizations to tackle challenges in event tech, helping them make the right choices to save time and optimize budgets.