Live From World Education Congress (Part 1 of 2)
On Saturday I arrived in Vancouver for Meeting Professional International’s World Education Congress and I must admit it is pretty breath taking. The welcome reception set the scene for a fabulous conference (above) and the city has really grown wonderfully from this year’s Winter Olympics!
MPI’s tag line “When we meet, we change the world” has really come alive with great general session speakers and engaging seminars. But perhaps one of the most impressive moments I’ve experienced at WEC is MPI’s use of technology. MPI has developed a smart phone application to enhance the attendee’s experience. The application features include:
- Real-time on-the-go searchable scheduling
- Schedule maker for personalized appointments
- Searchable attendee database
- Attendee to attendee messaging feature
- Speaker information and Profiles
- Access to MPI Twitter feed and MPI Facebook page
- Trade show listing & information
- Venue information and mapping
- Virtual information booth
- Video and photo galleries
- Access to MPI’s engage blog
With beautiful scenery, industry leading speakers and innovative meeting production technology WEC 2010 is guaranteed to be a world class event. Be sure to stay tuned, I’ll be penning another post from the congress soon!
