Sunday, March 13, 2011

What's Next in Meeting Technology

Meetings and Connections (M&C) Magazine, asked several forward-thinking tech experts to share their projections about tomorrow's hottest meeting technologies:

1. "Mobile apps for events will become true revenue generators." -Bob Vaez, President and Founder of Toronto-based 5Touch Solutions, which makes the EventMobi app.

2. "Events will be one piece of a larger communications strategy." -Minneapolis-based event technology consultant Samuel J. Smith.

3. "Contact information exchange will become more streamlined." -Bellingham, Wash.-based consultant Corbin Ball. Note: it is already possible to exchange information between an iPhone and Android using the Bump API.

4. "Virtual components will become more engaging." -Samuel Smith

For more in-depth reading, see the January 2011 issue of M&C Magazine.