Conferences

INBOUND welcomed 11,000 global attendees Sept. 5-8 for its second in-person showing since the pandemic. The sold-out b-to-b event marketing staple upped the ante for this year, boasting an additional 3,000 attendees, nearly double the number of educational sessions, a festival-style format, surprise-and-delight “drops” enabled by app push notifications, accessibility features, and much more.

Community building is more important than ever for annual events to thrive today, and web-based design platform Figma has found success in not only supporting the community but letting the community take the reins of its five-year-old user conference, Config. And it’s paying off. The community of users (product designers, builders and marketers) helps populate […]

For 10 consecutive months, Lee Jeyes, head of innovation at Walmart Canada, was in “stealth mode” working on the brand’s first-ever incubator, Blue Labs. The think tank was ultimately unveiled amid Walmart Canada’s debut at the 2022 Collision conference in Toronto (Kubik handled), where an interactive booth and multiple presentations delivered by executives during the […]

It came as a surprise to many when Walmart Canada made an appearance at the Collision conference in Toronto, North America’s fastest-growing technology event. And that’s exactly why the brand showed up. Walmart has a solid track record when it comes to innovation, from its supercenter concepts to membership models to expanding online grocery shopping. […]

For the 10th edition of its free Business Class Live conference on July 20, American Express offered traditional panels, breakouts and main stage presentations at New York City’s Javits Center. But it was the luxury lifestyle touchpoints as much as the educational content that Amex attributes to the success of the event. Of course, success […]