5/9/2013 - The Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum (ECEF) announced today that it has partnered with digital event marketing agency bXb Online and technology platform INXPO, to extend select sessions to an online audience for the second year. ECEF, which is scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC is offering live online access from 8:00am – 10:25am ET. 

 

The interactive hybrid session will include the forum’s Keynote – Design Drives Connection - from Michela O’Connor Abrams, President of Dwell Media. The keynote will demonstrate how design played a key role in the rapid growth of Dwell on Design and explain why the unimagined design of most B2B events diminishes their value. 

 

Our Attendees Speak moderated by ECEF producer Sam Lippman, will also be streamed live. Derek Gaskins, Senior Vice President – Merchandising & Marketing, Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores, Wilma Grant, Publishing & Web Manager – Office of Information Technology, Supreme Court of United States, and Gary Rosenthal, President & CEO, O-Zone, Inc., will share how they select, prepare for, participate in and follow-up from events and what organizers should change to lengthen their stay and increase their ROI. 

 

Following these two sessions, a special 25-minute broadcast featuring ECEF speakers and other industry executives will be designed for, and offered exclusively to the online attendees. 

 

As the event’s founder, Lippman stated, “ECEF is pleased to partner with bXb Online for the second year running to furnish executive education to qualified professionals in the exhibition and convention industry. This ECEF online extension offers industry insights for those unable to travel to Washington, DC.” He continued, “Because offering extended learning through bXb Online provides value to the ECEF audience as well as to executives in the exhibition and convention industry, I look forward to continuing this partnership for many years to come.” 

 

Tony Lorenz, Founder and CEO of bXb Online stated, “bXb Online is proud to continue our partnership with ECEF to serve its esteemed attendees within the convention and exhibition industry. We value the opportunity to support our Partner ECEF and the entire industry through offering extended ECEF event education and experience to the online audience.” 

 

ECEF is made possible in part thanks to the following sponsors: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (Platinum); Freeman (Gold); ds+f (Silver); a2z, Inc.; ABM; Ascend Integrated Media; Association Forum of Chicagoland; Association Meetings; Associations NOW; Association Trends; ASP; Berkery Noyes Investment Bankers; bXb Online; CompuSystems; CONVENE; Convention Data Services; Exhibition World; Exhibitor Invites; Experient; EXPO; ExpoBee; EXPOCAD; The Expo Group; Global Experience Specialists (GES); IMN Solutions; INXPO; ITN International; Jacobs, Jenner & Kent Market Research; JW Marriott; Map Your Show; McMurry/TMG; NaylorCMG; ONPEAK; Trade Show Executive and Ungerboeck Software International. 

 

For more information on ECEF or to register for the face-to-face event, visit www.lippmanconnects.com/page.cfm/link=9. 

 

 

About ECEF 

ECEF is the world’s only forum exclusively for independent and association executives. For one day each year, this invitation-only event gathers 200 leaders of the exhibition and convention industry to focus on ways to increase revenues and the relevance of their events. For more information, go to www.lippmanconnects.com/ecef. 

 

About bXb Online 

bXb Online accelerates the power of face-to-face marketing through online business stories and experiences. Founded by industry leader Tony Lorenz, bXb Online delivers online event strategy, creative, content development, and management solutions that brands rely on to activate their business events to the next level. In concert with leading industry organizations, bXb is developing industry platform - BOBtv - for event marketing professionals and the communities they serve. For more information, go to www.bxbonline.com/agency. 

 

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