Conference News: Scaling the New Trellis; ClimateTech Talks; Speak at P2PLive
Talking Climate at EmTech: MIT Technology Review will be combining their ClimateTech content with the EmTech Conference the fall. The team had planned to host the climate program a day prior to the Emtech Conference, but will now incorporate those topics into the main programme. EmTech Fall will return to the MIT campus on 30 September – 1 October 2024. While the sessions are still being developed, you will find an overview of the agenda themes here.
Sustainability Scales a New Trellis: Media company GreenBiz Group, producer of several newsletters as well as the GreenBiz, Circularity, GreenFin, VERGE and Bloom conferences, has announced that it has been renamed Trellis Group. In the announcement, chairman and co-founder Joel Makower noted that “Trellis offers a wealth of connotations and metaphors beyond the obvious arboreal one: an open network of interwoven and interconnected pieces; a platform or framework on which to build something of value; a support system that provides stability and signals a direction in which to move.” The five event brands will not be effected by this evolution, but the company’s weekly newsletters will be consolidated into single offering called the Trellis Briefing.
Submission Opportunity: The Path to Purchase Institute is a global member community serving the needs of brands, retailers, agencies and the entire ecosystem of solution providers along the path to purchase. P2PLive will return to Schaumberg on 12 – 14 November and focus on how brands are partnering with retailers to monetize unprecedented changes in consumer behaviors. The conference is looking for experienced professionals who can share real-world knowledge, strategies, and expertise related to one of the following topic categories: Retail Media; Shopper Marketing; Consumer Trends and Shopper Behavior; OmniCommerce Innovation; Innovation & AI; BevAlc-Category-Specific Content. Submit your suggestions here before the 15 August deadline.
Lunchtime Learning: The Economist Impact Events’ 4th Annual Business Innovation Summit brought together more than 500 senior executives to share examples of how they are harnessing AI – mitigating their fears and using the technology to make or save money within their organizations. The event offered several different perspectives from “How generative AI is transforming business, beyond Chat GPT” to “Balancing purpose and profits in the age of AI” to “Human-AI collaboration in a cyber-threatened world.” If you were not able to attend the event, you can view all of the sessions on their YouTube Channel here.
Coming Up Next Week: The Center for Association Leadership/ASAE Annual Meeting kicks off 10 August in Cleveland, offering association professionals, corporate meeting planners, and industry partners from government and higher ed the chance to gather and exchange knowledge, resources, and strategies. At eTail East (12-15 August; Boston), retailers, brands, advertisers, and analysts convene for cutting-edge eCommerce and omnichannel strategies from companies like IKEA, Lowe’s, Mattel, Wayfair, and Zappos. The Ai4 Summit runs 12-14 August at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, drawing cross-industry business and technical leaders for the latest guidance on practical AI applications. And at the ISACA Governance, Risk, and Control/GRC Conference – held 12-14 August in Austin and virtually – attendees can choose from sessions and workshops that offer governance, risk, and control best practices and tools, as well as CPE credits.