Twenty years ago, having a cell phone was optional, hotels took room reservations via telex machines and the only way to be social online was to join an AOL chat room. Now everyone with a smartphone is walking around with a fully-loaded production studio in their pocket, social-sharing what they experience with people who are only virtually there. What will meetings and events look like 20 years from now? Gaze into the crystal ball with Plan Your Meetings' VP of Creative/Chief Storyteller Kristi Casey Sanders to see what future events in your city might look like. For more meeting planning trends, best practices advice and DIY tech instruction, visit http://PlanYourMeetings.com. If you like what you read there, claim your free subscription at http://PlanYourMeetings.com/subscribe! This presentation was created for the 2015 US Social Media Tourism Symposium (#SoMeT15US). Questions? Post them below, or ask them via Twitter @PYMLive.

1. Disruptive,
& totally engaging
fun
Event technology trends & the meeting of the future
Kristi Casey Sanders
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PlanYourMeetings.com
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2. Who am I?
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WIIFY…
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Meetings
mean
business
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Meetings
mean tax
revenue &
jobs @PYMLive

6. Meetings mean
good vibes, buzz
& future biz. @PYMLive

7. What does the future hold?
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Let’s talk trends
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9. We live in a participatory culture.
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10. Throwable mics
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Mobile-based ARS

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Insta-social
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This is your brain on bad Wi-Fi.
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13. speedtest.net
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14. Tech should enhance community.
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Give them a sense of place.
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Beacon technology
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Mobile wayfinding
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Augmented reality
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Interactive projections
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Soon screens will go away
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The site tour of the future?
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22. Help them find each other.
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The killer networking app …
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Robots are your friends …
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Papparazzi …
and waitstaff?
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Hybrid boardrooms.
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Interactive wearables
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The Internet of Things @PYMLive

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On-demand printing @PYMLive

32. Take care of the generations.
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Don’t get lost in translation.
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Who’s your tech concierge?
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New job: Event Tech Producer
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What does your future hold?
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37. Kristi Casey Sanders
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PlanYourMeetings.com
— William Gibson
The future is already here —
It’s just not evenly distributed.
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