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New Privacy Regulations for Event Data Coming in 2023

MeetingsNet

It’s been about five years since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, went into effect, putting strict rules in place for collecting, storing, and processing data on EU citizens. Blood reviewed the history of the EU’s GDPR as well as California’s effort in 2018 to enact its own data-protection regulation.

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Asia Is Opening Up to International Events—Slowly

Smart Meetings

While countries like Japan have expressed hesitance to reopening, others have opened up completely to visitors and business events of all kinds. State of Singaporean Events. Other Asian countries, such as Singapore, have had relatively minimal levels of regulation. But challenges remain.

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5 Takeaways from a Customer Deep Dive with the Director of Global Events at South China Morning Post

Convene by PCMA

Razlan Manjaji, Head of Global Events at South China Morning Post (SCMP). The pandemic had stirred up transformative changes for the events industry in the past year. At the start, Razlan and his team scrambled to adjust to the country’s regulations. PCMA Announces Plans for Global Growth. August 18, 2021.

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Integration event: The Combination of Siemens Healthineers and Varian – Day One Digital Event

The MICE Blog

The Global Event Team at Siemens Healthineers is led by Eszter Mattiassich-Aszody, who brings a wealth of experience as Head of Global Events and is committed to elevating the team’s offerings to new heights. Due to legal restrictions of the merger, they were not allowed to communicate about the event in advance.

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How UFI’s Kai Hattendorf Helped Launch the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge

Convene by PCMA

At the time, Hattendorf was chair of the Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC), an advocacy organization made up of major international trade associations affiliated with the business events industry. It is so important that we, as the events industry, have a seat at the table,” Hattendorf said. “We

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Applying a Global Lens to Enhance Meeting Experiences

Maritz Global Events

Katherine Dutrow, CMP, the Director of Meeting Services at AAO, has had a lot on her plate with many of the global changes that affect meeting professionals, like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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ABTA launches its events programme for 2023/24 with four new conferences

Travel Daily Media

Financial Protection and Risk Management conference on 24 January will help delegates to get to grips with the ever-changing regulations and financial protection solutions on offer. Mergers & Acquisition conference on 30 November will guide attendees through the various different stages of mergers and acquisitions. for more detail.”