E as pessoas mais influentes no setor dos eventos são…

E as pessoas mais influentes no setor dos eventos são…

A Eventex anunciou a lista das 100 pessoas mais influentes na indústria dos eventos. Entre os eleitos estão representantes portugueses, como Rui Ochôa e Cláudia Coutinho de Sousa, diretor e editora da Event Point, respetivamente.

A lista final das pessoas que influenciaram o setor com a sua criatividade, visão e capacidade de inovação foi decidida por votação do público, que decorreu de 29 de agosto a 12 de setembro. Aqui segue o Top 100 das pessoas mais influentes do setor, apresentado em ordem alfabética:

Aaron Kaufman (president – Fifth Element Group Inc.)

Adam Parry (editor – Event Industry News)

Adrian Segar (author, meeting designer e facilitator – Conferences That Work)

Alexey Kalachev (director – Russian Convention Bureau)

Alina Banasiak (global communication manager – Moleskine)

Angela Harar (senior director – The Vision Council)

Anna Górska (Business Development director – Expo XXI Warsaw, VP Polish Conference & Congress Association)

Anna Nowakowska (StrefaMICE.pl, CEO MICE & Venue consulting)

Annamaria Ruffini (president & CEO Events In & Out)

Annie Kristi Korsmo (director of Conventions – Visit Oslo)

Antonio Codinach (regional Business director – Professional Convention Management Association)

Audrey Alloul (AVP Sales & Business Development – Kenes Group)

Brandt Krueger (technical producer – Event Technology Consulting)

Calum Di Lietto (editor – C&IT Magazine)

Carina Bauer (CEO – The IMEX Group, Regent Exhibitions)

Chetan Shah (CEO & Founder – micebook)

Christoph Tessmar (director – Barcelona Convention Bureau)

Cláudia Coutinho de Sousa (editor-in-chief – Event Point)

Corbin Ball (owner – Corbin Ball & Co.)

Dahlia El Gazzar (tech evangelist + idea igniteur – DAHLIA+ Agency)

Dave Lutz (president – Velvet Chainsaw Consulting)

David Adler (founder & CEO – BizBash)

David Benitez (CEO – CoCoa)

Denis Braguini Bevacqua (Live Marketing & Events director – RD Station)

Désirée Stenderup (International Corporate Meetings & Events manager – CB Valencia

Dinushka Chandrasena (editor in chief/director – DoubleDee Publications [Travel Talk Asia])

Don Welsh (president & CEO – Destination international)

Dorota Izabela Komarnicka (publisher – Woman in the World magazine)

Ellie MacPherson (senior vice-president – Strategic Meetings + Incentives)

Alling Hamso (managing partner – Event ROI Institute)

Gaël De Clarens (founding partner – The MICE Agency)

Gorazd Cad (CEO – Toleranca Marketing)

Héctor A. Venegas (managing director – engaging meetings Ltd.)

Helena Wallo (entrepreneur – Faustus Oy)

H.S. Bedi (director – PSBediGroup India, chairman – IELA 2018~20)

Jaime Bennett (director of Sales & Marketing – Conference Partners International)

James Morgan (principal lecturer, University of Westminster & Founder – Event Tech Lab.)

Jose (Pepe) Garcia-Aguarod (founder – eventoplus.com & eventos magazine)

Julius Solaris (founder – EventMB.com)

Karin Krogh (creative director – Engaging Meetings)

Kate Patay (chief strategy officer – Patay Consulting)

Kelsey Copeland (Event manager – Meetings + Events Media)

Kevin Finke (owner & Chief Storyteller – Experience Willow)

Kevin Van der Straeten (founder & tv host – eventplanner.net)

Kris Nelson (artistic director & CEO – LIFT [London International Festival of Theatre])

Krzysztop Celuch (CEO– Celuch Consulting, vice-rector Vistula School of Hospitality)

Laura Schwartz (professional Emcee & Keynote Speaker, TV commentator & author.

Lina Moskvina (founder & editor in chief – MICE&more)

Liz King Caruso (event strategist, consultant & speaker, CEO – Liz King Events)

Luke D’Arcy (UK president – Momentum Worldwide)

Lydia Schnedl (Association Management – Austrian Convention Bureau)

Maarten Schram (founder & managing director – LiveCom Alliance, managing director – IDEA)

Maeve Buckley (director – Leading Sport [Sports Marketing & Events Agency])

Marin Bright (CEO – Smart Meetings)

Mark Taylor (director – Belle Laide Events [Australia])

Martijn Timmermans (founder – Storyboarding Toolkit, event storyboard canvas, The Red Line Project)

Martin Boyle (CEO – IAPCO)

Martina Addae-Warter (GM & publisher – MICE Media Marketing)

Marty MacKay (president, Global Alliance – Host Global)

Mateusz Czerwinski (vice-president of the Board – Warsaw Convention Bureau)

Matt Swenson (editorial director – Connect Meetings)

Megan Tomlinson (director of Events, Membership & Services – the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board)

Melinda Burdette (director of Events – Meeting Professionals International [MPI])

Mia Choi (chief creative officer & founder – MAS Event + Design)

Michael Nagy (director – Fairmont Rio de Janeiro Copacabana)

Michael J. Shapiro (Technology editor/senior editor – Northstar Meetings Group)

Michelle Bruno (writer, blogger, publisher & Technology journalist)

Michelle Russell (eeditor in chief – Convene)

Miguel Neves (social media strategist – miguelseven.com)

Miha Kovacic (director – Slovenian CVB)

Miro Antic (founding partner & CXO – M2Communications)

Nick Borelli (Event Marketing Strategy consultant – Borelli Strategies)

Olga Krzemińska – Zasadzka (managing director – POWER Agency)

Ori Lahav (vice-president Clients & Operations – Kenes Group)

Padraic Gilligan (managing partner – SoolNua, chief Marketing Officer – SITE)

Patrick Roubroeks (founding director – XSAGA)

Paul M. Van Deventer (president & CEO Meeting Professionals International [MPI], chair-elect Events Industry Council [EIC])

Rafael Hernández (publisher & CEO – Latam Meetings)

Rafal Mrzyglocki (group CEO – ARAM)

Rob Hard (publisher – BusinessTravelDestinations.com)

Rolando Espinoza (creative director – Champagne Creative Group)

Roman Muška (managing director – Prague Convention Bureau)

Rosa Garriga Mora (Meeting Architect – Kenes Group)

Rui Ochôa (director – Event Point)

Sam Johnston (director – Dublin CVB)

Samer Abu Wandi (owner & GM – MICE Middle East, TTG Middle East & Honeymoon Middle East)

Silke Schlinnertz (head of Operations & Events – Euroheat & Power)

Sophie Morris (managing director – Wordspan)

Stephen Noble (manager Asia-Pacific – The Conference Company Ltd)

Suzanne Medcalf Mulligan (senior Community Engagement manager – IMEX Group)

Tahira Endean (author – International Event Design: Our Professional Opportunity, Head of Events – SITE global)

Tracey Smith (executive director – Senior Planners Industry Network [SPIN])

Trevor Hanks (managing partner – 360 Destination Group)

Val Delaney (executive vice-president – ADMEI [Association of Destination Management Executives])

Vanessa Renaud-Elliott (assistant director, head of Business Tourism & Travel Trade – Atout France)

Veronica Stoddart (founder & President – VS Content Strategies LLC)

Victor Neyndorff (Chief Inspiration Officer – O, Wonder, The Mindset Transformation Institute)

Volkan Ataman (president – Tourism Media Group)

Will Curran (Chief Event Einstein – Endless Events)

Zuzana Adamson (director – MICE CEE, MICE Central & Eastern Europe – B2B media & TV)