The New Normal: Perspectives On The Future
James Bellini
Date: 28 February 2010
Time: 17h00 – 18h30
We stand in the midst of a number of converging major trends that are radically re-shaping the context for business. We need to adjust to a 'new normal' -- new realities that are setting new rules for every business sector, including the meetings industry. This 'new normal', which affects every level of business - local, national and global - represents the biggest transformation since the Industrial Revolution.
These major trends: world demographics; rise of emerging economic powers and the shift to the East; rapid growth of a several billion-strong global middle class; the building of a 'post-carbon' economy; a tidal wave of new technologies with massive impact on how business functions and on 'the future map of work'; generational transition - from Baby Boomers to Digital Natives - and the implications for the marketplace of tomorrow... Challenges: Is your business 'futureproof'? What will the future business landscape look and feel like? And are you ready for 'the new normal'?
Sponsored by
Rethinking with Pablo Picasso
Peter Fisk
Date: 28 February 2010
Time: 17h00 – 18h30
His first words were “piz, piz”, meaning lápiz, the Spanish word for pencil ... and from those early beginnings in Málaga, Picasso went on to transform the world of art. He challenged the conventions, searched for new perspectives, and embraced all of the stimuli around him. He loved living in a time of change, and making change happen ... “Times of turbulence are the most exciting times” he said “because they produce the best ideas and opportunities.”
In our own turbulent times, how can we learn from Picasso? How can we capture his boldness and creativity to rethink our meetings business in a fast-emerging future? Peter Fisk will help us to explore our biggest challenges as new opportunities, to see the meetings business from the “future back” rather than always looking a year or two ahead, and from the “outside in” to understand and engage our audiences in new ways. The world is bored with conventional meetings, which means we need to rethink our whole business, not just doing more but doing it differently ... Inspired by Virgin spaceships and Obama’s networks, Threadless’ t-shirts and the Nintendo Wii ... what will you do? Sharpen your pencils, get ready to rethink like Picasso, and redraw the meetings business.
Sponsored by
Taming Tigers
Jim Lawless
Date: 1 March 2010
Time: 09h00 – 09h50
How are you going to make sure that you implement what you are about to learn at this conference? How are you going to tame your Tigers? How are you going to make sure that you create your own future? Jim Lawless will take you on a journey and learn you 10 rules on how you can tame your tigers (that voice in your head that says; but you cannot do THAT, you are not good enough, strong enough, important enough… to really implement what you have learned NOW and achieve results that will enable you to create your own future.
Jim Lawless is one of Europe’s most popular inspirational speakers and the only speaker to have put his money where his mouth is to prove his theories. In response to an audience challenge he went from overweight non-riding consultant to his first televised horserace under Jockey club rules in twelve months to prove that Taming Tigers worked.
Jim began his career as a corporate lawyer in the City of London but after seven years of jokes about his surname he founded the change consultancy Optimise (now Taming Tigers Group) of which he is CEO.
Sponsored by
Introducting Your Facilitator
Paul Bridle
*Sadly, Graham Davies is unable to attend EMEC for personal reasons but we look forward to working with him at future MPI events. We are delighted that Paul Bridle has returned to carry out the role of Link Presenter*
As the facilitator or “link presenter” for the general sessions, Paul Bridle brings a fresh approach to the European Meetings and Events Conference. Don’t just be part of the meeting, be part of the conversation, and interact with our keynote speakers during the sessions. Got a question you want to ask? A topic you want us to tackle? Make sure to use your SpotMe device or send your tweets to #emec10 to reach Paul during the session.