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Planners Moving Forward Series- Paul Lewis, World Congress of Science & Factual Producers

Paul Lewis, of World Congress of Science & Factual Producers, brings awareness of how they adapted to COVID-19, communicating and lessons learned and sharing how they are viewing the meetings and events industry in a post-pandemic world.

Luke Whalin
Sep 11, 2022
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This post is part of the HopSkip Planner Spotlight Series where HopSkip spotlight's planners across the industry to bring awareness of how they adapted to COVID-19, communicating and lessons learned and sharing how they are viewing the meetings and events industry in a post-pandemic world. 

 

Name: Paul Lewis

Company Name: World Congress of Science & Factual Producers

Job Title: Conference Producer

Years of Experience: 11

 
 
As our community moves forward with planning in-person meetings, what new technologies or processes are you implementing that you may have not looked at before?
 
Hybrid events with audio and or video recording of conference content.
 
As we see virtual meetings transition back to face to face, hybrid meetings are beginning to be the vehicle to return to normalcy. What are your thoughts on hybrid meetings versus traditional fully in-person meetings?
 
It is essential to maintain diversity and community growth realized during the past two years.
 
In your opinion, what do you think the biggest value for your attendees is in regards to returning to live events?
 
In person interaction; spontaneous meetings leasing to new ideas, partnerships and international co-productions.
 
As the pandemic fades away and we return to face-to-face events what do you hope changes, either for planners or hoteliers, in the traditional RFP and proposal process as a result of all of the learnings from the last 20+ months?
 
More wired conference facilities to allow for hybrid live online events with video enabled.
 
 

This post is part of the HopSkip Planner Spotlight Series where HopSkip spotlight's planners across the industry to bring awareness of how they adapted to COVID-19, communicating and lessons learned and sharing how they are viewing the meetings and events industry in a post-pandemic world. 

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