Entries by Rebecca Christian

Headline: Repurposing the Business of Events

Creating – Engaging – Informing – Learning – Promoting – Transforming This paper is the first in a series being prepared by Susan Spibey, IEM Executive Board Chair, on Repurposing the Business of Events to support the Events Sector worldwide. It formed her presentation on 28 January 2021 at the Virtual #BuildBackBetter Round Table organised […]

Point of View: Jenny Davies

Jenny Davies Deputy Events and Duty Manager at Buckinghamshire New University https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-davies-660b3037/ As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them. Jenny is in Commercial Events hire at Bucks New University which includes coordinating venue hire, internal events support, filming location […]

Point of View: Laura Miller

Laura Miller Director of the Match Group at VIP Matchdays As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them. Laura is a Director of VIP Matchdays, an experienced corporate hospitality and events company with over 20 years’ in the industry, specialising […]

Point of View: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones Events Officer at Teesside University https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-jones-29021631 As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them. Rachel is a Microbiology graduate, but science and she parted ways in the final year of her  studies when she was elected as a Students’ […]

Point of View: Prof. Dr. G. Keith Still

Prof. Dr. G. Keith Still Director at Crowd Risk Analysis Ltd https://www.linkedin.com/in/gkstill/ As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them. Keith specialises in teaching the principles and applications of Crowd Safety and Crowd Risk Analysis and he developed an MSc […]

Point of View: Richard John

Richard John C.O.O. at Realise Me Ltd www.linkedin.com/in/mrrichardjohn/ As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them. Richard is C.O.O. of Realise, an events learning and development consultancy, which also provides specialist support for organisations working across all areas of the […]

Point of View: Emma Poxton

Emma Poxton Events Consultant at Northumbrian Water Group www.linkedin.com/in/emma-poxton As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them. Emma has worked with Northumbrian Water Group since 2006, where she started in a support role for the wider Corporate Communications team learning […]

Headline: Event Professionals – on the road to Government recognition

The Institute of Event Management (IEM) together with the Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) submitted comments to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) with proposed revisions and additions to their SOC2020 draft. The Standard Occupational Classification Codes is the system that categorises jobs into general types for the purpose of collecting, calculating, analysing, and disseminating […]

Point of View: AEME

Association for Events Management Education https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2371448/ As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them. The Association of Events Management Education (AEME) was founded in 2004, with the central aim of advancing events education within the UK and overseas higher education […]

Point of View: Simon Venn

Simon Venn Head of Events and Partnerships at The ReThink Academy Ltd linkedin.com/in/simonvenn As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them. Simon has over 20 years experience in the events, exhibitions, conference and meetings industry in an operational programme and […]