Good conference speakers can make excellent conference chairs. But it’s not guaranteed, they’re not the same thing. If you’re a speaker, planning to do some chairing for the first time, it’s worth knowing the traps you might fall into

Events and conferences have traditionally been resource and energy-intensive affairs, involving attendee travel, plenty of printed materials and handouts, lanyards, catering and more. These days, however, there’s more pressure than ever to ensure that conferences and events have as small a carbon footprint as possible.

Seated events are back! Now the big question is how to do the seating plans, when scraps of paper and Excel just aren't up to the job.