Greg Walthour

Greg Walthour is co-CEO of Intero Digital, a 350-person Columbus SEO Company that offers comprehensive, results-driven marketing solutions. With more than 20 years of experience directing paid media strategies, optimizing SEO and building solutions-oriented content and PR, he leads a team of experts in web design and development, Amazon marketing, social media, video and graphic design.

Adrian Si

Adrian Si is the Director of Marketing Strategy at experiential marketing agency ASV.

Joy Kaufman

A visual communicator and creative problem-solver who specializes in brand communications, Joy Kaufman is senior creative director at Impact XM.

JR Sherman

JR Sherman is the CEO of RainFocus. With more than 20 years of leading highly impactful service and SaaS businesses, he is highly regarded for his expertise in SaaS, events, marketing and experiential marketing. Sherman was named one of the 25 Most Influential Executives by Business Travel News.

Allen Plante

Allen Plante is the director of banquets at the award-winning Radisson Blu Mall of America. With more than 25 years of event management experience, Plante and his team strive for innovation, creativity and readiness for each hosted event. Whether working on a high-profile event for Super Bowl LII or the Ryder Cup, or crafting an intimate, private celebration, Plante’s enthusiasm and expertise ensure each event is memorable and unique.

Live and In-Person: How Events Have Shifted in 2022

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The past two years have transformed how we work, interact, and hold events. Hybrid and remote work options have taken a firm hold in the professional sphere alongside more traditional in-person work environments. In the same way, in-person events transformed into virtual ones, and while we have seen a shift back to in-person meetings, conferences, and trade shows, virtual components and novel innovations remain.

Marco Giberti

Marco Giberti is a successful entrepreneur and investor with more than 25 years of intensive experience in media, technology and the live events industry. He is the founder and CEO of Vesuvio Ventures, where he works with startups, venture and private equity investors, and corporate innovators as a coach, advisor, interim executive, board member or angel investor (or a combination thereof). He is also a co-author of the best-selling books “The Face of Digital,” focusing on how digital technologies are changing the live events industry, and “Reinventing Live, the Always-On Future of Live Events.”

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