IAEM Takes Stance on “Outboarding”

Outboarding, the practice of holding concurrent events not sanctioned by the official convention organizer, but that seek to garner the main event’s audience, has gotten an official thumbs down from the International Association for Exhibition Management. In a press release, IAEM President Steven Hacker, CAE, attributes ignorance, not intent to harm, to many who engage in outboarding: “Those who