The crowd surges onto the show floor on opening day.
Getting Playful
Sharon Fisher, Play with a Purpose (left), shared ideas on how to make meetings more engaging with MeetingsNet Editor Sue Hatch at the MeetingsNet booth.
Talking Tech on Innovation Tour
Scott Lockey, QuickMobile (center), explained how technology is making meetings more personalized, interactive, and experiential during a stop on an Innovation Tour led by Glenn Thayer, Emcee Squared (far right).
Partnership in Progress
Elliott Ferguson, president and CEO of Destination DC, shares the impact of the Global Association Hubs Partnership in his market as Hervé Bosquet, senior advisor for the GAHP, looks on.
An Intriguing Event
Sponsored by VisitScotland and London and Partners, The Event 2016 offered prizes, cocktails, and a dramatic watershow for guests at the Wynn's Intrigue nightclub.
Retrain Your Brain
Susan Robertson, Sharpen Innovation, showed participants at a session in the Inspiration Hub how they can retrain their brains for creativity instead of negativity.
Party On
The MPI Foundation Rendezvous and IMEX America Night, held at Drai's Beach Club and Nightclub on the rooftop of the Cromwell, a Caesars Entertainment property, featured DJs, dancing, and a lot of high-volume networking.
Perfect Your Pitch
Photo courtesy of the IMEX Group
MeetingsNet Editor Sue Pelletier lead an IMEX campfire discussion on how to attract the attention of a meetings industry editor for your story.
IMEXrun
More than 800 people signed up for the pre-dawn 5k IMEXrun, a fun run down the Strip and back.
We Made It!
Mike McAllen, Grass Shack Events and Media (left), and Julius Solaris, Event MB, victoriously cross the IMEXrun finish line.
Congratulations to the 2016 CMI 25!
MeetingsNet Publisher Melissa Fromento (back to camera) congratulated this year's CMI 25 companies at a reception at Fizz, a lounge at Caesars Palace. The CMI 25 is MeetingsNet's annual list of the largest and most influential meetings and incentive companies focused on the North American corporate market.
Learning by Doing
Nick Borelli, Borelli Strategies, had participants at his Instagram session learn by doing as he sent them out to take Instagram-worthy photos and caption them on the fly. He then offered suggestions on how to make them more relevant to the audience.
DMC Network's New Brand
Dan Tavrytzky (second from left), managing director of DMC Network, and Shannon Gardner, DMCP, president of Accent Indy and board chair for DMC Network, show off the DMC Network's new brand, unveiled at IMEX America 2016.
Let's Meet on the Show Floor
John Foster, Esq., Foster, Jensen, and Gulley, LLC (left), at the Senior Planner Industry Network booth with SPIN Executive Director Rod Abraham and Shawna Suckow, CMP, SPIN founder and chairwoman.
Buttoned Up
The Playroom on Smart Monday featured lots of innovative ways to break the ice, including an array of buttons from which participants were urged to choose the one that best described them. They were then told to find someone with the same button, then have both drop their cards into a jar to enter a drawing for a prize.
Destination Colorado
The stands on the show floor went all out to convey the feeling of the destination they represented. This Colorado booth featured a down-home yet upscale feel.
What, Me Worry?
Jenn Houtby-Ferguson, chief strategist with Twist Consulting, scared some sense into attendees at her session on risk management at the Inspiration Hub.
Meet the Future of Meeting Rooms
IACC CEO Mark Cooper describes the 'meeting room of the future' at the IMEX Inspiration Hub.
Artistry on Display
Representatives of Thailand display their artistry at the Thailand booth.
