Geoffrey Wellen

Geoffrey Wellen is the chief customer care officer at 6Connex, a leading provider of in-person, hybrid and virtual event technology for enterprises worldwide.
 

Daria Knupp

Daria Knupp is the Senior Content Marketing Manager at A2Z Events by Personify. Knupp has spent most of her career in the association world handling content creation and digital marketing and recently decided to take that expertise to the events industry. She recently achieved her CEM designation and is an active member of IAEE.

Nick Fugaro

Nick Fugaro is founder and CEO of Vivastream, the leading event data analytics platform in the industry. Fugaro brings a refreshing perspective to the events industry leveraging his 25+ years of experience in delivering technology solutions that help enterprises derive customer insights from data. On a mission to make event data actionable, he is an evangelist for encouraging the event industry to rely on data driven decision-making.

Sohini Mitra

Sohini Mitra is Vice President of Account Management at Impact XM, a leading experiential marketing agency. An industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, she has spent her career fostering team development and empowering her staff to exceed client expectations on a daily basis. From her humble start in association management through her recent triumphs at experiential marketing agencies, Mitra possesses a thirst for knowledge, training and listening.

Lilian Shen

Lilian Shen, MBA, is the director of marketing for CORT Events, the leading furniture rental supplier for events, meetings and trade shows in the contiguous U.S. She has served as a marketing and customer success lead throughout her past three years at the company.

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