{"id":8946,"date":"2013-03-08T01:05:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2013-03-08T01:05:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:05:37","slug":"abpco-to-host-free-or-fee-wi-fi-debate-at-confex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eventbiz.net\/english\/?p=8946","title":{"rendered":"ABPCO to host \u2018Free or Fee?\u2019 wi-fi debate at Confex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ABPCO (The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers) will host a panel debate on March 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at the forthcoming International Confex looking at the future of wi-fi for conferences.\u00a0 The debate, entitled \u2018The Future of Quality Wi-Fi at events \u2013 utility or luxury, free or fee?\u2019 will bring together venues, conference organisers and third-party technology suppliers to consider the future of wi-fi and its impact on the meetings industry from practical, commercial and technological perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers include Justin Hollins of wi-fi solutions provider iBAHN, William Jones of event communications specialists Max Wi-Fi and Mike Clanton of My Meeting Professional.\u00a0 William Jones will be looking at the true costs of quality wi-fi, while Justin Hollins will look at new, creative financial models to cover these costs. Mike Clanton will then present on the end user experience, looking at wi-fi from both organiser and delegate perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>The session will conclude with a panel discussion with questions from the floor.\u00a0 ABPCO Head of External Relations Michael Foreman, who will chair the event, commented: \u201cABPCO&#8217;s Conference Cloud Campaign calling for free wi-fi for conference delegates has instigated some major changes in terms of encouraging venues to offer wi-fi free of charge.\u00a0 There is still work to be done in improving mutual understanding of the issues involved in offering quality wi-fi free of charge to delegates and we want to take things a step further with this debate.\u00a0 This Confex session will continue the conversation and open up discussions on exactly what it means to offer free wi-fi and what strategies can be implemented to fund this. I look forward to hearing from those attending Confex and some lively discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Samuel, Event Director of International Confex and Live Experience said: \u201cAs technological advancements continue to enhance events and conferences, the issue of wi-fi availability is increasingly pertinent. We\u2019re therefore delighted to be hosting a debate which aims to clarify some of the issues surrounding something the majority of our visitors deal with on a daily basis. It\u2019s important that as a community we understand the costs and technical challenges faced by venues in implementing wi-fi which is free to conference delegates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The session will take place at 2pm in the Keynote &amp; Agency Theatre. Attendance for the event will be on a first-come, first-served basis on the day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/2013\/03\/abpco-to-host-free-or-fee-wi-fi-debate-at-confex\/\">ABPCO to host \u2018Free or Fee?\u2019 wi-fi debate at Confex<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\">Exhibition Industry News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABPCO (The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers) will host a panel debate on March 20th\u00a0at the forthcoming International Confex looking at the future of wi-fi for conferences.\u00a0 The debate, entitled \u2018The Future of Quality Wi-Fi at events \u2013 utility or luxury, free or fee?\u2019 will bring together venues, conference organisers and third-party technology suppliers [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/2013\/03\/abpco-to-host-free-or-fee-wi-fi-debate-at-confex\/\">ABPCO to host \u2018Free or Fee?\u2019 wi-fi debate at Confex<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\">Exhibition Industry News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world-news"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ABPCO to host \u2018Free or Fee?\u2019 wi-fi debate at Confex - Exhibition &amp; 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