EIBTM Technology Watch – Recognising Innovation

EIBTM Technology Watch each year looks for the latest in technological developments and innovative products that will move the Meetings and Events industry forward to the next level.  This year’s winner and four finalists were selected from a record 56 applications.

The judging panel scored the entries based on innovation, completeness of concept, and the potential value to the meetings industry. These companies highlight several paths of technology progress for events Near Field Communication (NFC), precise indoor positioning/way finding, mobile event applications, and innovative data analytics onsite using tablet devices. 

This year’s EIBTM Technology Watch award for meetings technology innovation goes to
ITN International (www.itn-international.com) for its Citywide Attendee Credential System. This creative, yet inexpensive use of NFC (near field communication) allows the attendee name badge to be used as a transit and city tourist attraction pass as well. In addition if enables attendee tracking, access control and exhibitor lead retrieval. ITN has been a pioneer in the use of NFC for events, and this entry was deemed by the judging panel to highly original and beneficial to event planners, meeting destinations and to event attendees.

ITN International has won a free stand to exhibit at the Technology Village @ EIBTM in Barcelona 2011 – see them on their Stand O145 during EIBTM
ITN International will present their winning product during EIBTM 2011 at the Future Events Experience on Wednesday at 1430 followed by a Networking Drinks Reception.
 

"We are honoured to have been singled out for this award and it means a lot for our organisation to be recognised by the panel of judges for our innovation. The successful test of our new Citywide Attendee Credential proves we can support a ‘total’ attendee credential. We are looking forward to exhibiting at the Technology Village @ EIBTM for the first time this year and of course to networking and meeting with industry colleagues and new contacts." Ivan Lazarev, President & CEO, ITN International, Touch 'N Go Event Solutions

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Additionally, four additional finalists highlight additional significant technology trends: 

Wifarer (www.wifarer.com) has refined existing Wi-Fi systems within a venue to pinpoint a smartphone’s location to an accuracy of 1.3 meters. This “indoor positioning system” can provide very precise wayfinding for attendees though a meeting venue or exhibit hall, while providing location-aware content delivery and aggregated attendee movement analytics.

GenieMobile (www.geniemobile.com) provides a high quality, yet easy-to-use, “do-it-yourself” mobile app development tool for events. The menu of application choices is very robust and they are delivered as native apps to iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, WindowsPhone and as a mobile web site. The DIY model enables at a lower price point than commonly found in these products as well as unprecedented control of the app content.

Active Network (www.activeevents.com) ActiveEvents Insight points to the increasing power of tablet computers at events. This comprehensive suite of mobile and tablet applications gives the event organiser unprecedented real-time access to registration data, lead retrieval, social networking, exhibitor management, session tracking and scheduling tool, event mobile app usage, housing, financial statements, speaker resources and content management on an iPad and other mobile devices.
 

Triqle Event Intelligence (www.triqle.eu) "What's On?" is a simple and inexpensive idea – to publish real-time event program data to any device with and internet connection allowing attendees to see at a glance what is going on now and next. This eliminates the need for scrolling or searching the most current program item.                                                                                      

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