KUCHING: Sarawak’s first conference for Business Events, the Business Events Tr ibal Meet (TriBE 2018), will kick-off the conference with 2 keynote sessions featuring tech guru Corbin Ball (Canada) and body language expert Christian Chua (Singapore) on Friday, 24 August 2018 at Pullman Hotel here.
In a press statement issued here yesterday, the keynote sessions will be followed by a fireside chat with panellists from global Business Events authorities namely the International Congress and Convention Associations–ICCA (Netherlands), International Association of Profes s ional Congress Organisers–IAPCO (Switzerland) , Professional Convention Management Association–PCMA (USA) and the Union of Internat ional Associations–UIA (Belgium). An initiative of the Sarawak Conv ent i on Bur e au, Chi e f Operating Officer Amelia Roziman highlights the value of knowledge transfer as an important yield of Business Events.
“The right knowledge translates to new tools, strategies and models to help this sector stay competitive, and most importantly, relevant as we undergo a digital economic transformation. We have achieved this rare feat of assembling the world’s leading Business Events experts in tech, body language, and associations’ heavyweights – represented by their senior officials in a 2nd tier destination like Sarawak,” she said.
Corbin Ball, who will be delivering on transforming the future of Business Events said, “For a relatively small convention bureau in an exotic location to pull together an important international conference with multiple industry association participation is a significant task.
The program looks excellent and I very much look forward to attending and speaking at this event.
“This should give the region great visibility and I hope that it will be the first of many such events to come.” Renowned body language expert, Christian Chua will be delivering a keynote on the future of face-to-face meetings in a digital era. “Artificial Intelligence is an unstoppable disruption and it is fantastic that these issues will be raised and preparing individuals and organisations for this wave. “It is also very objective to invite a speaker to talk about how humans can remain relevant!” he added.
