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Automation Group Launches LLM Tool
The International Society of Automation sees Mimo as a way to expand membership and grow globally. The International Society of Automation has created an AI-driven large language model (LLM) that’s designed to provide support for current members, attract new ones, and...
Protecting Your Business from Deepfake Threats
By Allen Blount | National Cyber & Technology Product Leader | Risk Strategies Originally published by Risk Stategies Deepfake technology blurs the line between reality and fabrication. While sometimes used for entertainment purposes or as a novelty, deepfakes can...
Measuring an Event’s Carbon Footprint — It’s All in the Details
In Summer 2023, after working more than 40 years at BPA Worldwide, the last 23 of which as president and CEO, Glenn Hansen launched his own venture, Reduce 2. Before retiring from independent auditing company BPA, he managed its iCompli Sustainability and Event Audit...
How Extreme Weather Is Impacting Events
A wildfire rages near Osoyoos Lake in British Columbia in 2023. A record 46 million acres burned across Canada during the 2023 fire season, affecting events of all kinds. On April 16, 10 inches of rain fell in Dubai, the same day that journalist Sander Lutz arrived in...
Event Planners Prioritize Cost Concerns, DEI Over Sustainability
Two recent surveys reveal sustainability initiatives to be a lower priority among planners. When asked about absolute requirements for incentive event destinations in a recent survey of 69 incentive travel and motivational corporate event organizers from around the...
Learnings From AIM Group International’s Sustainability Report
In June, professional congress organizer AIM Group International published its first Sustainability Report, taking into account its activities in 2023. The report identifies the most relevant sustainability issues facing the organization as well as shares AIM’s...
