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“I’m always impressed by events organized by the National Speakers Association (NSA) in the US – around 1,500 people communicating constantly via mobile and web, as well as watching colleagues on stage in Orlando, Florida last year,” he adds. “A lot of the event could be followed simply by having a mobile phone. Smartphones are especially useful within large events,” he explains, “ for networking and navigating [and] for alerting delegates to special happenings.”

Adrian Segar, Director of Eventcamps and author of Conferences That Work, focuses on making connections at business events. “Connections turn into more business value than just learning a piece of information to apply,” Adrian says. “They can always watch someone talk on video. Why would they want to just watch someone talk if they can’t [...]

Anurag doesn’t like missed opportunities. “I wanted to move online relationships offline easily,” Anurag says. “Coloci lets you know who will be near you at your locations so you can meet face to face. You add your future plans, big or small, and share them on your social network, which is how it got the nickname ‘Foursquare of the future’.”