Virtual global gathering eclipsed expectations, drawing over a thousand attendees to five live and pre-recorded online sessions, Nov. 11-13, 2020
LONDON (Nov. 20, 2020) — After Tissue World Miami 2020 was first was postponed from its original April dates to November, and then, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to curtail international travel and in-person meetings, the event organizers Informa Markets faced a dilemma: postpone the biennial event or bravely enter the new world of virtual event planning and production. Rather than delay until 2022 an event that typically draws attendees, participants and exhibitors from around the world to Miami, Informa Markets embraced the virtual meeting trend, creating Tissue World Digital Days, and the results were, by all accounts, a resounding success.
Opening Nov. 11, the three-day event consisted of five live online sessions featuring 44 speakers, moderators and panelists. Complementing the live webinars were a number of pre-recorded sessions. Despite — or perhaps because of — its virtual nature, Tissue World Digital Days drew 44 speakers and presenters from several countries and registrants from 97 countries across the globe.
“The feedback we have received from attendees, exhibitors and speakers has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Agnes Gehot, deputy event director, Informa Markets. “We also have learned anecdotally that attendees and exhibitors were able to accomplish some business objectives in one-to-one virtual meetings and networking sessions.
“While virtual events will never be a completely satisfactory replacement for in-person gatherings, we are extremely pleased that we were able to attract more participants than would have been able to travel to Miami for Tissue World,” Gehot added.
Tissue World Miami is one of five global events in the Tissue World Portfolio, and also postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic were Tissue & Paper Bangkok 2020 and Tissue World Istanbul 2020. To compensate for this, Tissue World Digital Days included live webinars focused on southeast Asia, Turkey and Latin America.
The next Tissue World Miami is slated for March 16-18, 2022. Tissue & Paper Bangkok is planned for June 16-18, 2021; and Tissue World Düsseldorf is scheduled for Sept. 21-23, 2021. New dates for Tissue World shows in Istanbul, Turkey; and São Paolo, Brazil; will be announced soon.
About Tissue World
Tissue World is a global portfolio of events designed by and for the international tissue manufacturing industry. It unites manufacturers, all industry suppliers, retailers and distributors from around the world to learn about the latest technological advances, discuss new business strategies, source products and make business connections. General inquiries:
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