Speakers – CSE Live

The Call for Speakers for EventFest 2022 in Toronto is now open.

After a two-year hiatus, we are finally back for an in-person and hybrid event. We cannot wait to share your stories with our audience of Canadian event professionals.

The topics most relevant to today's event professionals help drive change and teach real-time, relevant skills with actionable take-aways that our planners can immediately use to impact their event success and event business.

Topics we are looking for include:

Resilience
Innovation
Inspirational stories with lessons and advice for overcoming challenges in business and life.
Event Management
- Design Trends
- Performance Management
- Staffing, Labour, HR and Managing Event teams
- Technology (production and virtual)
- Cloud Tools
- Entrepreneur Life and Lessons
- Fundamental planning such as event admin, scheduling, production, concept development, RFPs and proposals, marketing, finances for events, volunteer management and other areas of impact for planners on the ground.
- Event safety
- EDI and Events
- The GREAT Resignation. What are we going to do about it?
- NEWBIEs. Crash course for brand new planners.

Politics
- Tell us what drives you crazy about the event industry and how you want to change it?
- Have an idea for a rousing panel debate – let’s go! Tell us about it.
Case Studies
- Show us how you created a fantastic event – but not just with pictures, actually show us how you did it, with step-by-step ideas and tips, planners can copy and use in their company events.
- Logistical Nightmares… let’s hear about it and what you did to fix it.
- Tell your story of adversity, challenge or creative solutions.
The FUN Stuff
- Event Design
- Trends
- Entertainment
- Food and Beverage
- Creativity

Open to Ideas – If it’s not listed here, but event professionals will want and need to know about it, please send it along.

If you have a great story to tell, if you can teach others to create brilliance, if you can talk about leadership, change management, planning from a new perspective, then we want to hear from you.

About You:

You are an executive, leader, business owner or corporate planner; marketer, comunincations, or tech expert, designer, decor expert, professional seeker, coach, media manager, or a professional planner with five years of experience.

Submit your application below.
The deadline to submit is April 30, 2022

Check put our past Speakers

Learn from Global Industry Leaders

CSE Live features award-winning industry leaders presenting on powerful and inspiring topics like leadership, event strategy, business development, event design, sustainable planning, event production, social responsibility, the client experience, sales & metrics, event management foundations, creativity, and so much more. Plus, you can earn CMP credits .

David Adler

Bizbash

David Adler

Bizbash

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Julius Solaris

Hopin

Julius Solaris

Hopin

Stacy Wyatt

Canadian Special Events

Stacy Wyatt

Canadian Special Events

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