"Reaching New Heights“
World Summit 2018Chicago, 27-29 June
PROGRAM
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Board Meeting
Afternoon
Early arrivals leisure time
Evening 5.00pm
Dinner for Early arrivals – Selfpaying
SUSTAINABLE STARTER
For the first time IFES is providing a convention ahead of the convention
10.00 am
Sustainable Venues + Events | Jan Zak
10.45 am
FIT Sustainable Projects
Alexandria Rupert + Nina Van Styrum; both FIT Graduate Exhibition & Experience Design
Following panel discussion with Jackson Young and Robin Drake, both professors, FIT Graduate Exhibition & Experience Design
11.30 am
Find your Business power to change things for the better – Learn more about current projects and developements with a focus on sustainability
– Mr Green | Tom Bowman
12.15 pm
How to manage the Carbon footprint | Sophie Chenel (Procédes Chenel) + Gabriela Künzli (CAT)
12.30 pm
Welcome Lunch at the Exhibition
01.45 pm
IFES AGM | New Member Induction and Graduation ICE
03.00 pm
Coffee Break
03.30 pm
Continuing IFES AGM
06.45 pm
Leaving for a walk to our “Explore Chicago Boat Cruise”
07.15 pm
Start of Boat Cruise
11:pm
End of Boat Cruise
Thursday 28 June, 2018
07.30 am
Walk/Run for Sustainability | The IFES World Summit Scrabble
10.00 am
Start World Summit 2018
10.15 am
Eye Candy, Exhibit Design in America Jamie Padgett
11.00 am
Educating the Designer of the Future Dr. Bonnie Higgins, Dr. Sachel Josefson
11.45 am
What in the World: Global Design Trends – Travis Stanton
12.30 pm
Lunch
02.00 pm
How to work in the States – Will Daniels; Zach Nagel; Jim Wurm
02.45 pm
Exhibiting in the US – Understanding the Nuances | Glenda Brungardt
03.30 pm
Coffee break
04.00 pm
Panel discussion on Exhibiting in America | MC: Randy Acker
04.45 pm
Workshop Europe – Elke Moebius and Riccardo Montanari
04.45 pm
Workshop Kuehne + Nagel Next Gen (Digital Solutions for Exhibition Logistics) | Dirk Urra
05.30 pm
End of program Day 2
06.30 pm
Walk to Shedd Aquarium along Lake Michigan
07.00 pm
Reception at Shedd Aquarium
Midnight
End of Gala Dinner
Friday 29 June, 2018
08.00 am
Walk/Run for Sustainability | The IFES World Summit Scrabble
10.30 am
Start of World Summit
10.45 am
“The status of the global exhibition industry with a special focus on the service industry” | Jochen Witt
12.00
Learn from your industry Colleagues
01.00pm
Discuss with your industry Colleagues
02.00pm – 03.00pm
Lunch
03.30 pm
A Glimpse Into Our Future Through the Looking Glass | Jackson Young
04.15 pm
Handover to Greece 2019
04.45 pm
End of meeting
Visit of McCormick Place
Followed by Chicago Neighborhood tour (Space limited to 50 pax)
…[not finalized]
Wednesday
Hop on – hop of tour
Afternoon: Chicago Art Institute
Thursday
2 pm: Segway tour for 3 hrs.
Friday
11.30 am L-Train-Tour provided by CAF