A sense of recovery…

The lifting of lockdown is accelerating… the recovery is here!
Even in the events industry (still under lockdown to this day…), we can feel this positive and proactive momentum!

The sector has never been so active and positive.

UNIMEV is launching a “Call for Innovative Solutions,” for “solutions developed to facilitate the conditions for resuming event activities and the return of audiences,” aimed at all players in the sector, under 3 categories: digital, service-based, and material and technical.

The objective is to promote and highlight projects “that will address the challenges of recovery:

• • reassuring clients,
  • social distancing,
  • managing and securing the customer journey,
  • community engagement in a new form”.

→ Accelerate innovation and activate its adoption for a faster and healthier recovery ←

view the call for projects

sources:
UNIMEV
https://www.myeventnetwork.com/newsroom/edito/un-appel-projets-pour-relancer-la-filiere-evenements-participons-sans-reserve

MEDEF will organize its summer universities starting at the end of AUGUST!

It has been announced! The REF, renamed for the occasion “Renaissance des Entreprises de France,” will take place on August 27 at the Paris-Longchamp racecourse

We have been able to find very little information about this event, its organization, the reception procedures, or its hosting…

but just the announcement of an event of such magnitude stands as a strong symbol for many event agencies.

It is no wonder that the news has been widely shared on social networks:

This announcement proves that the recovery of the events industry is imminent.

The holding of the summer universities is a sign of mobilization by business leaders and entrepreneurs for the recovery;
it testifies to their confidence in the future, the importance they place on physical meetings to debate pressing political and economic issues, and the value of events in building the post-COVID future.

Forget questions of restrictions, fear, or organizational burdens in the face of a still-strict health protocol… these questions are in the hands of professional organizers;

and make way for an optimistic and positive mobilization to recover from this crisis.

Events confirmed starting in September

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement in April 2020, the resumption of trade shows had been announced for September 2020.

What is the actual situation?

With the end of the state of health emergency in July, the September date seems increasingly feasible.

And this is evident with many trade shows confirmed by organizers starting in September… for example,

• • Workspace expo from September 1^st to 3
  • Equipmag from September 15 to 17
  • …

Especially since organizers and convention and exhibition sites are providing proof that they are fully ready to welcome the public.

And exhibitors are ready: they are taking back the reins and organizing their stands for the final quarter.
Something to make us smile again!

Our vision of the recovery?

We are confident about the holding of regional and national trade shows and conventions starting in September 2020.
The entire sector is committed to relaunching activity under the best conditions, and positivism is high.
Exhibitors are ready to return to trade shows and are committing to more sustainable and adaptable stands.

On the other hand, the horizon darkens when we look toward major international events, whether in France or abroad.
Even if cancellations or postponements are not currently the rule, exhibitor fears and health regulations between European and non-European countries lead us to believe that the major recovery will be in 2021.

What could the recovery in September look like?

China has just relaunched its trade show activity after several months of lockdown… here are a few photos gathered from social networks!

Can’t wait to get back to trade shows!