December 7th sees the return of Most Contagious, which is the acclaimed year-end event staged by Contagious in London. It makes sense of the most important trends in marketing, technology and consumer culture from the past year and analyses what impact these ideas will have on the immediate future for brands and agencies. The event includes […]
Beer Now is an Evolution of the European Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) and Zephyr Conferences announced today the first-ever Beer Now Conference will take place next March 17-19 in Sheffield, England. The conference is focused on “marketing, tourism, and communications” in the modern beer industry. The conference will […]
Anyone who has ever attended a conference or a networking event will know how awkward and intimidating they can be. To help break the ice for participants, the Economic Development Board of Singapore (EDB) came up with the ‘Coffee Connector’, a coffee machine that only brews coffee when two people introduce themselves to each other. […]
EU-US trade talks should create a more level playing field by removing taxes on European brewers from which their American competitors are exempt, said panellists at the 4,500-strong Brewers of Europe’s annual Beer Serves Europe gala highlighting a sector that supports 2 million jobs. Whilst the EU sets a level playing field and the reduced […]
Vinocopia Wines is using this week’s Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America conference (WSWA 2013) as the launch-point for its new wine barrel system. The Vinocopia Barrel offers significant improvements over alternatives in that it uses replaceable and recyclable 4 liter plastic inserts to hold its wines in beautifully authentic, handcrafted, reclaimed-oak barrels. This works […]
Morinda executives surprised an audience of more than 3,700 international independent sales consultants last week, at the company’s annual International Leadership Conference, with an on stage appearance by actress Brooke Shields . Shields attended the meeting to launch Morinda’s international TruAge campaign that focuses on the importance of knowing your body’s “true age” in order […]
Nutrition and the Biology of Human Ageing: Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland Over 150 scientists and healthcare professionals met at the Nestlé Research Center on 18-19 October 2012 for the 9th Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium. This year’s symposium put the spotlight on human ageing. More people are living longer than ever before. The WHO reports […]