UFI delivers educational sessions and talks online

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic that is keeping exhibition industry professionals apart, UFI – the global association for the exhibition industry – has launched “UFI connects”, a series of online sessions.

Organised by the UFI team and the UFI community, “UFI connects” will provide a schedule of regular talks, panels, and webinar sessions streamed globally. The programme will also feature selected sessions from previous UFI event that are normally only available to members of the association.

As regular events cannot take place as usual, UFI connects is how the association will continue to deliver

Access to all sessions will be free of charge for industry professionals.

The first sessions focused on the impact the Covid-19 pandemic is having on the exhibitions and events industry in various regions around the world.

For example, the Focus on Asia session included updates and insights from Aloysius Arlando (SingEx Holdings, Singapore), Michael Duck (Informa Exhibitions Asia, HongKong), Anbu Varathan (BIEC, Bangalore), and Michael Kruppe (SNIEC, Shanghai), moderated by Mark Cochrane (UFI Regional Manager Asia/Pacific).

The hub for this evolving programming is a designated area on the UFI website at www.ufi.org/uficonnects. Schedules and programme announcements will be posted there. Exhibition industry professionals will also have the opportunity to re-watch previous episodes and programmes from there.

“As our industry’s global association, we are working to support our members and the industry at large through this unique time. The recovery of the world’s economies will rely on our companies, our skills. We will need to build and run the market places and the meeting places for industries and experts to come together again. UFI connects is a way to stay connected, to get through this pandemic, and to be ready for the time afterwards“, said Mary Larkin, UFI President, in a statement.