Cvent Connect 2023 | Cvent | 24 July 2023 | Caesars Forum, 3911 S Koval Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA

Experience the technology, learn best practices, and meet with industry professionals to fuel your business and chart your path forward.

• Reunite the industry
Reconnect with your network of industry peers that leverage technology in innovative ways.
• See tech trends
Find your perfect mix of tech and push the limits of your event programs.
• Access top content
Invest in your continued education and take your career and programs to new heights.
• Hear industry leaders
Learn from an expert line-up as they discuss strategies that push events to new boundaries.

2023 Speakers

FEATURED KEYNOTES:

Deanna Marsigliese
Art Director, Pixar Animation Studios

Jennifer Hyman
Co-founder and CEO, Rent the Runway

Hannah Beachler
Academy Award-winning Production Designer for Black Panther, Kill Switch, Lemonade, and more

Reggie Aggarwal
CEO and Founder, Cvent

SPEAKERS:

Aaron Robinson
Senior Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Aditya Thawardas
Product Manager, Onsite Solutions, Cvent

Abby Fogarty
Senior Consultant, Cvent Consulting, Cvent

Adrea Hill
Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Alexa Deucher
Principal Product Manager, Cvent

Alex Rolfe
Vice President of Sales, Event Solutions, Cvent

Alex Platia
Director, Product Marketing, Cvent

Alyssa Peltier
Director, Market Strategy & Insights, Cvent

Amanda Sidrak
Cvent, Senior Client Success Advisor

Amanda Guido
Senior Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Andrew DePaul
Sr. Vice President of Marketing, CAIS

Anil Punyapu
Senior Vice President of Sales, Enterprise Solutions, Cvent

Ariana Reed
Director, Global Strategic Partnerships - Meetings & Events, American Express Global Business Travel

Arthur Castillo
Head of Dark Social & Evangelism, Chili Piper

Bella Marino
Product Lead, Cvent

Bethany Ferraro
Senior Client Success Advisor, Cvent

Beth Vriesen
Events Registration Administrator, Affinity & Events, Associated Bank Corporation

Bharet Malhotra
Senior Vice President, Sales, Cvent

Brad Gillespie
Vice President, Cvent Consulting, Cvent

Brian Ludwig
Senior Vice President, Sales, Cvent

Bridget Wagner
Principal Consultant, Meetings & Incentives Worldwide

Candace Banning
Sales Operations & Intelligence, CoralTree Hospitality

Carisa Bartelt
Team Lead, Product Marketing, Cvent

Cass Taylor
Founder & Principal Brand Strategist, Adobe

Caty Black
Lead Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Christine D'Arcy
Cvent Administrator, Office of Orientation Programs, University of Southern California

Chris White
Director, Sales & Marketing, Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

CJ Lecky
Vice President of Sales, Graduate Hotels

Clare Cunningham
Senior Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Conrad Mills
Principal Analyst, Forrester

Covell Adams
Chief Operating Officer, Structured Finance Association

Daniel Himes
Manager, Product Marketing, Cvent

Daniel Godin
Manager, Technical Consulting, Cvent

Dave Holmes
Vice President, Virtual Payments & Central Bill Products, American Express

David Kliman
Owner & Co-Founder, Kliman Group & ELX

David Blansfield
Executive Vice President and Group Publisher, Northstar Travel Group

Deborah Thomas
Principal Client Success Manager, Enterprise Solutions, Cvent

Donna Gambale
Vice President, Corporate Events, Neuberger Berman

Drina Lancaster
Director, DC Operations & DEI Committee Co-Chair, Rockefeller Foundation

Eileen Miller
Vendor Relationship Manager, Kimley-Horn

Elizabeth Powell
Manager, Solutions Marketing, Cvent

Emily Dick
Director, Demand Generation, Cvent

Emily Noack
Cvent, Senior Client Success Advisor

Emily Butler
Team Lead, Learning and Development, Cvent

Emily Gravolet
Director, Client Services, Cvent

Erica Kennedy
Senior Client Success Manager, Cvent

Erick Harrell
Regional Strategic Sales Director, Hospitality Cloud, Cvent

Eric Press
Readiness Training Program Lead, Cvent

Eric Dominguez
Vice President, Facilities, Engineering & Sustainable Operations, Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

Erik Pineda
Assistant Team Lead, Partner Training, Cvent

Erin Germany
Senior Event Manager, Capital One

Felicia Asiedu
Senior Marketing Manager, Cvent

Gregory Johnson
Senior Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Hallie Loeb
CDW, Event Operations Specialist

Hanna Loucas
Senior Product Manager, Cvent

Heidi Stevenson
Regional Director, Sales, Prestige

Henry Ortega
Office Manager, United Federation of Teachers

James Rose
Sr. Web Developer and Platform/Product Manager, The University of Michigan

James Linton
Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Janine Alsalam
Vice President of Sales, Cvent

Jason Dunn
Executive Director, NCBMP

Jennifer Bialek
Senior Manager, Sponsorships, Cvent

Jen Gorski
Principal Client Success Manager, Cvent

Jillian Madsen
Manager, Business Systems, AbbVie

Jim Abramson
Vice President of Product Management, Cvent

Joanna Munjack
Director of Events, CAIS

Joe Skiados
Senior Director of Sales, Professional Services, Cvent

Joey Rodriguez
Manager of Event Planning Services, Meeting Tomorrow, Meeting Tomorrow

John Donnelly
Medtronic

Jordan Clark
Sr. Manager, Event Program Design, Cvent

Josh Davis
Principal Product Manager, Cvent

Julia Hoyle
Event Support, Southeastern Employment and Training Association

Julide Tyrrell
Senior Director of Sales, Cvent

Julie Schnidman
Vice President, Alliances, American Marketing Association

Julie Haddix
Senior Director, Solutions & Customer Marketing, Cvent

Kali Sanchez
Manager, Solutions Consultants, Cvent

Kamlesh Lalwani
Vice President, Engineering, Cvent

Karri Scheffers
Marketing Event Coordinator, Lely

Katherine Petersen
Senior Manager, SMM Operations, Boston Scientific

Katie Ankrum
Vendor Management Coordinator, Kimley-Horn

Katie Ray
Head of Community, Metadata

Kelli Kopec
Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Cvent

Kelly Wentworth
Lead Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Kerry Plowman
Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Cvent

Kevin Fliess
Chief Marketing Officer, Global Business Travel Association

Kristal Moore Clemons
National Director, CDF Freedom Schools, Children's Defense Fund

Kristina Nichols
Senior Sales Executive, Venue Sourcing, Cvent

Lashkar Kashif
Senior Director, Head of Machine Learning, Cvent

Lauren Goff
Principal Meeting & Event Sourcing Optimization Specialist, Medtronic

Lauren Turner
Senior Manager, Partner Enablement, Cvent

Lauren Nickles
Client Success Advisor, Cvent

Linda McNairy
Global Vice President - Strategic Meetings & Travel for Meetings (T4M), American Express Global Business Travel

Lindsay Miller
Meeting Operations Manager, NHS Global Events

Lisa Tomlinson Starr
Director, Office of Orientation Programs, University of Southern California

Lynn Arnett
Senior Client Success Manager, Cvent

Marcia Altman
Lead Client Success Advisor, Cvent

Marian Hrab
Director of Sales & Marketing, Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Baltimore

Marshall Jones
Vice President, Regional Sales, Prestige

Matt Concannon
Associate Vice President of Operations, HelmsBriscoe

McNeel Keenan
Vice President, Product Management, Cvent

Megan Clark
Assistant Team Lead, Online Community Marketing, Cvent

Melinda Burdette
Senior Director, Events, Meeting Professionals International

Michael Goldenberg, MS, ATC, CES
Cvent Coordinator, Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association

Michael Pellechia
Senior Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Michelle Furnas
Client Success Manager, Cvent

Mike Dietrich
Vice President, Product Marketing, Cvent

Mike Tenholder
Senior Director, Alliance Partnerships, Cvent

Mischelle Peterson
Sr. Strategic Account and Operations Manager - Meetings & Events, American Express Global Business Travel

Morgan Leigh
Senior Solutions Consultant, Cvent

Myah Toubin
Senior Client Success Advisor, Cvent

Myllisa Patterson
Vice President, Demand Generation, Marketing, Cvent

Nathan Chin
Senior Manager, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cvent

Nathan Chua
Senior Manager of Sales, Cvent

Nick Parrish
Director, Community and Conference Affairs, Start Early

Olivia Pelzer
Cvent, Senior Client Success Manager

Patrick Smith
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Cvent

Paulina Giusti
Senior Manager, Meetings & Events, Cvent

Rachel Andrews
Senior Director, Meetings & Events, Cvent

Rae Hawkins
Sr. Manager, Conference & Events, TD SYNNEX

Rose Strickland
Vice President, Events, Neuberger Berman

Ryan Costa
Product Lead, Integrations, Cvent

Sam Kopciak
Solutions Consultant, Event Solutions, Cvent

Sarah Vilnit
Event Technology Consultant, Harvard Business School

Sarah Braswell
Senior Manager, Learning & Development, Cvent

Scott Lockey
Senior Director of Sales, Third Party Partnerships, Cvent

Sean Ducey
Director of Summer Programs & Conferences, University of Portland

Sharon Collins
Director, Conferences & Management Services, Georgia Municipal Association

Sheila Crespy
Senior Solutions Consultant, Enterprise Solutions, Cvent

Shiloh Frauen
Principal Product Manager, Cvent

Soo Teal
Training and Implementation Specialist, The University of Texas at Austin

Stacey Sacco
Content Writer, Marketing, Cvent

Stacey Sheppard
Senior Manager, Industry Marketing, Cvent

Stacy Iffrig
Director, Meeting & Travel Services, Mastercard

Stephanie Sweetland
Director, Marketing Technology & Automation, Cvent

Stephen Smith
Director, Sales Engineering, Cvent

Susan Nye
Solutions Marketing, Cvent

Swati Khandelwal
Director of Product Management, Cvent

Tariq Berry
Lead Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Therese Jardine
CEO, Strategic Event Procurement

Tony Ensalaco
Manager, Client Success, Cvent

Tori Martinez
Direct Travel, Event Technology Specialist

Toronda Webb
Event Planning and Support, Southeastern Employment and Training Association

Wes Lewis
Senior Manager, Web Marketing, Cvent

Zoe Guetig
Team Lead, Learning & Development, Cvent

Virgil Napier
Director of Sales and Marketing, Kimpton Seafire Resort and Spa

Brittany Bolton-Scott
Senior Account Manager, Hospitality Cloud, Cvent

Chrissy Prince
Senior Meeting Planner, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

Stacey Fontenot
Senior Vice President, Marketing, Cvent

Tracy Judge
Founder & CEO, Soundings

Reina Herschdorfer
Director of Marketing and Public Relations, National Meetings and Events, Caesars Entertainment Meetings and Events

Michele Hughes
Vice President-Housing Services, Apex Events

Sonny Maeng
Learning & Development Specialist, Cvent

Leslie Andrews
Director of Global Travel Category, JLL

Joseph Seymour
President, Southeastern Employment and Training Association

Anushka Bahl
Senior Solutions Specialist, Cvent

Sean Tomlian
Senior Solutions Lead, Cvent

Brian Lam
Lead Solutions Specialist, Cvent

Makeez Sadozai
Solutions Specialist, Cvent

Kylie Ott
Senior Client Success Advisor, Cvent

Natalie Coppola
Client Success Advisor, Cvent

Ajith Krishnankutty
Vice President Marketing at Capital Group, Capital Group

Amy Rixmann, MBA
Director, Global Business Development, CWT Meetings & Events

Maura Evanovich
Senior Event Coordinator, Meeting Management & Event Strategy, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Veronica Seaman
Director, Event and Conference Management, MassMutual

Whitney Sommers
Website Content Manager, Augeo

Will Hannon
Senior Product Manager, Cvent

Jenny Oliva
Sr. Systems and Tools Specialist, Boston Scientific

Liz Whittaker
VP, Creative Services, Encore

Jenna Maxfield
Senior Solutions Consultant, Enterprise Solutions, Cvent

Rikki Amedick
Event Technology Manager, HPN Global

Dan Meierkort
Client Success Manager

Donna Patrick
Global Program Manager, Meetings & Events Category COE, Abbott

Phil Hodes
Director, Indirect Sourcing & Operations, Merck

Reggie Aggarwal
CEO & Founder, Cvent

Chuck Ghoorah
President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing and Co-founder, Cvent

Mark Jeffries
Conference Emcee

David Quattrone
Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder, Cvent

Jillian Sullivan
Head of Global Events, Bank of America

Chris Blaudschun
Director of Product Management, Cvent

Dan Grossman
Director of Accounts, Event Solutions, Cvent

Lori Allen
Vice President, Global Event Operations, Metlife

Jennnifer Hyman
Co-founder and CEO, Rent the Runway

Deanna Marsigliese
Pixar Animation Studios, Art Director

Hannah Beachler
Academy Award-winning Production Designer

Stephen Cutchins
Senior Product Manager, Cvent

Kevin Carr
Vice President of Sales, Hospitality Cloud, Cvent

George Hsu
Product Manager, Cvent

Neil Quinn
Director, Product Management, Cvent

Brett Fitzgerald
Vice President, Product Management, Cvent

Jackie McDonough
Director, Product Management, Cvent

Jason Misener
Director, Product Management, Cvent

Alexandra Smiley
Senior Product Manager, Cvent

Michael Bowman
Senior Product Manager, Attendee Hub, Cvent

Kelli Sippola
Product Lead, Technology, Cvent

Tony Marcelli
Director of Product Management, Technology, Cvent

Martin Chan
Senior Product Manager, Technology, Cvent

Sam Freed
Princupal Product Manager, Technology

Sohil Adyanthaya
Assistant Team Lead, Product Marketing, Cvent

Lisa Messina
Chief Sales Officer, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

Rebecca DeLuca
Vice President of Destination Sales, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

Sam Joffray
President & CEO, Las Vegas Super Bowl Host Committee

Kinzey Fabrizio
Sr. Vice President of CES & Membership, Consumer Technology Association

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Snackmagic
• California Visit

GOLD:
• American Express
• Broadway Plus
• Cultivate
• LasVegas
• Oonyx
• Pc/nametag
• The Escape Game

SILVER:
• American Express
• Chuck Fazios
• Citi
• Delta
• FitCity
• GNP
• Incharged
• Lumetry Media
• Meeting Tomorrow
• Drvn
• Paintillio
• Implecho
• 3playmedia