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Photo: Marko Delbello Ocepek

The 9th edition of the festival for events and creative minds in New Europe, Conventa Crossover, will once more connect industry professionals in Ljubljana between 9 and 10 September 2024. This year’s event will revolve around changing generic events into holistic experiences. Moderated by Juraj Holub, the event will host a slew of international experts and star speakers.

The organisers have issued the official event programme for the 2024 edition. Starting on Sunday, 8 August 2024, participants can look forward to an experience day, where they can choose among three distinct experiences around Ljubljana. The first will transform them into birdwatchers for a day, another will take them on a venture into Ljubljana’s architectural underbelly, and the last will make them consider why they didn’t open their own handicraft workshop earlier.

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AUTHENTICITY VS AITHENTICITY 

On 9 August 2024, the day will be dedicated to the live pitching of finalists of the Conventa Best Event Award 2024. Throughout the day, finalists in all categories will present their projects and strive to convince the expert jury. The jury will host a closed meeting to decide the winners.

The last day of the event is dedicated to sharing experiences and know-how. Juraj Holub will invite expert speakers on stage to share their past failures and milestones. The first two speakers will be Genevieve Leclerc from MEET4IMPACT.global, who will discuss how to measure event impact and legacy and the bearded icon of Denmark, Claus Raasted from The College of Extraordinary Experiences, discussing why we need to talk about authentic-ish.

Before lunch, attendees will listen to past winners of the world’s most prestigious event awards. The stage will be shared by Bartel Van Iseghem from Meet Marcel, Gergely Koge Koros from Universum 8, Christian Pohlmann from fischerAppelt, live marketing, and Inese Lukaševska from Luka event agency. Later, Djordje Jovanović from Xiaomi will talk about AI, followed by Tomaž Valjavec from Microsoft. They will delve into AI’s role in crafting authentic experiences.

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Photo: Marko Delbello Ocepek

Finishing the educational part of the event, Jan Oršič and Gorazd Čad will host Ian Bitran, the Executive Director of ISPIM – The International Society for Professional Innovation Management and Angeles Moreno from Aim Group International. The closing act of the festival will be the Conventa Best Event Award gala ceremony at Ljubljana Castle.

The mission of Conventa Crossover

In a time of overproduction, Conventa Crossover will provide a space for discussing the impact of AI on event productions to help participants find a balance between technology and authenticity. In 2024, attendees will be on the lookout for events that continue to be safe havens of authentic human interaction.


Find out more about the Conventa Crossover festival here.

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