NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex, a leading information services company, bet on Super Bowl LVI with industry tailored game day content created specifically for its audiences in bar & restaurant, pharma, wireless, live design and event planning.

“Die-hard football fans watch the game for the sport. Others watch it for the halftime shows headline acts, many watch it to see the million dollar commercials and others watch it for the game day snacks. The Super Bowl has something for everyone,” said Paul Miller, CEO, Questex. “Our business lives in the experience economy. With a deep understanding of each of the industries we serve, our content delivered our audiences with the information they needed for the ultimate Super Bowl experience.”

Questex’s Super Bowl LVI coverage:

Bar & Restaurant, the bar, nightlife and restaurant business authority, interviewed Chef Brian Duffy, Culinary Director for the Bar & Restaurant Expo’s Food & Beverage Innovation Center (FBIC) for tasty game day recipes. Read the story here.
Fierce Pharma, which covers the pharma waterfront, from late-stage drug development through the entire lifecycle, wrote about Hologic’s commercial spot with Mary J. Blige. Read the story here.
Fierce Wireless, the wireless industry’s daily monitor, featured how telecommunications brands – AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon – promote their services at the Super Bowl. Read the stories: AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon go big for Super Bowl LVI | Verizon brings ‘Cable Guy’ to Super Bowl party

Live Design, a creative and technical resource for live entertainment professionals, created a series of articles about the halftime show from the set design to the lights. The stories can be found here.
XLIVE creates news, analysis, and community for the live event industry, to help planners, producers and venues digitally transform their experiences. XLIVE covered how commercials are signaling a new phase in fan experience. Read the story here.

In 2021, Live Design won a FOLIO: Eddie award in the Series of Articles, B2B Technology category for its coverage of the Super Bowl LV Halftime Show 2021.  

To learn more about Questex, visit questex.com.

About Questex 
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here. 

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Kate Spellman
Chief Marketing Officer
Questex
kspellman@questex.com
212 895 8488‬

NEW YORK, Feb. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex, a leading information services company, is celebrating its success in multi-channel crisis communications through the integration of virtual events. Questex won a Notified Award in the “Excellence in Crisis Communications” category for producing Arizona State University’s REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit. REMOTE is a first of its kind, free virtual event created to help higher education faculty and administrators design effective and engaging online and blended learning experiences. The Notified awards celebrate excellence in events, investor relations and public relations.

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“The pandemic created complicated new realities for educators across the globe that are everlasting, forcing universities to confront long-standing challenges in higher education from blended learning and skyrocketing tuition costs to fewer international students and perceptions of elitism,” said David Levin Entrepreneur in Residence, Arizona State University, whose vision created the REMOTE franchise. “Arizona State University began REMOTE as a response to COVID-19 to equip faculty with proven tools and tips of remote and hybrid teaching.”

The event now in its third year will be held on June 8-9, 2022, and in the first two iterations hosted more than 38,000 attendees live and another 4,000 on-demand. Attendees were made up of higher education professors, instructors, lecturers, teaching professionals, instructional designers, provosts, deans, department chairs, university presidents and administrators from more than 150 universities and institutions across the world.

Questex and ASU implemented a multi-channel communications strategy by building an advisory board of higher education decision makers, a partner network of industry sponsorships, expansive recruitment of educational practitioners, and enablement for a broad community of remote learning specialists to speak, promote and share socially and globally about the REMOTE event.

“It’s been nearly two years since the pandemic began and we entered an era of extremely challenging communications. REMOTE demonstrated our ability to deliver for our clients in a time of crises, quickly shaping solutions from concept to completion, with extraordinary results. Questex has excelled in blending transparency, information and genuine care delivering information virtually to its audiences,” said Kate Spellman, Chief Marketing Officer, Questex. “We are delighted to have been recognized by Notified. Winning this award along with other well-known companies such as KPMG LLC, Merck, Tyson Foods, OTC Markets, Nokia, Amazon and Bloomberg demonstrates that our strategy is strong and that we offer powerful virtual solutions.”

With a custom virtual event space design, which replicates the look and feel of the university’s campus. The REMOTE event offered practical information including:

Keynote presentations from Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University, Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, President, UMBC and Kristina M. Johnson, PhD, President, Ohio State University
126 diverse speakers from Arizona State University, Georgia State University, Metropolitan Community College, Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon University, Georgetown University and more 

84 sessions featured in multiple virtual theaters across seven concurrent tracks focused on disciplines, best practices and policy allowing attendees to learn and interact through live Q&A’s
A variety of formats including executive interviews, interactive demos, audience-driven “ask the experts” sessions, educational presentations and more
Live networking chats where attendees could network and connect with others and share in “free-form” and moderated conversations, through ten different, custom designed themed networking Lounges based on types of disciplines and common topics.
Spanish translations of live chats, live captions and full session transcripts in English and Spanish were available for attendees across the event
A Wall of Experts, where attendees could view expert profiles from featured speakers.
An Exhibit Hall with over 25 sponsors which included Cisco, Microsoft, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Pearson, McGraw Hill and others and a Resource Center with comprehensive, downloadable resources and videos for immediate or on-the-go viewing

Notified’s 3-D virtual environment provides Questex with a stable platform for a large number of attendees and allows the company to run multiple content tracks, both live and recorded at the same time. In addition to REMOTE, in 2021, Questex delivered 59 virtual events, five hybrid events and 263 webinars to its audiences in Hospitality, Wellness, Travel, Life Science, Healthcare and Technology, Media & Telecommunications.

To learn more about Questex, visit questex.com.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contact
Kate Spellman
Chief Marketing Officer
Questex
kspellman@questex.com
212 895 8488‬

The Only Event to Showcase the Building Blocks of IoT through Co-Located Events, Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference, Autonomous Technologies Conference and Medical Technologies Design Conference

NEW YORK, Feb. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Sensors Converge, where design innovation meets tech innovation, today opens registration for the 37th annual event that will take place June 27-29th in San Jose, California at the McEnery Convention Center. Sensors Converge is the only in-person event covering the biggest design engineering trends and the only event where the building blocks of IoT converge – sensors, processing, and connectivity. Register here.

The event will offer a three-day educational experience comprised of technical sessions and tutorials conducted by subject matter experts and speakers with real-world, practical experience. Featuring engineers sharing real stories and technology applications, the program will cover tracks including: 5G, Aerospace Tech, AgTech, Energy Harvesting & Power Management, Industrial & Environmental Sensing, Intelligent Sensing (MEMS, Smart Sensors, AI/ML, Sensor Fusion), Interoperability & Standards, IoT & Wireless, Instrumentation, Smart Buildings & Cities, and Test & Measurement.

In addition, more than 200 exhibitors will participate at Sensors Converge including ams OSRAM, Analog Devices, Bosch Sensortec, Digi-Key Electronics, Fujitsu Components America, Inc., Hamamatsu, Harwin, Microchip Technology, Inc., Mouser Electronics, Parker LORD Microstrain, PowerFilm, Renishaw, Rohde & Schwarz, Schott North America, Sensirion, STMicroelectronics, TDK Corporation, and more.

Sensors Converge will be co-located with three events:

The Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference focuses on the development of embedded systems and the building blocks of IoT. The event will take place June 27-29 offering a three-day program as well as more than 65 exhibitors on a shared Expo Floor with Sensors Converge.
The Autonomous Technologies Conference is focused on the next generation of technology in autonomous vehicles. The event takes place June 27-28 and will bring an AutoTech Zone to the Sensors Converge Expo Floor.
The Medical Technologies Design Conference is a one-day conference program that drives tech development and fosters design innovation in medical and healthcare applications. The program will take place on June 28 and will bring a MedTech Zone to the Sensors Converge Expo Floor.

Charlene Soucy, Senior Director, Electronics, Sensors Converge said, “It was exhilarating to be back in person in 2021 and we are looking forward to bringing the entire community together again in June to learn about the new trends and technologies in the industry. Now with three co-located events we will truly offer attendees a glimpse of the future as we feature the building blocks of IoT converge – sensors, processing, and connectivity.”

Here’s what Sensors Converge participants had to say about the event:

“This is the place to learn all about sensor technology and this is a place where you’re going to learn all about the trends and how sensors are evolving and becoming more and more powerful every day,” said Will Tu, Senior Director Automotive Business Unit, Xilinx.

“I’m excited to be at Sensors Converge to share real stories on how sensors have impacted people’s lives for the better to help them reverse chronic disease,” said David DiPaola, Founder and CEO, Sensibly.

“I was looking for sensors for healthcare and I found some very good insights in the talks and demos,” said Sahil Choudhary, Senior Director – Product, FitTrack.

“The most important reason in exhibiting is to be a part of the community. There was never a question that we wouldn’t be a part of Sensors Converge,” said Kurt Hochrein, Director – Sales & Marketing, Dexter Research Center.

Register to attend Sensors Converge here. The All-Access Pass provides attendees with complete event coverage and access to all the co-located events. Single event passes are also available.

For exhibit or sponsorship opportunities, contact the Sensors team here.

Press registration will be available soon.

To learn more about Sensors Converge, visit www.sensorsconverge.com. Stay connected with Sensors Converge on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter with hashtag #SensorsConverge.

About Sensors Converge
Sensors Converge, formally known as Sensors Expo & Conference, got its start 37 years ago bringing together the design engineering community to network, share ideas, and define the future roadmap for the sensors industry. Sensors Converge is part of the Fierce Technology Group, a division of Questex, which also produces the Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference, Autonomous Technologies Conference, Medical Technologies Design Conference, Best of Sensors Awards, Fierce Electronics, Fierce Sensors, Fierce AutoTech, and Fierce EmbeddedTech, as well as daily content and newsletters on Fierce Electronics at www.fierceelectronics.com.

About Questex 
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here. 

Media Contact
Ashley Secondini
Senior Marketing Manager
T: 617 219 8358 
E: asecondini@questex.com