Exciting Keynotes & Panels, 200+ Exhibitors Including Major Suppliers, and Top Attendee Companies All Making for a Can’t Miss Event Experience in San Jose, California

NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Sensors Converge 2022, where design innovation meets tech innovation, takes place June 27-29 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. The event will bring together the design engineering community to network, share ideas, and define the future roadmap for the sensors and electronics industry.

“A lot of advancements have happened in the last year and we’re excited to be providing the place where our community can gather to collaborate, learn, and be inspired,” said Charlene Soucy, Senior Director, Technology – Sensors & Electronics. “From our celebrity keynotes to the presence of all the major suppliers on the Expo Floor, to the record signup of top VIP attendee companies, this is an event that should not be missed.”

The Expo Hall will showcase nearly 230 exhibitors demonstrating “hot” and cutting-edge technologies and applications across 60 categories including: IoT, Wireless, Automation, Automotive, Medical, Pressure, Position, and Wearables. Major industry suppliers will have their latest tech on display including Microchip Technology Inc., Avnet, Infineon Technologies, Analog Devices, STMicroelectronics, TDK Corporation, Sensirion, Allegro MicroSystems, Digi-Key Electronics, Mouser, Synaptics, Murata, Melexis, onsemi, and more. Additionally, the Expo Hall will be home to over 40 of new exhibitors.

The Conference Program offers a dynamic educational experience comprised of technical sessions and tutorials conducted by over 100 speakers, including keynotes from Adrian Grenier, Actor, and Environmentalist, Dr. Kate Darling, leading expert in Robot Ethics and MIT Media Lab Research Specialist and an exciting Keynote Panel “Ripple Effect: Unlocking New Applications and Innovations for Radar through Industry Standardization” with technology leaders from Ford, Google, Blumio, Infineon, and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®.

Event Features & Highlights:

Women in Sensors & Electronics will deliver a keynote from Sheryl Ehrman, Don Beall Dean of the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering at San Jose State University and a Panel Discussion on Women in Sensors & Electronic Engineering: Leading the Tech Revolution will feature speakers from Peloton Interactive, N5 Sensors, Linux Foundation, Blumio, and T-Mobile. https://sched.co/v2vA

Interactive demos:

Hexagon and Murata are partnering to bring a live demo of an autonomous car with fully reliable, robust, and resilient sensor technologies. Attendees will have the opportunity to experience safe and reliable positioning for autonomy in real-time that can be extended to a variety of applications, including V2X, ADAS, and level 3-5 autonomous systems.

Murata will also host live demonstrations of the new 60 GHz radar module for in-cabin detection. The module is based on the TI’s AWR6843 automotive radar sensor and provides occupant detection, localization, and classification which will allow vehicle designers to meet the new requirements for Child Presence Detection and airbag deployment.

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology) will be hosting a series of demos and challenges with their students and team leaders. With a theme of transportation, teams were challenged to look at the future of transportation and the movement of goods. The robots at the conference are examples of how each of the different programs met the specific challenge of their programs. Attendees will be able to see and talk to teams about their approach the challenges using different sensors for both movement and vision.

Live Trainings & Workshops 
Sessions in the Live Theater & Workshop Zone across two days will feature vendor demos and product sessions
Avnet will present two hands-on workshops: Prototyping Secure Sensor Applications Using Click Boards and the Azure Sphere Starter Kit and Enhancing an Embedded Sensor Application with a Custom Voice Command Interface
Trusted Computing Group will present a workshop on Cyber Resilience for IoT – Bouncing Back from Attacks
IAR Systems will be presenting on Optimizing Deep Learning AI/ML Models for Resource Constrained Embedded Systems
PowerFilm Solar will be presenting on Perpetual Power For Sensors and IoT Edge Devices Using Solar
Microchip will host two hands-on workshops on Developing IoT Cellular Applications With Arduino® and Interfacing low power / low voltage sensors to the AVR®128DB48 Microcontroller (Presented by Microchip)
Finite State will present on Enabling the Business Starts with Security: Six Steps to Secure Connected Device Automation

The Career Connection is the central meeting spot for attendees to create relationships with potential employers and exhibitors to advance their career.

Tech Zones: MEMS & Emerging Tech Zone, Embedded Tech Zone, IoT & Wireless Zone and the Auto Zone.

Converge Main Stage will be buzzing both days with partner keynotes, attendee giveaways, and startup activities, including a Startup Pitchfire, and Startup Reviews presented by the Autotech Council and Cleantech Council.

Awards ceremonies and giveaways, including Best of Sensors, Infineon Awards Announcement, and Avnet Summer of Sensors presentation, as well as giveaways throughout the event for Meta headsets, dev kits, and more.

Networking opportunities will take place each day from the VIP & Opening Reception to the Expo Floor Reception to Converge Park, as well as an interactive mobile app to enhance the attendee experience

Sensors Converge will be co-located with Embedded Technologies Conference & Expo, Autonomous Technologies Conference, and Metaverse Global Congress.

Sensors Converge offers several registration options, including the All-Access Pass, which provides access to the entire event, Conference passes to Sensors and co-located events, and the Expo Hall Pass, which offers access to the Expo Hall. Advance registration rates are available. For more information, visit: https://www.sensorsconverge.com/sensorsconvergecom/register. For exhibit or sponsorship opportunities, click here.

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

About Sensors Converge
Sensors Converge (www.sensorsconverge.com), formerly 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, 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
Sonal Patel
Sensors Converge
[email protected]

Hotec Buyer Sentiment Assessment finds now is the time to collectively rethink and rebuild the guest experience

NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — After a three-year hiatus, Questex’s Hotec Operations reunited domestic hospitality buyers and suppliers. In response to market conditions and the ever-changing nature of procurement budgets, Questex merged its two U.S. procurement events, Hotec Operations and Hotec Design, into one overarching hosted buyer event, Hotec North America. With travel demand back on the rise and budgets now seeing a healthy readjustment, hospitality buyers must find new valued partners to alleviate supply chain issues and get their projects back on track quickly. The return of Hotec Operations comes at the right time to facilitate this as the industry recovers and prepares for impending growth.

Hotec Operations, which took place at The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota from June 12th to the 15th, provided the ideal backdrop for solidifying new relationships in a luxurious setting built for relaxed networking, one-to-one meetings, and exceptional education.

The event kicked off with an inspirational keynote, Roar into the Second Half of Your Life, presented by Michael Clinton, Former President & Publishing Director, Hearst Magazines. The mission behind all Hotec events is to empower attendees to not just follow the trendlines, but to define them. According to Clinton, the next big social movement to affect everyone is the “New Longevity.” As people live longer, they are redefining life over 50 and are demanding more excitement and Clinton inspired attendees to keep this in mind as they reimagine the future of hospitality.

Over the course of three days, Hotec Operations brought together 100 attending companies, split evenly between buyers and suppliers, generating nearly 1,000 face-to-face meetings.

Amy Vaxman, Vice President, Questex Hospitality Group, says, “As we continue to recover as an industry and welcome an uptick in both budgets and projects, I am so excited to bring this vibrant community together for face-to-face meetings. In our inaugural Hotec Buyer Sentiment Assessment, we found that 85% of buyers surveyed saw budgets increase or stay the same in the first half of this year and 78% of buyers are predicting an increase in projects over the next six months. Now is the time to collectively rethink and rebuild the guest experience and that starts at Hotec.”

Back by popular demand was the STR Keynote, presented by Shawn Grenley, Senior Account Manager, North America, diving into U.S. hotel performance and providing a glossy outlook for the future. Grenley and STR expect a full recovery in the hotel space, from a RevPAR perspective, in 2024.

In addition to providing timely education, Hotec events have become widely known for their immersive networking functions, and this year’s Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville theme was no exception. “Hotec cares so much about supplier and buyers’ relationships. They go above and beyond to make sure lasting connections are made. From the host hotel to the activities presented, Hotec models what excellence looks like. I have established solid relationships with people in this business that are far reaching,” says Kory Davis, Corporate Director of New Builds + Transitions, PM Hotel Group.

Gina McKee, Director of Strategic Sales of Cloudbeds said, “Every time I’ve been to Hotec, I’ve been able to close a deal.”

A recap of the event can be found on www.hotelmanagement.net here.

The 2023 edition of Hotec Operations will be held at The JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa from June 12th to the 15th, 2023.

For those interested in becoming a supplier, please reach out to Mary Malloy, Hotec Global Events Director. For those interested in being considered for a hosted buyer position, please reach out to Maritsa Samonas, Delegate & Buyer Relations Specialist.

To learn more about Hotec Operations visit www.hotecoperations.com.

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter with hashtag #HotecOperations.

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: 
Alexandra Aldridge
Marketing Director, Questex Hospitality Group
212-895-8284
[email protected]

Event is co-located with Sensors Converge and takes place on June 27-28 in San Jose, CA

NEW YORK, June 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Autonomous Technologies Conference, the industry’s premier event for technology in autonomous and automotive applications, today announces it will offer four tracks of learning June 27-28 in San Jose, CA. Co-located with Sensors Converge, the event will offer multiple days of education and technology exploration in the latest areas of automotive and autonomous sensing technologies.

Sessions run across four tracks:

Markets: Forces that are Influencing, Governing and Shaping the Autonomy Market.
Systems Level: Operational Design Domain.
Sensors: Sensors Are the Machine Senses of the Future.
Innovation Drivers/Ecosystem: It Takes an Ecosystem to Make a New Market.

Session highlights include:

The Road to Mass-Market Autonomy: What Sensors Will We Need and Why?
Driving Connectivity for the Autonomous Future
The Art of Open Source Reimagines Intelligent Vehicles
LiDAR: Sensing the World and the Speed of Light
Vibrations – Augmenting the AD Perception Stack

Sessions will be delivered by speakers from onsemi, Blickfeld, Ford Motor Company, Owl Autonomous Imaging, Murata, Cisco, Beep, Inc. Spartan Radar and many more.

The Conference hosts top executives, startups, investors, and engineers from major automotive OEMs, and more to do business, curate partnerships and explore cutting-edge technologies for the future. Through keynotes, in-depth technical sessions, and interactive panels, attendees will discover the industry’s best practices to survive the twists and turns in the road ahead. 

In addition to the Conference, leading suppliers and sponsors will showcase their solutions on the Sensors Converge Expo Floor in the AutoTech Zone. Hexagon and Murata are partnering to bring a live demo of an autonomous car with fully reliable, robust, and resilient sensor technologies to the Expo Floor. Attendees will have the opportunity to experience safe and reliable positioning for autonomy in real-time that can be extended to a variety of applications, including V2X, ADAS, and level 3-5 autonomous systems.

Autonomous Technologies Conference is sponsored by Gold Partners: Cisco, Murata and Texas Instruments, and Silver Partners, Blickfeld and XenomatiX.

Chair Willard Tu, Associate Vice President, Marvell Technology said “The conference provides an opportunity for design engineers and OEMs to learn about the technologies driving the auto industry forward. We’re excited to bring the industry together for continued learning.”

To register for Autonomous Technologies Conference, click here.

Autonomous Technologies Conference is co-located with Sensors Converge, Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference, and Metaverse Global Congress.

For exhibit or sponsorship opportunities, click here.

Stay connected with Autonomous Technologies Conference on LinkedIn.

About Autonomous Technologies Conference
The Autonomous Technologies Conference is the industry’s premier event for technology in autonomous and automotive applications. Through keynotes, in-depth technical sessions, and interactive panels, attendees will discover the industry’s best practices to survive the twists and turns in the road ahead. Autonomous Technologies Conference provides the only opportunity for design engineers and OEMs to learn about the technologies driving the auto industry forward. Autonomous Technologies Conference is co-located with Sensors Converge (www.sensorsconverge.com). Both are part of the Fierce Technology Group, a division of Questex, which also produces the Embedded Technologies Expo & 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
Sonal Patel
Sensors Converge
[email protected]

The call for submissions for the Fierce Pharma Marketing Awards is open through June 16

NEW YORK, June 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Fierce Pharma today announces it is partnering with Health Union, the proven, industry leader driving and amplifying social health, to present the Social Health Awards, formerly the WEGO Health Awards, at the 2022 Fierce Pharma Marketing Awards. The awards program honors leadership, vision, innovation and strategic accomplishments within the pharma marketing and advertising community.

“This year’s Fierce Pharma Marketing Awards represent an excellent, timely opportunity to showcase the meaningful impact of social health on the patient journey, as well as the role the pharma industry can play in supercharging social health,” Health Union co-founder and CEO Olivier Chateau said. “As a result, Health Union is excited to not just partner with the Fierce Pharma Marketing Awards, but also to recognize the winners of our Social Health Awards during the ceremony.”

“Innovations in the pharmaceutical industry are being created at a dizzying pace and our awards program recognizes the creative individuals, teams and companies leading the way,” said Rebecca Willumson, Senior Vice President & Publisher, Fierce Pharma. “We are delighted to be collaborating with Health Union – a leader on social health – to present the Social Health Awards.”

The Fierce Pharma Marketing live awards takes place during the Annual Digital Pharma East Conference, October 18-20 in Philadelphia. The call for submissions is open through June 16. Click here to make a nomination.

The awards program categories include:

Digital Campaign – Non-Social Media
Innovation Challenge
Medical Conference or Event Marketing
Multicultural Campaign
New Brand Launch
Online Video or Film
Pharma TV
Print for Consumer
Professional Marketing
Public Relations Campaign 
Social Media for Consumer 
Website for Consumer

The awards are based on creativity, strategy, audience impact, social good, innovation and effectiveness. The submissions will be reviewed and voted on by a hand selected panel of judges who are some of the most innovative thinkers in pharma marketing and advertising today. The judges will determine which companies beat regulation challenges and produced outstanding work. 

For sponsorship opportunities contact Angelique Alcover at [email protected].

About Health Union
Health Union is the proven, industry leader driving and amplifying social health. As the premier social health company, only Health Union encourages the dynamic, real-time actions people take to find meaningful connections and share information throughout the health journey. The company reaches millions of people through the largest portfolio of condition-specific online health communities (e.g., Migraine.com, MultipleSclerosis.net, LungCancer.net) and health leaders – addressing virtually every condition and providing the information, connection and support they need.

About Fierce Pharma
Biopharma is a fast-growing world where big ideas come along daily. Our readers rely on Fierce Pharma for the latest news, analysis and data on drugs and the companies that make them. Fierce Pharma covers the pharma waterfront, from late-stage drug development through the entire lifecycle—tracking regulatory approvals, payer negotiations, manufacturing, marketing, patent fights, government investigations and regulation, M&A deals and beyond. Our aim is to analyze the day’s news, showing readers not only what they need to know, but why they need to know it. Beyond the daily, the Fierce Pharma team produces special reports that take stock of the industry’s products and finances, and shed new light on industry trends. 

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 
Tracey Harilall
Fierce Pharma
[email protected]

The Largest Embedded and IoT Gathering in North America Takes Place June 27-29 in San Jose, CA

NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference, the largest embedded and IoT gathering in North America, today unveils its Conference Program with three-days of training and workshops over four tracks – Connectivity & Security, Recent Advancements in Embedded Systems, AI & Machine Learning and Edge Computing. Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference delivers a combination of education, networking, and training for the sensors and electronics industry.

Educational sessions include:

Everything you Always Wanted to Know About Hardware Attacks (but were afraid to ask)
Device Lifecycle Management at the Edge
Unlocking ROI of Autonomous Fleets, Robotics and Drones with New Approaches to Flexible Wireless Charging Architecture
Case Study: Personal Air Quality Monitoring using Embedded Artificial Intelligence
And more. View schedule here.

Trainings and workshops include:

Pre-Conference Workshop: Designing RTOS Applications on Microcontrollers Workshop
Prototyping Secure Sensor Applications Using Click Boards and the Azure Sphere Starter Kit
Presented by Avnet – Instructor: Brian Willess, Technical Solutions Engineer
Enhancing an Embedded Sensor Application with a Custom Voice Command Interface
Presented by Avnet – Instructor: Peter Fenn, Director
Cyber Resilience for IoT – Bouncing Back from Attacks
Presented by Trusted Computing Group
Optimizing Deep Learning AI/ML Models for Resource Constrained Embedded Systems
Presented by: IAR Systems
Perpetual Power For Sensors and IoT Edge Devices Using Solar
Presented by PowerFilm Solar
Developing IoT Cellular Applications With Arduino®
Presented by Microchip – Instructor: Johan Lofstad, Senior Application Engineer, IoT Champion
Interfacing low power / low voltage sensors to the AVR®128DB48 Microcontroller
Presented by Microchip – Instructor: Bob Martin, Wizard of Make / Senior Staff Engineer

Attendees can sign up to attend these workshops at registration.

Charlene Soucy, Senior Director, Sensors & Electronics, said, “Our conference supports engineers who develop embedded systems and work with both hardware and software. We have an outstanding selection of training and workshops planned and we look forward to bringing this learning to the industry.”

In addition to premium education opportunities, Embedded Technologies Expo has a co-located exhibit floor with Sensors Converge offering access to over 200 leading suppliers and vendors. To register for Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference, click here.

Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference is co-located with Sensors Converge, Autonomous Technologies Conference, and Metaverse Global Congress.

For exhibit or sponsorship opportunities, click here.

Stay connected with Embedded Conference Expo & Conference on LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference
Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference, the largest embedded and IoT gathering in North America and taking place June 27-29 in San Jose, CA, is designed to support engineers who develop embedded systems and work with both hardware and software. The event focuses on the development of embedded systems and the building blocks of IoT, from designing and coding, to debugging, and testing systems through a blend of hands-on workshops & training, education, exhibits, and third party visionaries. Embedded Technologies Expo & Conference is co-located with Sensors Converge (www.sensorsconverge.com). Both are part of the Fierce Technology Group, a division of Questex, which also produces the Autonomous Technologies 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
Sonal Patel
Sensors Converge
[email protected]

Winners to be Announced at Sensors Converge on June 28, 2022 in San Jose, California

NEW YORK, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Sensors Converge and Fierce Electronics today unveils the 2022 Best of Sensors Awards finalists. The awards program honors the best in sensor technologies and the sensor ecosystem, people and companies. The awards program is part of the Sensors Converge event, which takes place June 27-29 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.

Charlene Soucy, Senior Director, Sensors & Electronics said, “Again this year the innovation in the sensors industry did not disappoint with new, innovative ground-breaking technologies and individuals doing spectacular work. The Best of Sensors Awards was created to recognize the industries best innovations. We congratulate the finalists on their accomplishments and look forward to seeing who the judges select as the best of the best later this month.”

The 2022 Innovative Product of the Year Award finalists:

Amphenol Advanced Sensors Technology Group
ams OSRAM
Analog Devices, Inc.
Applied Brain Research Inc.
Archimedes Controls Corp.
Ascentia Imaging, Inc.
Aspinity, Inc.
Blickfeld GmbH
Canary Medical
Cepton, Inc.
Clearview Sensing Inc.
ColdQuanta
Flex Logix Technologies
Flusso Ltd
Gigajot Technology, Inc.
HIOKI Corporation
Infineon Technologies
iniVation
InPlay Inc.
Instrumems
Kura Technologies
Link Labs
Molex Vehicle Sensing Solutions
Murata
Opterro, Inc.
Owl Autonomous Imaging, Inc.
Powermat Technologies Ltd.
PreAct Technologies
Reality AI
RVmagnetics, a.s.
SAS
Seek Thermal
Sensata Technologies
Servato Corp
Seoul Robotics
Sourceability
Strados Labs
Synaptics Inc.
TOUCH SENSITY
Ubicquia
Velodyne Lidar
XenomatiX

Submissions were judged based on the value to the marketplace, the impact of the problems it solves or issues it addresses and the uniqueness of the design. The judges for the Best of Sensors awards were Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates, Jack Gold, J. Gold Associates, Matt Hamblen, Fierce Electronics, Brian Zahnstecher, PowerRox, Leonard Lee, neXt Curve, and Mary Ann Maher, SoftMEMS.

Winners will be announced on June 28 at Sensors Converge in San Jose, California in the categories of: Aerospace/Space, AI/Machine Learning, Automotive/Autonomous Technologies, Connectivity, Data Acquisition & Analytics, Industrial IoT, Industrial Sensors, Instrumentation & Test, Medical, MEMS, Optical and Cameras, Wearables, Startup of the Year, and Woman of the Year.

Sensors Converge will be co-located with Embedded Technologies Conference & Expo, Autonomous Technologies Conference, and Metaverse Global Congress.

Sensors Converge offers several registration options, including the All-Access Pass, which provides access to the entire event, Conference passes to Sensors and co-located events, and the Expo Hall Pass, which offers access to the Expo Hall. Advance registration rates are available. For more information, visit: https://www.sensorsconverge.com/sensorsconvergecom/register.

For exhibit or sponsorship opportunities, click here.

Stay connected with Sensors Converge on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

About Sensors Converge
Sensors Converge (www.sensorsconverge.com), formerly 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, 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
Sonal Patel
Sensors Converge
[email protected]

Patel to Lead Hotel Operations Events and the Growth of the Portfolio

NEW YORK, June 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex today announces that hospitality and event leader Akshar Patel has joined as Senior Director of Events & Strategy, Hotel Operations. In this newly created position, Patel will be responsible for Questex’s hotel operation events – Hotel ROI and the Hotec portfolio of hosted buyer meetings – and growth of the portfolio through acquisition, partnerships and organic initiatives.

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With nearly 20 years of experience in leadership, event strategy and business operations, Patel joins Questex with a proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale live and virtual events and trade shows. Most recently, Patel was Vice President of Conventions and Events and a member of the Executive Leadership Team with the Asian American Hotel Operators Association (AAHOA), where he managed the world’s largest hospitality convention and trade show, a portfolio of 150+ hospitality events, as well as virtual/hybrid events.

Earlier in his career, Patel managed events for large associations and agencies, as well as InterContinental the Willard Hotel Washington, D.C. and was also an Advisory Board Member for Shepard Exposition Services. Patel is currently an Advisory Board Member for the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, Visit Dallas Customer Advisory Board, Philadelphia CVB Advisory Board and the Events Industry Council APEX Commission.

Patel will report to Amy Vaxman, Vice President/Market Leader for the Hotel Operations market. Vaxman said, “Akshar’s reputation for creative and innovative thinking will be a tremendous asset to our portfolio of events. From his event expertise to his industry connections, we look forward to Akshar driving growth for the Questex portfolio. We welcome Akshar to our team.”

Patel added, “I’m excited to join Questex, which in the hospitality space, has proven to be a successful organization in bringing together hospitality executives and decision makers – advancing innovation, trends, idea-sharing and profitability throughout the world. I look forward to joining a great team of passionate professionals and taking our events strategy and offerings to new heights.”

Reach Patel at [email protected].

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
Amy Vaxman
Vice President/Market Leader
Hotel Operations market
[email protected]        

NEW YORK, June 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex Wellness today announces Elizabeth Fantetti has joined as Partnerships & Events Director. With a wealth of knowledge in the beauty and spa industry, Fantetti will lead the events strategy and expand Questex’s beauty and spa event portfolio including the International Beauty Show (IBS), the International Esthetics, Cosmetics & Spa Conference (IECSC), and Spatec by developing partnerships across the industry and creating new solutions and opportunities to better serve beauty and spa audiences.

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“Elizabeth comes to Questex with a wealth of industry knowledge and relationships that will propel our business to another level,” said Jill Birkett, Vice President, Questex Wellness Group. “We are excited for her to join our team to bring these relationships into our Wellness portfolio as the industry continues to recover from the pandemic and we move forward with our events.”

Fantetti was the Director of Member Engagement for Professional Beauty Association (PBA) for nearly 15 years where she created relationships with manufacturers, distributors, salon/spa owners, licensed professionals, school owners, students and suppliers. Fantetti managed the sales efforts for multiple membership groups, curated a portfolio of multi-channel marketing resources to help members elevate and grow both their careers and their brands, created a Partner Program that exceeded financial goals within its initial launch year and managed the company’s largest data conversion initiative. In addition, Fantetti enhanced PBA’s membership recruitment efforts and dramatically increased member retention rates.

“Questex’s tradeshows and hosted buyer events have terrific reputations in the industry and I am excited to be a part of this team. I look forward to bringing my industry knowledge and commitment to providing memorable customer experiences to building new relationships for IBS, IECSC and Spatec,” added Fantetti.

Reach Fantetti at [email protected].

Upcoming Events
Networking and educational opportunities for spa, beauty and wellness professionals will take place throughout 2022 and 2023:

Spatec North America, June 5-8, 2022 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale, AZ. Visit www.spatecna.com for more information.

IBS and IECSC Las Vegas, June 25-27, 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. Visit https://www.iecsclasvegas.com and www.ibslasvegas.com for more information.

Spatec Europe, September 20-23, 2022 at the Anantara Vilamoura Algarve Resort in Quarteira, Portugal. Visit www.spateceu.com for more information.

IECSC Florida, October 9-10, 2022 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Palm Beach, Florida. Visit iecscflorida.com for more information

IBS and IECSC New York, March 5-7, 2023 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. Visit iecscnewyork.com and ibsnewyork.com for more information.

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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The Keynote Panel “Ripple Effect: Unlocking New Applications and Innovations for Radar through Industry Standardization” will Provide Insights on the Work Towards Developing an Open Radar API Standard

NEW YORK, May 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex and the Fierce Technology Group today announce that technology leaders from Ford, Google, Blumio, Infineon, and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® will join the keynote panel “Ripple Effect: Unlocking New Applications and Innovations for Radar through Industry Standardization” at Sensors Converge 2022. Sensors Converge takes place June 27-29 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Register here.

“We are bringing together industry thought leaders to share their thoughts on some of the most pressing issues in the industry,” said Charlene Soucy, Senior Director, Technology – Sensors & Electronics. “Sensors Converge is the place to be to hear the latest trends, see the cutting-edge technologies and applications and speak with industry leaders and peers.”

Panel participates include:

Nick Colella, Senior Engineering Manager, Digital Cockpit Technologies & AIML Solutions, Ford Motor Company

Brandon Barbello, Senior Product Manager, Research & Machine Intelligence, Google

Catherine Liao, Co-Founder and CEO, Blumio

Raj Khattoi, Sr. Director of Sensor Systems and IoT for Americas, Infineon Technologies

Kerri Haresign, Director, Technology & Standards, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)

Ripple, hosted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, is an open radar API standard to enable hardware/software interoperability and accelerate the growth of applications for general purpose consumer radar. In this panel, technology experts from across the silicon, sensing, automotive, and electronics industries will discuss how they partnered with the Consumer Technology Association to develop this industry standard to help unlock new applications and innovations for radar.

“Radar technology is becoming an essential part our vehicles, homes, jobs, health and so much more. By making interoperability a standard practice for radar software, we are enabling this technology’s next major breakthrough. Fewer barriers to entry and clear standards will fast-track radar innovation,” said Kerri Haresign Director, Technology & Standards, Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

In addition to the keynote panel, Sensors Converge will present keynotes on Technology & Sustainability from actor and environmentalist, Adrian Grenier, and The Future of Human Robot Interaction from Dr. Kate Darling.

The Sensors Converge Conference Program provides top-notch education and training for professionals who design with and integrate sensors, sensor systems, and sensor applications and are shaping the future roadmap of the electronics industry. In addition to the main conference program, Sensors Converge will offer Pre-Conference Symposia providing a deep dive into critical sensors topics and technologies. And on the Sensors Converge Expo Floor over 200 exhibitors will showcase the latest sensing technologies and identify new ways to improve products and expand their capabilities using sensors. Cutting-edge technology areas will also be highlighted in Zones and Theaters on the Expo Floor with an exclusive focus on IoT & Wireless, 5G, Power, MEMS & Emerging Tech, Autonomous, MedTech and Startups.

Sensors will be co-located with Embedded Technologies Conference & Expo, Autonomous Technologies Conference, and Metaverse Global Congress.

Sensors Converge offers several registration options, including the All-Access Pass, which provides access to the entire event, Conference passes to Sensors and co-located events, and the Expo Hall Pass, which offers access to the Expo Hall. Advance registration rates are available. For more information, visit: https://www.sensorsexpo.com/register.

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About Sensors Converge
Sensors Converge (www.sensorsconverge.com), formerly 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, 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.

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Hotel Investors Represented More than $500 Billion in Global Hotel Assets Under Management

NEW YORK,, May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF), the place where the global hotel community joins together as one, took place May 3-5 in Berlin, bringing together over 2,400 forward-thinking professionals, including investors, owners and developers, who represented more than $500 billion in hotel assets under management. The 2022 event was larger than the 2019 event and included 67% more investors and 33% new delegates. IHIF sponsors included the world’s largest and leading hotel companies, such as Marriott, Jin Jiang, Hilton, IHG, Wyndham and Accor, which collectively brand over 50% of global hotel supply.

Alexi Khajavi, Group President, Questex said, “IHIF is more than just a three-day forum. It’s a touchstone for the best and brightest in hospitality investment, operations and development to convene, connect and do business. Every industry needs that opportunity and we’re proud that IHIF is the platform for the hospitality sector to gather in spite of the challenges the sector has faced the past two years.”

Coley Brennan, Partner and Head of Europe, KSL Capital Partners said, “I really enjoyed the conference. I feel very fortunate to be part of the IHIF Hotel Investment Committee. IHIF brings together a great group of people. It was great to reconnect with counterparties we’ve sold, people we’ve transacted with to people we’ve borrowed from and advisors.”

Here’s what IHIF delegates said about the event:

“The conference attracts everyone you could possible need to know in the hospitality industry under one roof.”
“It’s simple. It’s the best hotel conference in Europe, probably in the world.”

The appeal and relevance of IHIF for the largest global players in hotel capital markets is clear based on the following:

The top ten investors by European hotel assets under management, equivalent to c. $39.29 billion in value, were all present at IHIF and despite a slowdown in the capital markets because of the pandemic, have acquired $3.65 billion of hotel stock in the European region over the last 24 months.
The top 35 hotel investors at IHIF, by European AUM ($67.28 billion) have acquired $7.6 billion of hotel stock and have sold stock to the value of $2.84 billion in the last 24 months. Collectively, they own 2,300 hotels in the European region.   

IHIF received a Net Promoter Score of 60 by event attendees.

To learn more about IHIF, visit https://www.ihif.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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