Author Archive for Rhianna Shaw
Rhianna Shaw, Conference Hound’s UK correspondent is a 2011 graduate of Brown University with a B.A. in Literary Arts and a course focus on Business. At Brown, Rhianna was the Public Relations and Event Coordinator for the Brown Class Board, responsible for organizing class and campus-wide events. She spent her final semester developing an online start-up with a small team of her Brown classmates. Rhianna hails from sunny England, where she has returned to work in the event industry in London. She has spent a large portion of her life dedicated to music as a member of several bands and orchestras and she also enjoys acting and playing competitive sports!
A Mishmash of Metaphors: Women in Leadership Forum 2012
The Women In Leadership Forum, now drawing to a close in Dubai, has brought together hundreds of today’s brightest minds in the last two days in a conference where “experts are sharing their knowledge whilst world class suppliers are showcasing their most innovative solutions.” The fourth groundbreaking event in the series, WILF Middle East and [...]
Insert ‘House of Stark’ Motto Here: Metro Ski and Snowboard Show 2012
For the second year running I attended Metro Ski and Snowboard Show last weekend in London. This is one of my favourite events to attend as a hound, possibly a wee bit biased by my total obsession with skiing. With the advance of the technological era, the focus of the show has shifted a [...]
THIS IS IMPORTANT AND EXCITING! International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition
When I first saw the words ‘7th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition’ I am slightly ashamed to admit I read them as something akin to ‘Boring International Blah de Blah de Boredom Boringness Exhibition’ (hence the measures I have taken in my own title). As soon as I’d gone so far as to [...]
A Little Illumination: ad:tech New York
I have a soft spot for Adtech, as last year’s one in London was my first ever conference as a hound, and I spent two days lounging in the VIP area interviewing big sharks from the likes of eBay, Facebook, Disney and Google. Last night Adtech New York drew to a close, and looked to [...]
WARNING! May Make Head Explode : New York Comic Con
Okay there’s quite a lot of things to get excited about at New York Comic Con this year. First up, it has been ranked as the second largest event in New York City. Secondly, it is the second largest pop culture convention in ‘Murrica. I mean, that’s BIG, yo. And thirdly, it takes place in [...]
International Bluegrass Music Association Awards… what a mouthful but worth a look!
Well I’m sure you all know about the VMAs and the EMAs and the PQRs and XYZs… the music award industry is quite the alphabet soup. But what about the IBMAAs? Well if you’re into bluegrass music then you probably do. The International Bluegrass Music Association Awards have been going for over quarter of a [...]
The Donkey Takes The Stage: Democratic Convention 2012
With the election fast approaching things are hotting up in the political sphere. And absolutely sizzling is the Democratic National Convention, which kicked off today in Charlotte, NC! They’ve got Julian Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Joyce Beattie and many many more, in fact, Michelle Obama is onstage right now! And of course, on the final day, [...]
What Are You Doing Labor Day? Bumbershoot 2012!
Well we all know I love a good music festival. Actually we all know (or if you don’t I’m telling you now) I love any music festival, and because of that, or perhaps in spite of it, I consider myself quite the festival connoisseur (thank you spell check). And let me tell you, despite their [...]
An In Depth Exploration of the Acronym ASD. Oh, and a Kickass Conference
Upon first agreeing to dig up some exciting stuff on ASD Las Vegas I first had to figure out what it was. Well of course I could just look it up on Conference Hound (okay I’m not going to lie to you, the link is a bit of a giveaway, but let’s call this artistic license [...]
A Cracking Way Connect: World Education Congress 2012
Although the name may conjure up images of some academic meeting of bespectacled scholars bent on hashing out the educational system, the World Education Congress could not be further from it! In its most basic format, it is a networking event about networking, or rather, the networking event about networking. And as any businessman (or [...]
