The Top Tech Minds of Maritz on How AI Will Transform the Meetings Industry

Dual photo of Maritz' Aaron Dorsey (left) and Amy Kramer (right).
Aaron Dorsey, Vice President, Product Management (left) and Amy Kramer, Innovation Leader (right)
 

In short order, generative artificial intelligence has consumed the meetings and events industry, with educational sessions at its major industry events full to bursting with attendees starved for information on this game-changing technology and also fearful of being left behind or being replaced by a machine.

[Related: How ChatGPT Will Impact the Meetings and Events Industry]

IMEX America 2023 was no exception, with its Smart Monday educational day featuring multiple AI sessions that were packed with planners.

Meetings Today caught up with a couple of the top tech trends minds at Maritz during the show to discover what they’re seeing out in the field with their hundreds of global clients and internally.

[Related: 10 Tips for Using AI to Radically Improve Meetings and Events Tasks]

Vice President & Chief Content Director Tyler Davidson sat down with Amy Kramer, innovation leader, and Aaron Dorsey, vice president of product management, for Maritz to get their take on how AI will transform the meetings industry, as well as other tech trends business event planners should have on their radar.

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Tyler Davidson | Editor, Vice President & Chief Content Director

Tyler Davidson is the vice president and chief content director for Meetings Today, which publishes the meetings industry trade magazine Meetings Today as well as MeetingsToday.com, various newsletters, webinars, the in-person Meetings Today LIVE! Hosted-buyer events and other meetings and events industry B2B channels.

 

Tyler has covered the travel trade for nearly 35 years.  In his role with Meetings Today, which recently won the prestigious FOLIO: Eddies Award for best magazine issue, Tyler leads the editorial team on its mission to provide the most in-depth meetings content in the industry. Previously, he worked as the Asia, Canada, Pacific Northwest and Western U.S. editor at Travel Weekly magazine and TravelAge West. Before joining the dual editorial staff producing destination sections for Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, Tyler was the Africa, Israel, Middle East, Switzerland and Pacific Northwest editor at TravelAge West. He also undertook general news and feature assignments while working at the magazines. 

 

Besides reporting on the travel trade, Tyler has covered the real estate industry, held various editorial positions at the San Francisco-based national satire magazine The Nose, wrote freelance technology industry pieces and covered the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders for a bilingual newspaper in San Francisco. He has a B.A. in Journalism from San Francisco State University, where he worked in various editorial capacities on its award-winning student magazine, Prism. 

Contact: tyler.davidson@meetingstoday.com