58: The Future of Event Tech in Business with Julius Solaris

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have the great pleasure of speaking to the one, and only, Julius Solaris today!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Julius tells us his story. He talks about his career, virtual versus in-person, the future of meetings, and how to use the different social media platforms.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are sure you will enjoy listening to our inspiring conversation with Julius Solaris!</span></p> <p><strong>Julius Solaris bio</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julius Solaris is the head of engagement at Swapcard. Before that, he was the founder and editor-in-chief of EventMB, which was acquired in 2019 by Skift, the largest and most influential travel media company worldwide.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He has been named one of the most influential individuals in the meetings industry by many magazines and media for the past ten years.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julius has conducted some of the most ground-breaking research for the event industry, with over 3,000 events reviewed and 15,000 event professionals interviewed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julius' analysis and reports have been downloaded by over 300,000 event professionals, and 300,000 more read EventMB every month. Over 50,000 event professionals have attended Julius's events.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julius has been a keynote speaker for events in 12 countries and for over 200,000 attendees.</span></p> <p><strong>Moving from Europe to the United States</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julius did a Marketing MBA in Australia in 2004-2005. At that time, blogging was the way to do things, so Julius started thinking about it. He returned to Italy for a year or so in 2007. While there, Julius decided to start blogging. The only thing he could write about was events because that was the only experience he had had since coming out of university.  </span></p> <p><strong>The