The Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (GIBTM) show, shown here from a previous year, is to be held at the ADNEC. Abu Dhabi from 25?27 March. The Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (GIBTM) show, shown here from a previous year, is to be held at the ADNEC. Abu Dhabi from 25?27 March.

This year’s Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (GIBTM) show in Abu Dhabi will be aiming to show attendees a range of future industry trends and innovations.

Seminar sessions at the Abu Dhabi show, which takes place at ADNEC from 25–27 March, will look as far ahead as 2030, and will aim to help delegates plan creative forward-thinking strategies.

GIBTM’s Exhibition Manager Lois Hall said: “The high-quality content, presented by experienced industry leaders, will ensure our delegates understand future trends and innovations, allowing them to better plan and execute their meetings and business strategies, adapting them to the fast-paced world in which we live.”

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Session highlights include ‘Flash Forward 2030 – The Value of Connection’, an interactive seminar presented by Michelle Lanham, Lecturer, UK Centre for Events Management at Leeds Metropolitan University and Dr Emma Wood, Reader in Festivals and Events Marketing, UK Centre for Events Management at Leeds Metropolitan University, which will look at key trends identified by MPI research and the implications on business practices and required skill sets.

The seminar will aim to help delegates learn effective social media strategies and also unveil several next-generation technology trends and innovations such as robotics, augmented reality and telepresence.

This year’s show will also feature the inaugural GIBTM 20x20 ‘against-the-clock’ challenge that will invite industry professionals to present using the ‘Pecha Kucha’ method, where their presentation can only be 20 slides long with exactly 20 seconds allowed per slide.

GIBTM delegates will be invited to vote and select the most compelling and immaculately-timed six-minute-40-second presentation, awarding the winning presenter with a two-night stay at a Dead Sea Hotel, sponsored by the Jordan Tourism Board.

Interested people can register to attend GIBTM 2013 here.