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WELCOME TO CONNECT

To all Informa Engage Colleagues,

'Welcome (back) to Connect! You may not even notice the change, but there may be a few things we do differently.

To help you better understand Connect today, we have put together an array of useful information. This welcome board will walk you through our structure and what we offer in terms of learning and development offerings.

We are excited to have you as part of our division!

Informa Connect 101

Our business model is simple!..

We bring audiences and customers together through content-based experiences. We charge our audiences to access our content-based experiences, whilst at the same time charging our customers to gain access to these audiences.

We deliver these experiences in a variety of ways, spanning events (conferences, exhibitions, confexes and awards), digital (media sites, webinars, information services, on-demand and communities) and training (face to face, digital and distance learning).

Our commercial teams are roughly split across three areas: hosted buyer brands, end-market verticals and regional verticals:

Global Finance
Pop Culture (FAN EXPO)
Foodservice
Life Sciences
Medical
Aesthetic Medicine
HCP
Trio ROW (EMEA Regional Group. Australia, TLA)
Trio North America (CMI, Canada Group, BCG)

At the core of our business are our Divisional Support teams, including HR, Finance, Delivery, Central Marketing, Revenue Sales and Technology.

Our Commercial Structure

Our Divisional Support Structure

OUR VERTICALS

Global Finance

Global Finance is the largest of all the verticals and has many events globally. But GF is more then just events!

IGM & Zephyr under Global finance is a primary source platform for Financial data & intelligence and software! In fact Zephyr won the Best Retail Investment Platform” in 2023 at the FinTech Breakthrough Awards Program!

For more information about Zephyr and IGM (As we like to call it ZIGM) click on the links to the websites

Global finance runs the largest smart events! Smart events are live experiences that use modern tech tools to help the audience get the most from exhibitions, conferences and trade shows.

We host SuperReturn International, the world's largest private equity and venture capital event. SupertReturn runs in North America, Africa and Europe. GF also has Finovate under its portfolio. Finovate conferences showcase cutting-edge banking and financial technology through a unique blend of short-form demos and key insights from thought-leaders. These are only just to name a few!

Life Sciences

Informa Connect Life Sciences provides the industry with opportunities to connect with the right people, ideas, data and technology to fast-track therapeutic developments, maximize commerciality and improve patient outcomes.

Life Sciences is a global community of Scientists, Executives, Regulators, Technologists and Academics. Covering everything from pharmaceuticals and biopharma to healthcare and wellness, our global and broad market reach touches all the critical points on the pharma value chain from bench to bedside.

Under the Life Sciences Portfolio we have brands such as Medtech, Biotech and so much more. To learn more about our brands have sneak peak at the website

EBD has 8 large events. EBD Group specializes in bringing people together, whether face‑to‑face at one of our leading global life science partnering events powered by partneringONE, or virtually through our online community of dealmakers and thought leaders.. Find out more about the EBD Group on the website

What is partneringOne? It is an online conference platform that allows delegates to contact other participants and schedule meetings with them. It can also be used as a simple networking and messaging tool.

Foodservice

At Informa Connect, our purpose is to build connections while championing the specialist. Informa's existing foodservice brands, combined with those of legacy Winsight, create a unified business with unparalleled subject matter expertise and a combined mission to better serve what is now the single largest global community of foodservice and retail professionals.

Connect Foodservice, inclusive of storied brands like The National Restaurant Association Show, Nation's Restaurant News, CSP, Technomic and Catersource+The Special Event, brings together market-leading brands, exceptional talent, and deep customer relationships across the growing B2B foodservice market.

These brands will continue to deliver the same top-tier editorial content, digital and print publications and products, data assets, and events that our customers know and trust.

Fan Expo HQ

With more than one million fans across North America, FAN EXPO HQ is the largest comic con event producer in the world,

Everyone is a fan of something, and FAN EXPO is the best place to celebrate all things pop culture. After getting an autograph or a photo with your favourite guest, you’ll hear the inside scoop about the newest movies and TV shows at our celebrity panels.

Community is everything to us. Fans from all over unite at our events to not only experience the ultimate destination for comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming, but to also meet like-minded fans and make friends. Fans bond over their shared love of Fandom while making unforgettable memories, like meeting the biggest names in pop culture.

Discover. Celebrate. Belong.

Aesthetic Medicine

Informa Medical Aesthetics is a global multi-channel resource for medical aesthetics advocating for the continuing education of physicians worldwide.

It helps you keep connected with other professionals through a variety of mediums, from online courses, webinars, and journals to in-person training programs and scientific conferences.

Medical

Informa Connect Healthcare events and platforms span critical sectors of the industry including anti-aging, pharmaceuticals, cardio and metabolic health alongside wellness and hospital supply events.

Includes a host of events; Bodysite, American Academy for Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), LiveDerm, Cardiometabolic Health Congress, Pain Education Resource for Frontline Practitioners, MedTechImpact Expo and Conference

Australia

Informa Connect Australia is the nation’s leading event organiser connecting professionals with knowledge, ideas and opportunities. Our events include large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training

With 50+ employees strong, the average colleague has been with us for over 5 years! Headed by Spiro Anemogiannis who joined the business in 1997, Connect Australia comprises of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.

If you would like to know more about Connect Australia we have a website dedicated to all our brands.

And for a little interactivity, have a look at our Aus Rail video!

Our brand covers industries such as but not limited to major infrastructure, transport, defense, energy sustainability and more !

EMEA Regional Group

EMEA Regional Group (formerly SME Dubai) hosts a diverse portfolio of events, products, and services, delivering specialist knowledge to HR, Education, Energy, Maritime, & Pop Culture audiences primarily in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Informa Connect Academy is formed by combining three existing global training brands; Informa Connect Training Division in the Middle East, Distance Learning in the UK and Informa Corporate Learning in Australia.

Learn more about Informa Connect Academy

Some of our events include:

Biostimulants World Congress
Middle East Film & Comic Con
Najah Exhibition
Agra Middle East
Middle East Intermobility
GESS Dubai
IFSEC, FIREX, The Facilities Show, Safety & Health Expo
Tissue World

Building and Construction Group

Buildings & Construction Group represents six industry leading events that engage and harness the power of the built-community across the US and Canada.

Trio North America is a B2B conference, tradeshow, media, marketing services and a B2C arts & design group of businesses which operate in the US and Canada.

We are in a variety of vertical markets, including content & marketing, arts & design, construction and sustainable building.

Check out Greenbuild 2022 video reel ⏫

Canada Group

We also produce The Interior Design Show, in Toronto and Vancouver. IDS has become one of the most successful recurring design events in Canadian history and has inspired over 660,000 visitors and design enthusiasts.

The Canada Group of events is a B2C business. We produce events in the Arts, Crafts and Design categories.

At each of our events there is a retail aspect to the shows. At our One of a Kind Shows, the exhibitor base is artisans and makers who create everything. People come to shop for gifts and for themselves at these events. The One of a Kind Shows take place at the end of November and end of March.

We have two Art shows. Art Toronto is very high end with galleries from across North America and some from Europe.

The Artist Project, is more grass roots featuring more emerging type artists.

Connect Meetings

Connect is building upon its reputation as a leading provider of experiences, business opportunities and inspiration through an enhanced media coverage offering. Effective immediately, Connect’s portfolio will expand to include:

Trade Show News Network (TSNN), the prestigious online news outlet covering the exhibition, trade show, and events industries since 1996

MeetingsNet, the award-winning publication for market-segmented meeting decision- makers planning meetings

Corporate Event News, the media brand that reaches corporate event planners who represent companies on elite lists such as the Fortune 500 and Inc. 5,000

Exhibit News Now (ENN), the online news source for exhibit managers and event marketers

The additions enhance Connect’s premier content platforms, which include BizBash, the leading resource for corporate events, leading brands and creative agencies.

BizBash is the leading media and entertainment platform focused on the meeting and event industry.

BizBash’s cutting-edge content reaches a global audience across platforms including print, digital, events, videos, podcasts, newsletters, and social media. As Connect’s official media partner, BizBash empowers meeting and event professionals with the intelligence and resources they need to bring their boldest ideas to life.

Tax, Legal and Accounting (TLA)

Informa Connect’s TLA (Tax, Legal & Accounting) division run a high volume of content-led events. Typical TLA events provide delegates with ‘need to know’ information that enables them to complete their job roles. Often, TLA events respond to changing regulation within the sectors they serve by clarifying how delegates must comply.

TLA attendees appreciate completely immersing themselves in a given topic for 1-2 days to gain the information they need to meet the industry changes, as well as benchmark their progress against their industry peers also in attendance.

TLA events have some of the highest delegate satisfaction scores across the Informa Connect business as the events are successful in providing delegates the information they need to meet the regulatory requirements and continue to run their business.

Some of our events are:

Asset Recovery International
IFRS Foundation Europe
TCFD & Climate Risk Reporting
Advanced EU Competition Law Brussels
TP Minds International

Hear more from Spencer, Managing Director of TLA ➡

Divisional Support - Central Marketing & Digital Services

We manage the Streamly platform which is Informa Connect’s event video library and the host of new, engaging video content to attract new audience and produce new digital revenue streams

We have a whole page dedicated to Streamly here. Look at what amazing work our colleagues do!

Digital Services oversees marketing and product management for Informa Connect. We act as a central service to the business, almost like an agency which has video services, digital insight & analytics, research & insight, marketing strategy & best practice, marketing technology, brand & design and technology product management.

We also oversee customer experience & digital strategy which means that we are working with the rest of the business to define and execute a frictionless customer experience and support it with the best possible engagement technologies, capturing data at every interaction in the process.

The team is quite dispersed – we have colleagues everywhere from California to Pennsylvania to Switzerland and to London.

A video from our lovely Chief Digital Officer Isobel Peck

Divisional Support - Commercial and Delivery

The Commercial Team sits within Divisional Support and is a central function supporting the Connect business with driving revenue/profit growth, data-enabled insights and efficient/sustainable operational delivery across all products and platforms.

The broader Commercial team of 200+ colleagues spans the following key areas, with specialist teams focusing on each:

Delivery – execution of Connect’s Live and On-Demand events (f2f, Smart and Digital)
Revenue Performance – Sales Process/Operations, Delegate Sales, Pricing
Technology, Transformation & Compliance (including GAP II project delivery)
Data Insights & Analytics
Sustainability
IIRIS project leadership and revenue generation

Watch this video to learn more about our Chief Commercial Officer Lucy Gillam !

Divisional Support HR & Finance

Our HR Director, Erin Shirling leads a hybrid global team delivering HR Business Partnering services, Talent & Inclusion, Learning & Performance, Colleague Experience, and Internal & External Communications, to 1,500+ colleagues globally.

Our finance team also sit with Divisional Support team and is headed up by Glenn Cooke who started his own career with us at Connect! Hear from him in this video!

Alanna Young, Chief Operating Officer, who has joined the team from her current role as President of the Technomic business in Aharon’s Foodservice vertical to oversee operating model efficiency and delivery.