The most valuable part of a gathering rarely happens on the stage.

observation — attributed to Sam Lippman

After decades running shows from CES to the executive forums, Lippman has come to believe that the consequential exchanges happen in the clusters that form during long breaks, not during keynotes. The stage is the pretext. The room is the product.

A view formed across both million-square-foot trade shows and intimate executive roundtables.

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