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Changemaker Stephen Cutchins is charged with ensuring that Cvent’s technologies can be used by people of all abilities, and he’s bringing in an independent auditor to be sure.

Short takes on the latest meeting-technology developments from Blackthorn, eventPower, Hopin, Cvent, and MeetingPlay+Aventri.

Recently-merged MeetingPlay + Aventri has brought a big-name registration company into the fold.

Here’s the latest from companies offering new ways to create and measure engagement, provide language captioning, integrate video, and more.

The collaboration with VSef, the global data format for virtual events, will speed the push to make data easily accessible from and transferable between different online platforms and analytics tools.

Academic research published in the journal Nature compares in-person and remote idea generation, and finds that too much focus might not be a good thing.

A new task-management system for trade shows is just the first element of what MeetingPlay + Aventri says planners can expect from its new platform.

This month has been busy, with new platforms and upgrades from Tevent, Notified, ON24, Array, and MeetingPlay + Aventri.