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Four years in events can feel like ten. Technology was supposed to fix that. Some of it has. The rest just added another login.
This is the honest version. An enterprise event lead from Intuit, the founder of Braindate, and one of the industry's straightest talkers, on what is actually working. Where AI has genuinely taken work off the table and where it has only moved it somewhere else. Why a gamification programme with rising participation still got written off as a failure. And how you get events counted as a revenue channel rather than a cost line, when someone booking a flight and a hotel to stand in your room is the strongest buying signal you'll see all year.
No product pitches. No roadmaps. What worked, what didn't, and what it cost to find out.
Speakers
Avershima Iyortyer is Head of Sales at Eventpack, with years of experience in event technology across EMEA, North America, APAC and MENA.
Her experience spans associations, large-scale conference organisers, corporate teams and global brands. She has worked closely with teams evaluating and selecting event technology, giving her a practical view of what shapes those decisions and how they play out when an event goes live.
Her wider career spans SaaS and AI. Before moving into technology, Avershima trained as an architect, a background that still shapes how she thinks about systems, experience and problem-solving.
Christine Renaud is the co-founder and CEO of Braindate, the event technology platform that turns knowledge-sharing into belonging at scale. Built without venture capital, Braindate was named to Fast Company's 2025 list of the World's Most Innovative Companies. It's now used by teams at Atlassian, NVIDIA, and Workday, and featured at events like TED and SXSW, to name a few.
A graduate of Harvard Graduate School of Education, and guided by values of authenticity and community, Christine designs spaces where collective intelligence can fully express itself. Her voice pushes people to build differently: boldly, with care, and on their own terms.
She's always excited to discuss the power of courageous conversations, and the urgency of reinventing success in an era where loneliness must give way to human connection.
A loud and proud ruckusmaker in the events industry, I’m passionate about challenging the status quo, sparking meaningful conversations, and creating space for bold ideas. Through my connection with Women in Event Tech, I champion women shaping the future of the industry and help build a more inclusive, innovative events community. I continue to celebrate the true badass women in our industry every single day.
Sanya Khera enjoys making the least measurable part of marketing behave, which tells you something about her.
She came to events from engineering and applied mathematics, and now owns product and data for Intuit Connect, Intuit's flagship customer event, building the AI infrastructure behind it and making the case for events to be measured like any other revenue channel.
Her view: the highest-intent audience in your funnel deserves better than a badge scan and a vibe.