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Closing General Session
Thursday, March 5, 2026
9:00am - 10:00am
South Hall
Julius Solaris
Julius Solaris is the founder of Boldpush. He works as a consultant with Fortune 500, technology and event companies on strategy.
He founded and sold two businesses EventMB (now Skift Meetings) and Showthemes, a tech company. 10 Million people read Julius' content in 2025, making him become a Top Voice on LinkedIn.
Julius was inducted into the Event Industry Council Hall of Leaders in 2024, the highest recognition given to event industry leaders. He's also in the 2025 Xlist top experience maker and has been named the most influential of the past 25 years by Bizbash.
He is the recipient of the first Outstanding Contribution Award in Event Technology.
Julius has conducted some of the most groundbreaking research for the event industry.
Over 300,000 event professionals have downloaded Julius' analysis and reports.
Julius has been a keynote for events in 18 countries and for over 250,000 attendees.
Rethinking the way we design events. The trends that matter in 2026.
The next era of events is already here — faster, smarter, and more human than ever. In this fast-paced keynote, Julius Solaris reveals how innovation, culture, and technology are reshaping the way we design and deliver experiences.
From Gen Z expectations and zero-proof hospitality to AI-driven creativity, uncover the trends redefining events and catering, and learn how to turn them into bold, actionable ideas that keep you ahead of the curve.
Event Chair
Scott Frankel, Animatic Media
Scott Frankel is the President of Animatic Media, an industry leader in event production and sought-after speaker at industry events. Animatic is a full-service event production company founded with the idea of offering agency-style service without the agency price tag. Since 1996, Scott and his team have produced events for clients of all sizes, from Fortune 500 conferences with thousands of attendees to smaller road shows and events. Scott is an innovator in the event technology space and insists on perfection and flawless execution for all of his events. In 2020 Animatic Media relaunched their on-demand web service as Conference-On-Demand +LIVE, a full-service virtual/hybrid event platform for fully “produced” virtual and hybrid events and will soon be introducing an Augmented Reality offering built for the live events industry.