Airport Cities Are Knowledge Sharing Machines — Meetings Innovation Report

The Skift Meetings Innovation Report is a weekly newsletter defining the future of business events by deciphering disruptive strategies that improve engagement and knowledge sharing. Subscribe. The Future of Meetings & Events Five years ago at the House of Logistics & Mobility (HOLM) inside Frankfurt International Airport, managing director Dr. Stefan Walter told me: "The city of the future is an international, interdisciplinary knowledge sharing machine." That statement has been my due north covering the global conventions industry to this day. It's also the driving vision behind the rise of airport cities into self-contained knowledge hubs and business incubators from Dallas to Doha. I returned to HOLM this year to catch up on the think tank's research and its application for conventions, which you can read about here. On a more micro level, Event Farm kicked off its inaugural Offline Summit th