March Events Roundup - Packaging Innovations & SXSW

SXSW 2016; Austin, Texas, USA

Meet up with Blippar this month at these upcoming events in Houston, Birmingham, Austin & London!

Global Food Safety Conference
Tuesday - Thursday, February 28th - March 2nd
Houston, United States

Blippar is exploring new ways to map supply chains end to end with partners Mars Food, Transparency-One and SGS. We are connecting customers to farmers through verified transparency, image recognition and augmented reality. The annual conference is a unique event that houses over 1,000 leading food safety specialists from over 50 countries to advance food safety across the globe. More Info

Packaging Innovations
Wednesday & Thursday, March 1st - 2nd
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Focusing on branded and inspirational packaging, Packaging Innovation brings together both brands and retailers, with the suppliers leading the charge in innovative packaging. Geert Berckmans from Blippar will hold a seminar titled “What the packaging industry can learn from FMCG adoption of AR.” He will showcase the best in class examples of how AR can be used as a new media channel. More Info

SXSW
Friday - Friday, March 10th - 19th
Austin, United States

SXSW, an ever-growing conference and festival, is home to celebrating the convergence of interactive, film and music industries. Topics that will be addressed include the intelligent future, AR/VR, experiential storytelling and much more. Many big names and industry leaders will be there, it is not one to be missed. The Blippar team will be attending, so tweet at us if you’re keen to meet! More Info

Bird & Bird's Digital Innovators Series
Tuesday, March 14th
London, United Kingdom

Dan Horner, SVP Growth at Blippar, will be speaking at the second event of the Digital Innovators Series titled: Who's Funding Digital Innovation in 2017? He will be joined by other leading VCs, corporate investors, crowdfunding platforms and accelerators, to showcase the latest immersive digital technologies. More Info

London Book Fair
Tuesday - Thursday, March 14th - 16th
London, United Kingdom

The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Colum Elliott-Kelly, Blippar’s Head of Education, will be talking about how augmented reality turns the physical page into a digital education portal. More Info

AI+VR Rise Conference
Thursday, 16th March
London, United Kingdom

AI+VR Rise is the UK’s first conference exploring applications of artificial intelligence in virtual reality. Industry leaders come together to explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning could be used in virtual or mixed reality environments. Blippar’s Head of Education, Colum Elliott-Kelly, will be discussing computer vision technology in AR. More Info

Advertising Week Europe
Tuesday, 21st March
London, United Kingdom

Mikela Eskenazi, Blippar’s Brand Partnerships Director, will be joining a panel of influential industry leaders discussing how creativity fuels the digital economy and why it’s vital that our industry embarks on a rebirth. Advertising Week Europe is home to inspirational thought leadership, entertainment and special events celebrating the industry and its people. More Info