CEF SURVEYS
CEF’s surveys provide us with a unique opportunity to explore important topics and issues related to events and festivals, from AI adoption, motivating volunteers, to integrating sustainability in to event practice. Everyone who takes part in a survey plays an important role in providing an international cross-sector perspective — and as a thank you for completing each survey, we will provide you with a free executive report of the key findings.
HOW IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TRANSFORMING EVENTS AND FESTIVALS AND THE INDUSTRY-AT-LARGE?
CEF, in collaboration with Dr Milena Parent at the University of Ottawa, is examining how the international events community is generally understanding AI benefits; identifying opportunities for it’s integration, as well as barriers; how AI us transforming events and event organisations; applying best practice; and how AI use differs between event type, size, geography and sector. The aim is to use these results to provide evidence-based, practical guidance to event managers, organisations, and owners on how to get ahead of — and stay ahead of — the AI curve.
Lead(s): Centre for Events and Festivals and University of Ottawa (Canada).
HOW CAN WE OBJECTIVELY DEFINE WHAT IS A SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, MAJOR, AND MEGA-EVENT?
Lead(s): Centre for Events and Festivals and Loughborough University (UK).
CEF, in collaboration with Dr Jamie Kenyon and Dr Verity Postlethwaite of Loughborough University (UK), is working to objectively define what is meant by “small,” “medium,” “large,” “major,” and “mega” events — and to clarify the implications of these definitions for practice, planning, resourcing, and delivery.
