The events industry is famously - and rightly - risk averse when it comes to procuring products and services. For organisers of large events in particular, there are few opportunities to road-test how new products or services will perform on the day, and failures can be very high profile.

With so many types of technologies out there, and so many vendors offering competing products, how do event organisers ensure they choose event technology that they can trust?

This panel session will invite current and former event organisers to share cautionary tales, lessons learned and strategies they've put in place to de-risk the process of procuring event technology.