FRANKFURT, Germany – Messe Frankfurt welcomed Prolight+Sound attendees back in person for the first time in two years from April 26 to 29. Along with the return to an in-person trade fair, the show organizers held their first Green Event Day on April 27, with lectures, panels and best-practice presentations.
Proposing the possibility that spectacular staging and ecological action might be able to go hand-in-hand, Messe Frankfurt garnered support for the first Green Event Day from the European Association of Event Centres (EVVC), the Association of Media and Event Technology (VPLT) and LiveMusikKommission (LiveKomm).
Manufacturers (Adam Hall, Neumann & Müller, Cameo Light, DeerSoft), venues (Düsseldorfer Congress GmbH, Velomax GmbH, Markthalle Hamburg) and tourism boards, communication and event agencies all played a role, with topics for discussion ranging from the EU’s Green Deal, sustainable event technology, and how to optimize the visibility of green initiatives now underway.
Futurologist and trend researcher Oliver Leisse delivered Green Event Day’s keynote address, and the day of seminars concluded with a presentation and Q&A session by Stefan Lohmann, founder of the Sustainable Event Solutions project, who discussed his 16-step plan toward the achievement of event industry climate neutrality by 2025.
