Paramount Pictures and BiZBash Media co-hosted BiZBash Media's first "Art of the Event Trend Forum" on October 17 at the Paramount Theater in Los Angeles. Over 400 corporate and professional event planners attended the reception, which featured cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and a panel discussion that provided a sneak preview of event strategies for 2007. The panel, entitled "What's New, What's Now, What's Next," was moderated by BiZBash Media's C.E.O. and founder, David Adler, and BiZBash Los Angeles/Southern California bureau chief Alice Dubin.
The panel featured experts Howard Bragman, founder of FifteenMinutes.com, (PR strategies), Danette Herman, coordinating producer for live television specials and events (celebrities), Peter Otero, partner and design director, Silver Birches Inc., (event design), Gavin Keilly, founder, GBK Productions (gift bags), attorney Barry Guterman (gift bag tax laws), and Judy Levy, co-owner, Levy, Pazanti & Associates, (planning and fundraising strategies) debating topics from the gift bag controversy to celebrity wrangling, and discussing the hottest trends in the industry for the coming year. In addition to Paramount Pictures and BiZBash, the event was sponsored by Classic Party Rentals, Baileys, Silver Birches, and Cvent. Guests left with new information to help them plan successful events and gift bags that contained the just-published venue issue of BiZBash Los Angeles/Southern California.
