Unsocial to Host 10th Annual Meetings Industry Summit
Unsocial to Create Comprehensive Event App to Increase Networking Opportunities and Enhance Meeting Experience for Attendees
LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unsocial, the premier location-based business networking tool that enables people to find each other based on search criteria and proximity, allowing for networking in real time at conferences, tradeshows, and events, announces that it has been chosen as the official app of the 10th Annual Meetings Industry Summit. Hosted by the MPI WA State Chapter (MPIWSC), and the Pacific Northwest Chapter of Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), the Meetings Industry Summit begins on September 14, 2011 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, WA.
?Unsocial will provide the attendees with a unique networking experience while creating an ?event bubble? around the conference, giving them real-time push notification updates of all event information within the same app.?
Unsocial will provide attendees at the Meetings Industry Summit with conference information and updates including: conference agenda, speaker bios, session schedules, Facebook and Twitter streams, and event notifications. In addition, Unsocial will provide its location-based networking capabilities, allowing attendees to find key business professionals within their proximity and generate targeted conversations and meetings with others with complementary business interests.
?The Meetings Industry Summit brings together the best of its host meeting organizations, and Unsocial?s unique hosting capabilities are a perfect match for this dynamic group,? said Bruce Brown, co-founder and CEO of Unsocial. ?Unsocial will provide the attendees with a unique networking experience while creating an ?event bubble? around the conference, giving them real-time push notification updates of all event information within the same app.?
The Meetings Industry Summit brings together, for the 10th year in a row, two active and strong meeting planning organizations to network, share best practices, brainstorm new ideas and learn. This year?s conference theme is Navigating Change, focusing on how to navigate fast-paced industry changes while remaining innovative.
Unsocial continues to accelerate growth and adoption, with events and event partners including APPNATION SF, VentureBeat, DiscoveryBeat, and MobileBeat/GamesBeat. The Seattle Interactive Conference (SIC) will utilize the Unsocial bubble over the entire city of Seattle to cover their two-day conference in November at the UW Convention Center as well as citywide networking venues and events.
Currently available in most major US cities and continuing to expand in major metros, Unsocial is revolutionizing the way that business professionals connect: increasing the relevance and quality of professional proximity-based connections to drive meaningful business relationships for attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors.
About Unsocial
Unsocial is a location-based business network that connects users with other business professionals based on proximity and shared information, creating flash communities by introducing people to those whom they want to meet, and need to meet, outside of their existing networks. Providing enhanced functionality for premium conferences and events, Unsocial also provides users with unique information on proximity-based relevant events and live experiences. A multi-platform application available on iPhone, Android and BlackBerry, Unsocial currently is available in seventeen major U.S. cities and continues to expand in the US and worldwide. In the rapidly growing tech arena of mobile, location-based services and events marketing, Unsocial addresses a key need for more advanced networking tools to drive real-time relationships for business. For more information about Unsocial, please visit www.unsocial.mobi.