"There is no Plan B for the Circle Conference".
Oliver Stoldt is confident that he will be able to hold his Circle Conference on July 1, 2021. Pure madness or sheer optimism? Anna Kohler talked to the CEO of Premium Speakers and the MICE Service Group.
He calls himself "unmanageable." Being employed and reporting to a boss? Not with Oliver Stoldt. The CEO of Premium Speakers and the Mice Service Group is a driven man. Always on the ball, always with people, always curious, hungry. The Corona pandemic is grueling for him and his business, but fortunately he is broadly positioned and can earn good money with Premium Speakers even in hybrid times, his speakers are in great demand for online conferences, especially in Corona times.
Oliver Stoldt knows the event business like few others. He is undeterred when it comes to his "Circle Conference" event on July 1 in the Convention Hall of the "Circle" at Zurich Airport. "There's no plan B," he says with a laugh. "We'll go through with it, of course, if the Federal Council allows events of that size again by then." Stoldt wants to bring the MICE industry together on this July 1, to talk about the future, to make plans, to give courage, to arouse enthusiasm for the time when the pandemic is over and the event industry can plan again.
None other than Mister Tagesschau, Florian Inhauser, will moderate the Circle Conference. The line-up of speakers is long. Among others, Daniel Koch, former BAG head of crisis management, will speak about the future, in which we must be better prepared for crises.
Anna Kohler, Editor-in-Chief of Werbewoche.ch and m&k, met Oliver Stoldt for the video podcast "Off The Record".
