VenuIQ and akire Productions Team Up to Create New Technology for Events

July 14, 2022

VenuIQ, a leading platform for live, hybrid and virtual events, and akire productions, an event production agency, announced a strategic initiative to accelerate growth, create new technology for the industry and produce a variety of events.  

akire productions has been and will continue to be VenuIQ's premier event production partner, and the higher-level strategic partnership will pave the way for innovative features to be unveiled in the coming months, according to John D’Adamo, head of sales, USA for VenuIQ

"Together, we will be collaborating on new solutions to revolutionize the events industry, based on honest, raw planner feedback about what’s worked in the past, what hasn’t, and how tech and production companies can best help event professionals,” D'Adamo said. “We want to look deeply at the challenges that have existed in the events industry as well as the new challenges that have presented themselves in the last two years."

VenuIQ has listened with careful ears to the events industry and has heard the need for simple, cohesive, robust solutions, according to Reiley McClendon, vice president of creative and technology at akire productions.

"With this strategic partnership, we are invigorated to provide those solutions for the events industry—designed by us within the industry," McClendon said.

Since its inception seven years ago, VenuIQ has created powerful web platform experiences and apps for associations, nonprofits, corporate clients, medical clients, destinations and agencies, helping them produce streamlined, data-driven events, from SAP and Founders Forum to Visit Monaco and VMX Americas. The company's ultimate goal is becoming a true events partner, not just a tech solution, with world-class customer service.

akire productions brings more than 15 years of experience producing virtual and in-person events. The company thrives on creativity, collaborating to bring forth its clients' brand, objectives and story by designing experiences that merge different learning styles with unique content.

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