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New virtual summit focuses on innovation, customer experience in self-service, kiosk, vending industries

Networld Media websites, Vending Times and Kiosk Marketplace, are launching a virtual summit that promises to bring attendees the very best in self-service innovation today.

A new December virtual summit brings together the very best and latest in self-service tech innovation. (Image: Networld Media Group)

July 16, 2020

Networld Media Group, publishers of VendingTimes.com and KioskMarketplace.com, announced a new virtual summit called the Self-Service Innovation Virtual Summit. The event will take place Dec. 8-9, 2020, a news release said.

"The Self-Service Innovation Virtual Summit is designed to examine advances in technology that are empowering businesses to provide products and services when, where and how consumers expect them. It will also cover new foodservice and other product innovations being marketed for vending and kiosks in the face of the new normal," Kathy Doyle, Networld Media Group president and publisher, said in the release.

"Content and educational sessions will revolve around self-service, kiosk and vending solutions in a wide range of settings where innovation and the customer experience are driving a new need," Elliot Maras, editor of VendingTimes.com and KioskMarketplace.com, said in the release.

Maras said settings for the tech solutions include:

• Airports, mass transit hubs and other public places.
• Banks and credit unions.
• Hotels, resorts, restaurants and retail.
• Cannabis dispensaries.
• Casinos, arenas, stadiums, family entertainment centers, and theaters.
• Colleges and universities.
• Government services.
• Hospitals and other health care facilities.
• Office buildings.

The event will also honor the most innovative use of kiosks, vending and facilities for adapting the new normalcy of COVID-19 and its aftermath. Some of the categories for the awards include:

• Innovator of the Year.
• Latest in Design in Food Packaging.
• Best Improvement in Customer Experience.
• Best COVID-19 Solution.

Launch partners for the virtual summit include FastCasual.com; QSRweb.com; FoodTruckOperator.com; DigitalSignageToday.com; RetailCustomerExperience.com; MobilePaymentsToday.com; ICX Association and ath Power Consulting, a premier provider of customer experience research and training solutions.

• For speaker requests, contact Elliot Maras at elliotm@networldmediagroup.com.
• For award applications, contact David Drain at davidd@networldmediagroup.com.
• For sponsorship information, contact Liz Matney at lizadv@networldmediagroup.com.