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The Event Hustler Show

Episode 29: The Future of Hybrid Technology in the Events Industry with Alon Alroy from Bizzabo

April 14, 2021

Technology has been rapidly evolving, especially since COVID-19 hammered the events industry. In this episode, we’ll chat with Alon Alroy – Co-Founder of one of the fastest growing event technology companies to see what the last year+ has been like for him and team AND we’ll talk about what they’re expecting as it relates to hybrid and event technology.

Alon is the Co-Founder of Bizzabo, an event success platform for virtual, in-person and hybrid events. Bizzabo is helping marketers and event organizers from world leading brands to promote, manage and maximize their professional events, to create memorable and impactful experiences. Alon has built Bizzabo’s business operations from the ground up and as CMO and Chief Customer Officer is overseeing its marketing, strategy, and customer management teams. 

Alon began his career in the Israeli Air Force, where he served as a special forces platoon commander for 6 years. Prior to founding Bizzabo, Alon was a senior startups investment analyst at ISP Financials. He graduated with high honors from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, where he did his BA in Business and LLB in Law. He was selected to participate in the prestigious Zell Entrepreneurship program, where he met his Bizzabo co-founders Eran Ben-Shushan and Boaz Katz, and in New York’s exclusive Venture Fellows Program. After co-leading Bizzabo to become a leader in the event technology space, Alon was recognized as a “40 under 40 young leaders” by Collaborate Magazine, “100 most influential People in The Event Industry” By Eventex as well as one of the top 10 Israeli CMOs by Geektime Magazine.


Liz King Caruso

Liz King Caruso is an Event Strategist, Consultant and Speaker. As CEO of Liz King Events and techsytalk, she has helped countless thought leaders grow their audience and sell their products through in-person, virtual & hybrid events. Liz is a big-picture person – passionate about tying events into an overall sales and marketing strategy and being efficient at every point of the process. Technology is her niche and she’s obsessed with helping organizations of every size leverage technology to produce more engaging and seamless event experiences. In addition to her client work, Liz connects & educates her industry colleagues through platforms she has built – techsytalk GLOBAL, the techsytalk community & IGNITE Consulting program. Liz has been featured as Eventex’s 50 Most Innovative Virtual Meeting Planners, Successful Meetings list of 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry, Top 5 Women in Event Tech, amongst other awards.