Founder
iSocialX
Tess Vismale, CMP, DES, is an event technologist, speaker, facilitator and educator. Her contributions to the industry have earned a number of recognitions, including the inaugural Tech Women of Impact Award in 2023.
In 2024, Eventex named Tess among the 100 Most Influential People in the Events Industry, the 50 Most Influential Event Technology Professionals and the 50 Most Influential People in the Events Industry in the US and Canada. She also served as an Eventex Awards 2024 judge.
Tess serves on the Board of Directors of the National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP) and the Editorial Advisory Board of ConventionSouth magazine.
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Watch Tess challenge tech experts with real event disasters and ask them to improvise a solution live, with no preparation.

Every event decision shapes the attendee experience differently. Explore event design challenges through multiple perspectives and discover how different barriers, opportunities and lived experiences influence outcomes.
From accessible travel and neurodivergence to technology and culture, gain fresh perspectives on inclusive design and understand why there is rarely a single solution that works for everyone.
Learning outcomes:
Identify assumptions in common event design decisions
Explore how accessibility, neurodivergence, technology, culture and lived experience reveal different needs
Leave with three practical questions to use in your next event design discussion
* CMP/CEU Approved: Sustainability and Social Impact, 0.75 credits