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AEO Forums 2026

Friday 30th January 2026, Business Design Centre

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Aztec       whitespace

The AEO Forums 2026 will take place at the Business Design Centre on Friday 30th January 2025

Each year the AEO Forums delivers new and innovative content essential to the continued growth and development of event professionals and companies regardless of size. It’s a three-stream event covering ops, marketing & sales and offers a fantastic opportunity to network with industry peers.  

It is attended by junior to middle-management marketing, ops and sales professionals, as well as event managers. Directors may also wish to attend to learn with their teams. 

With a great speaker line-up covering a wide range of hot topics, the much-anticipated forums offers an unrivalled learning experience for our members and the wider industry.

Meet the stream chairs

Sam is the Regional Marketing Director for the UK & Global at Easyfairs, where he oversees marketing for more than 25 large-scale B2B exhibitions across Europe. He also leads the central MIT (Marketing, Intelligence & Technology) team, driving strategy, design, data, digital tools, and best practices across the business.

With well over a decade of experience in conferences, exhibitions, training, and everything in between, Sam is passionate about the intersection of marketing and technology. He’s especially focused on emerging MarTech and refining campaign analytics, with the aim of converting data into actionable information and, ultimately, valuable insights.

When he’s not immersed in data analysis or crafting marketing strategies, you’ll likely find him out running. His ultimate ambition is to complete all six major marathons - 3 down, 3 to go!

Corina is a seasoned events professional with over 20 years of experience delivering major events around the world. She spent 10 years at dmg events leading an award-winning operations team, before joining Hyve Group in 2017. As Director of Safety, Security & Operations, Corina has played a key role in shaping how events are delivered — combining operational efficiency with robust health, safety and security practices. She's known for setting high standards, solving complex challenges, and working closely with teams to deliver events that run smoothly and safely.

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Alexi Khajavi is President of Hospitality & Travel for Questex LLC, a global business intelligence company that informs and connects buyers and sellers across five key sectors; hospitality, travel, healthcare, wellness and technology. Alexi is responsible for the overall management and development of the company’s global hospitality and travel communications properties and events including notable flagship assets like the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) Summit Series, The Bar & Restaurant Expo, Ultra Travel Summit, Luxury Travel Advisor, Hospitality Insights, HOTEC and the Destination Develop investment promotion arm.  

Khajavi, who brings more than 20 years of travel, technology, hospitality, media and aviation experience to his position, joined Questex in 2014 as head of Hospitality and Hotel Investment.

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