Deanna Varga is a business events and tourism professional with 25 years’ experience working within the MICE sector.She specialises in revenue generation and strategy across government, associations, NFP and small to medium enterprise. She has worked for global hotel chains such as Starwood and Accor as well as destination marketing agencies including Business Events Australia (Tourism Australia) and Business Events Sydney (then SCVB). Her consulting agency (Mayvin Global) has worked with PCOs, convention bureaux and convention centres including Business Events Sarawak, China National Convention Centre, Adelaide Convention Centre, Melbourne Convention Bureau, Northern Territory Business Events, arinex, Destinations International, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board and Darwin Convention Centre.Her agency also specialises in helping associations diversify their revenue streams and clients have included Australian College of Remote and Regional Medicine, Community Early Learning Australia, Women in Gaming & Hospitality Australasia, Property Council of Australia and Community Broadcasting Association.

Deanna is an Adjunct Professor (Industry) with the University of Technology of Sydney (UTS) and is on the board of the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), Transport Heritage NSW and Member of the Regional Advisory Board (Asia Pacific) of the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA). She is a founding lecturer of the ICCASKills Program launched in 2022.

Jonathan is the co-founder & VP Design at Gevme, a leading omnichannel event platform headquartered in Singapore. Jonathan graduated from Curtin University of Technology (Australia) in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in Design with First Class Honours and was on the prestigious Vice Chancellor’s List.

From the start of Gevme, Jonathan has pioneered and has been the driving force behind the company’s product designs. Obsessed with igniting new ideas and with a passion for product and technology, Jonathan leads the design team where his role involves envisioning and crafting innovative solutions that help empower event teams and professionals to shape the future of events.

Keerat drives revenue-generating initiatives at Gevme with a keen interest in innovations that are transforming the events industry. She has a passion for driving change towards more sustainable and environment-friendly events and has been working towards evangelizing such experiences.

Veemal Gungadin is the co-founder and CEO of Gevme, a leading event tech company. He is a passionate and visionary tech entrepreneur with deep expertise in the business events industry. He has built and scaled Gevme into a holistic platform for event professionals, empowering them to deliver seamless and impactful events from start to finish.

Veemal has also pioneered Spark, an AI productivity tool that has been built specifically for business events professionals.

Veemal is a respected figure in the global business events community. He serves on the Board of Directors & Trustees at PCMA, the world’s largest and most recognized network of business events strategists. He is also the Honorary Treasurer at SACEOS, where he contributes to the national development and advancement of business events in Singapore.