Ticket Summit®, the leading conference and trade show for ticketing and live entertainment professionals, concludes this evening with its signature Closing Gala, after a three-day schedule of panel sessions, roundtables, workshops, Keynote sessions, a concurrent trade show, and a variety of networking events.

Ticket Summit® began on Wednesday and continued yesterday, with a variety of panel sessions and Keynotes. Thursday’s panel sessions included State of the Box Office and Make it a Bundle, with concurrent roundtable discussions, such as Get Smart About SEO and Sports Meet. Thursday’s Keynote session featured Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Attorney General.

This morning’s schedule begins with a workshop titled Hang out with Google!, presented by Mike Lorenc, head of industry: ticketing and live events for Google. Lorenc will provide a live demo of the latest in advertising and social media technology. The Legal Round-up panel runs concurrent with Lorenc’s presentation; the panel will cover recent legal happenings in ticketing industry.

In the afternoon, Thom Singer, networking expert and sales trainer, will give the closing Keynote session where he will explore the power of business relationships. Singer is author of the blog Some Assembly Required and creator of the Networking Quotient Quiz.

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In the last sessions of the conference, Scott Boding of CyberSource will present a workshop on How to Prevent Online Fraud. Concurrently, the roundtable discussion titled Becoming a Better Broker will cover first-hand tips on how to streamline and optimize a secondary ticketing business.

The conference concludes this evening with the signature Closing Gala, to be held at The Bank nightclub within Bellagio from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

“Today’s schedule features many great panel sessions and events,” said Dr. Molly A. Mérez, Executive Director, Ticket Summit®. “Tonight’s Closing Gala will be a fitting end to a conference full of networking opportunities for ticketing and live entertainment professionals.”