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ImageCon 2021 by the Numbers: Fun Facts and Event Highlights

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Highlights on ImageCon 2021 and a Preview of ImageCon 2022

New year, same trend! Visual media will continue to play a monumental role in driving online conversions. To keep up with visual-experience trends and best practices, Cloudinary holds an annual conference called ImageCon, a one-of-a-kind event that helps attendees create the most engaging visual experiences possible.

More than 1,700 people in 107 countries registered for ImageCon 2021, which was held virtually on October 19-20. Event highlights included a keynote from the founders of Bombas, product updates from Cloudinary, a talk by Cloudinary customer lastminute.com, and the session The Future of Digital Media, hosted by Cloudinary’s cofounder and CTO Tal Lev-Ami, and VP of innovation Daniel Amitai. All ImageCon 2021 sessions are available on demand, for free, here.

ImageCon 2022, our sixth annual conference, will answer the question: “What visual media trends and changes are in store this year and beyond?” The agenda will cover industry trends, e-commerce tips, recommendations for better managing image and video projects through automation, Cloudinary’s product roadmap, and other illuminating topics. Our events team is hard at work securing speakers from within Cloudinary and from leaders at iconic brands and global publishers. It’ll be the best ImageCon yet so don’t miss it!

To learn more and sign up for updates, visit ImageCon.com and do check out the infographic below.

IC21 infographic

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