大象传媒

We find out how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the lucrative conference sector. 大象传媒 Asia business reporter Monica Miller tells us a number of exhibitors have pulled out of the Singapore Air Show. Daniel Grogan is co-founder of Global Event Partners, which runs oil and gas conferences around the world, and explains how his firm is turning away delegates from areas of the world where there has been a high incidence of the virus. And Dr Kate Benyon is chief medical officer of the digital health consultancy Doctor Care Anywhere, which advises conference organisers on maintaining public health, and discusses their latest recommendations. Also in the programme, the UK has committed to building a high-speed rail line connecting London to Birmingham and beyond. We hear from Nick Kingsley, managing editor of Railway Gazette International, why the project has proved so controversial. Plus on Safer Internet Day, Belinda Parmar, chief executive of The Empathy Business, tells us why she is campaigning against internet addiction.

(Picture: A woman has her temperature checked in Beijing. Picture credit: Getty Images.)