Sam Lippman and the Rooms Where the Exhibition Industry Talks to Itself

One career that mirrors how the events industry evolved—from forklifts and drayage to the strategic power of conversation.

Editor’s Note:The career of Sam Lippman offers an unusually clear lens into how the modern events industry evolved. Over the past half century exhibitions moved from something largely mechanical—moving freight, building booths, calculating drayage—into something far more strategic: gatherings where the leaders of industries come together to exchange ide…