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Across associations, corporate event teams, and DMOs, they voiced the same top priorities: the need to strengthen strategic planning and to equip themselves and their teams with the skills to leverage AI.

Picking Up the Pace

Staying human-centered while meeting the AI challenge.
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The “PCMA 2026 Outlook” report combined survey responses with data from one-on-one interviews and focus groups for a multi-layered look at the challenges shaping the business events landscape.

A Strategic Blueprint for Common Events-Industry Challenges

A comprehensive new PCMA report outlines the many challenges facing associations, corporate event teams, and DMOs — and the skills and strategies needed to navigate them.
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This Week on the Convene Podcast: Navigating Political Disruption and the Skills Event Leaders Need in 2026

This Week on the Convene Podcast: Navigating Political Disruption and the Skills Event Leaders Need in 2026

From how meeting planners outmaneuvered political and economic upheaval to insights from the 2026 Skills Horizon on leading through a “decade of disorientation” — here’s what’s new on the Convene Podcast.
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Six headshots of the people who took part in season ten of the Convene Podcast

How to Make Your Biggest Line Item Have the Greatest Impact

Season 10 of the Convene Podcast shows how F&B has evolved from a meal break to become an essential part of the attendee experience and a reflection of the host organization’s values.
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Medical meetings compliance experts were on hand at Convening Leaders 2026 in Philadelphia to provide attendees with up-to-date guidance. Photo by Jacob Slaton / Whatever Media Group

Medical Planners Are Exhausted

International compliance is a grey and complex area for medical meeting planners, adding layers of work on top of the rigors of their role. Here’s how they hashed that out during a focus group session at Convening Leaders 2026 — along with some recommended solutions and some resources underway that will provide clarity.
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Business event organizers can increase the likelihood of "peak moments" by designing the attendee journey around them.

Why Retention is the Real Growth Strategy

Are you running a growth strategy for your event or a replacement strategy?

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