Participants in UFI’s Global CEO Summit had a rare audience with the Pope, who acknowledged the important work of the events industry in creating a more “just and humane global economy.”

Tips from a speakers bureau expert — including frontloading requests you want to make rather than adding them after the contract is signed.

PCMA began honoring the rising stars of the business events industry through its 20 in Their Twenties initiative in 2014. Convene checks in with members of the 2015 class to discover where their career paths have taken them.

The Singapore Airshow will take place as planned this month, but other events in Asia are being rescheduled or canceled.

If you want to protect your meeting from a noisy neighboring event, the typical contract language will not cover you. Here’s how to address that potential problem.

Here are the top five things you can do to position your annual event to thrive, with aspects from registration to design.

Events produced by the nonprofit Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) demonstrate that formal debates can boost audience engagement and sway opinions. But the format is more exacting than you might think.

One brick-and-mortar retailer is defying the odds in the otherwise crumbling mall landscape. What can event planners learn from its strategy?

California signed into law a contentious piece of legislation that could dramatically reshape the future of independent workforces in that state and beyond. What does that mean for the business events industry?

This February, PCMA expands its reach to Belfast and Melbourne with education programs that drive home the power of business events to lead social and economic transformation.

PCMA President and CEO Sherrif Karamat announced new services and partnerships during a press conference yesterday, while underscoring PCMA’s commitment to helping business events transform global economies and societies.

The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020?