Food halls. Distillery trails. Michelin-starred chefs. The story of how smaller cities are using great food and drink to attract business events.

We need a new set of arguments to reach across the political divide. Can meetings provide a neutral common ground to bring people together?

Hitting the ‘refresh’ button isn’t always easy. Stacey Chang, executive director of the Design Institute for Health at the University of Texas at Austin, has some concrete advice for getting started.

Participants may want more control over their face-to-face conference learning experience, but research indicates that it’s not a great design practice when it comes to online learning. Here’s what works better.

For entrepreneur and speaker Isaac Lidsky, the loss of his sight helped him understand how we use our minds to shape our reality.

Here is what you need to know to success in this year’s ‘customer-led, digital-centric’ market.

Convene talked to two industry veterans about what the incoming administration might mean for meetings and events — and got two different views.

How you treat people is what they will remember, says Renee McKenney, Chief Experience Officer for VisitDallas.

Could the Internet of Things help solve the global decline in bee populations? A CiscoDevNet hackathon sets out to show that it can.

Cultivating the habits of a continual learner can set you apart from the pack.

Members of PCMA’s fourth class of outstanding young business-event professionals talk about their dreams and the best day they’ve had in the meetings industry so far.

New York City’s Future of StoryTelling Summit explores how cutting-edge technology puts audiences at the center of the action. And asks the question: Isn’t that where meeting participants belong, too?