For years, high-tech conferences have designed innovative hub spaces to engage and nurture their top customers. While some of the elements in these areas can be costly to implement, creating a town-square-like experience can help bring your participants together and grow your community.

You’ve heard of big-name cities like Tokyo and Osaka, but have you considered other wonderfully unique destinations for conventions in Japan? Join us for a peek into why these destinations and venues inspire creativity and innovation. 

How can organizations design an engaging digital event at a time when many attendees crave in-person interactions? The European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) delivered that and more.

Do you feel your attendees crave serendipity when attending virtual events? The lack of liminal space in virtual environments is the culprit — and it can also be missing at your in-person event.

Facilitator Priya Parker explains why establishing a sense of togetherness for participants should be the first step for online and hybrid events.

Hospitality Helping Hands volunteers sorted books to be delivered to children in low-income communities.

‘Honestly, They’re Kids,’ Said CEO of Long Beach Area’s CVB on why the community rallied to soften the experience for migrant children living in a temporary shelter. 

After two years of digital experimentation, organizations of all stripes are coming to a collective realization — a successful event strategy requires cultivating a strong, year-round online community. 

After false starts and months of virtual experiences, in-person events are returning. Here’s what organizers of three physical events held in the second half of 2021 learned. 

A major task for organizations in 2022 is retaining and engaging employees. One way to stay connected? Building community through shared moments of play online.

Four event marketing professionals share their perspectives on the future of events — and how marketers will need to rethink how they market them. 

The urgent question addressing climate change belongs in every conversation about the business event industry — and we dedicated our first-ever single-topic issue to the challenge.