Event Strategy & Design
Convening Sustainability
Groundbreaking energy tech and sustainable practices set the stage for Convening EMEA at SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland.
What’s Your Event Marketing Resolution?
As we come to the close of 2021, mdg team members share what they’ve learned and how it will inform their event-marketing approaches in 2022.
Promoting Equitable Access to Tech
A tech-donation drive at the Los Angeles Convention Center will give unwanted tech devices and accessories a new life, benefiting “communities left on the wrong side of the digital divide.”
Tips for Returning to Live Trade Shows
Exhibitor magazine brought together five industry professionals to discuss the current events landscape and how marketers and organizers can plan for the future.
Celebrating a Day for Doing Good
For #GivingTuesday, we highlight four nonprofits that support event professionals.
Five Event Trends in Five Minutes
ECEF gave attendees a handful of important data points to consider as they embarked on a day of programs and networking.
‘A Small Window’ to Heal the Planet
Jane Goodall and Bill Gates are hopeful about changing the course of the climate crisis — and the events industry has a big role to play.
National Bike Summit: Pedaling for a Sustainable Future
The League of American Bicyclists’ virtual 2021 event drew the most attendees ever, and the organization plans to challenge participants at next year’s hybrid event — which they hope will be even larger — to think about how to link bicycling with climate change.
Forestry Group’s Focus: a Sustainable Future for All Communities
Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s 2021 annual conference, held virtually, doubles the number of attendees as organization commits to new diversity, equity, and inclusion policy.
A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Events — and the World
How the United Nations’ biggest climate conference — and a critical moment in human history — could change the event industry’s “business as usual” narrative on sustainability.
UN Conference Director Wanted to ‘Make the Impossible Happen’
Laura Lopez is capping off her decades-long United Nations career as director of conference affairs for the UN Framework, which organizes climate change meetings including the annual COP conference.
Climate Conferences on the Agenda
COP26 hasn’t been the only conference to address the climate crisis. A number of other significant events have recently taken place with the environment, sustainability and climate change at the center of their missions.