When Marriott and the PCMA Foundation joined together to update research on the trends that can be expected to transform meetings and events in the future, they made the decision to look everywhere except within the industry.

Innovation events organizer, Ascender, a hub for Pittsburgh’s startups and entrepreneurs, used Carnegie Museum of Art, Phipps Conservatory at the Botanical Gardens, and many more local spots to weave the city into the fabric of the festival.

Event planners who have cited safety and security at destinations as a major worry are increasing their emphasis on planning for emergencies.

The inaugural MANOVA Global Health Summit proved that critical conversations about health care don’t need to be stodgy or academic — and that they should include voices from outside the medical industry. 

PeopleFWD 2018 invited human resources professionals and business leaders to wrestle with the most difficult issues facing organizations today, like employee culture and constantly evolving organizational trends. It was presented by CPP-The Myers-Briggs Company.

Outer space is not on most of our everyday radar, never mind on the business horizon. The Space Commerce Conference and Exposition — the only civilian conference and expo that brings together NASA, aerospace, government agencies, and commercial industries — bridges both worlds: space exploration as it relates to business.

Mass alerts about an emergency situation might actually incite panic at an event. Here’s a more strategic — and safer — way to send text notifications. 

For the Barcelona Convention Bureau and its partners, sustainability is top of mind when they host events in their city. Here’s how they put that ethos into action during IMEX America while in Las Vegas.

One Convening Leaders 2019 attendee took what he heard on stage so much to heart that he immediately raised funds to provide meals for furloughed TSA agents.

As PCMA continues to spread roots in the Asia Pacific region, the organization will act as the exclusive strategic education partner at one of APAC’s biggest events.

The author, entrepreneur, and founder of Habits at Work gave Convening Leaders 2019 attendees a glimpse of the 11 habits among employees who craft magnetic personalities, and, as a result, successful businesses, but with a twist that zeroed-in on the personality of events.

Shifting your mindset from adversity to ambition isn’t an easy thing to do, but at Tuesday’s PCMA Convening Leaders Opening Main Stage, executive Steve Pemberton and social activist Nadya Okamoto showed it’s not impossible.