When COVID-19 forced the American Pet Products Association (APPA) and Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA) to make Global Pet Expo a digital experience in 2021, show management learned valuable lessons about data capture that it has put into practice at its in-person show.

Crafting a successful digital or hybrid attendee experience goes deeper than the technology you use. It’s about developing a foundational process that frees you up to be creative.

Dickens scholars and computer scientists got together online and solved a century-old literary puzzle. What can the meetings industry learn about the value of collaboration from their success story? 

A session at PCMA Convening Leaders 2022 contrasted the evolution of the business events industry against other business sectors and explored what insights we should glean from that — and why the future may be here sooner than you may think.

Convene editors asked companies at Convening Leaders 2022’s Tech Village at Caesars Forum to identify what’s changed about the digital attendee experience over the last year.

Maritz Global Events recently announced BPA Worldwide’s iCompli Sustainability division is now a part of the company’s Wellbeing Network to help give clients a yardstick to measure — and lessen — their events’ carbon footprint.

ECEF attendees tried out a contact-tracing wearable that helps event organizers measure and communicate COVID-19 exposure risk to participants.

In a recent webinar presented by PCMA APAC, an event experience company showcased how it’s breathing new life into virtual business events.

Streamed live from AUX Immersive Studio in Singapore, join this webinar to build a practical understanding on Extended Reality (xR) and unlock new ways to engage your audiences with virtual event storytelling.

At Def Con 29, held online and in-person in Las Vegas in August, hackathon participants uncovered how a Twitter algorithm was coded with implicit bias against older people, those with disabilities, and Muslims, in addition to Black people.

Event technology has exploded over the last year — here are two views on what new tools will mean for planners in the future.

With mandates on the rise, organizers have few options to double check proof of vaccination. Health-tech may have an answer.