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A Legal Expert Offers Advice on Navigating AI’s Ethical Risks
Jill Blood, who helps lead the legal team at Maritz, on balancing the risks and the rewards of using AI in business event operations and data analysis.
Making Gen AI Your ‘Thought Partner for Innovation’
AI is reshaping business models, customer engagement, and value creation, but what lies ahead? AI expert Ayesha Khanna, Ph.D., explores the rise of AI agents, ambient intelligence, and the ethical responsibility that comes with innovation with Convene — and what it means for business leaders, including event professionals.
Mastering the Three Steps to AI Implementation
AI expert Ayesha Khanna, Ph.D., shares the three foundational steps every organization must take to successfully adopt AI — from structuring your data and aligning teams to ensuring ethical governance. Here’s how to turn AI into a strategic advantage, not just a tech upgrade.
5 Ways to Emotionally Engage Attendees
To create bigger ROE (Return on Emotion), ‘think positive but impactful.’
Sustainability Solutions Startups for the Win
At the SXSW Pitch Competition this month, three startups devoting time and energy to sustainability solutions were named winners, with another earning special attention. Plus, we spotlight a Travel + Leisure Global Visionary Awardee whose eco-friendly initiative for hotels makes it easy for guests to give back to the local community.
AI Pulse Check: How Event Planners Are Using Gen AI
A look at how events industry professionals are using AI, what worries them, and why they should look beyond productivity.
How to Diversify Your Social Media Strategy for Events
One minute, TikTok is banned; the next, it’s back. Then Meta decides to ditch professional fact-checking. Threads’ popularity skyrockets, then struggles to keep users engaged. Here are tips for navigating the shifting social-media landscape.
Expert Tips for Better Virtual Communication
Organizational behavior expert Andrew Brodsky on why it’s worth your time to think more deliberately about how you use technology to communicate.
Inside Spark’s AI Innovation Challenge: Spark ‘Kind of Just Jumps in With You’
How Spark helped the winning team knock out a long list of event planning tasks while racing the clock.
Scott Galloway Tees Up His Predictions for 2025
The NYU Stern marketing professor kicked off CL25 on the Main Stage last night with his pick of stocks, tech, media platforms, and more to keep an eye on this year.
Social Connection: There’s an App for That
A neuroscientist has developed an app that makes connections between incoming first-year college students with a high likelihood they’ll turn into friendships. Up next: conference participants.
Trends Report 2025: An Eye on AI and the Planet
Event professionals’ proficiency using AI tools continues to grow. How about their green skills? Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.