How the event technology company Encore brought host city Washington, D.C. to a ballroom for a VIP audience.

Members of PCMA’s Catalyst community offer meeting manager some guidance on what international attendees need for their visa applications.

The thinking about generative AI so far has been that it is best at rote tasks and cannot compete with human ingenuity. But research from The Wharton School and Cornell University suggests otherwise.

Event apps can enhance the in-person event experience for attendees — but you’ve got to get them to engage first. Here are a few tips on how to encourage app use before and during an event.

Humans faced off against AI in an event-planning competition at PCMA Convening Leaders 2024, and the result of the exercise shines a light on industry gaps and opportunities.

VML Intelligence’s Future 100 trend forecast spotlights “Imagination Stores,” digital retail spaces created with the help of gen AI. How might that trend translate to the business events industry?

After reading a Convene online story about trends, a reader pledges to cut through the social media noise and demand trustworthiness of others — and herself — in the coming year.

A Convene reader asks how event organizers can help communities navigate ambivalence, fear, and anger over climate change at their meetings.

Monday’s Main Stage speakers at Convening Leaders 2024 explored the future of generative AI — after which PCMA and Gevme announced a new feature of their proprietary AI Spark tool for event professionals.

Main Stage presenter Nina Schick applies her AI expertise to the events industry in a pre-Convening Leaders Convene interview.

Tech Labs, a format that launched at EduCon 2023, is returning to Convening Leaders in an updated version.

The popularity of social media’s most businesslike channel — LinkedIn — has exploded in recent years, including among event professionals.