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.

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.

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.

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

A new GBTA study finds that hybrid will reign supreme for corporate meetings and small in-person meetings will soon make a full comeback.

After being forced to cancel its annual in-person meeting, the American Association of Endodontists took a unique approach to digitally convening its members and corporate partners without trying to recreate its event online.

The digital tools that make it possible to conduct all or part of site visits remotely have come to the forefront over the last year, in ways that may change how planners book meetings in the future. Planners and destinations share their strategies.

The collaborative drawing app Piccles helps conference participants express themselves while they connect online — and can reveal to organizers and each other something new about how they think and feel.

Event professionals are joining Clubhouse, an audio-chat app, to connect with one another and new audiences.

Convene asked technology experts and event professionals what event tech and tech companies they expect to make a splash in the business event tech space in 2021.