It may seem premature to sound the alarm, but here goes: Trump’s executive order directed toward transforming government spending will likely have a significant impact on meetings in the scientific, health-care, and academic sectors.

The annual World Extreme Medicine (WEM) Conference has taken place for several years — and will be held again in 2025 — in dedicated conference space at Edinburgh, Scotland’s Dynamic Earth science center.

The Events Industry Council’s “Futures Landscape Report” spotlights a dozen top forces affecting the future of the events industry.

Here are some of the new ways PCMA is moving the industry — and society — forward.

Members of the PCMA Catalyst community shared the challenges they are facing in holding and planning their events as the Trump administration continues to make cuts and changes that have wide repercussions.

Most planners say that ending food waste is a very high priority for them, but that many venues are either silent or resistant about the topic. Here’s how to change that.

Accessibility expert John Sage thinks the events industry has the potential to remove more barriers for travelers with disabilities. His company is helping to define what that looks like.

There is growing concern that associations’ tax-exempt status may be under attack by the new administration. A recent poll shows that isn’t in the public interest.

Event professionals who participated in this year’s PCMA EMEA Engagement Survey are as focused on designing for the human side of events as mastering the technology that can help them create those experiences that resonate with their audiences.

Thinking about how you want your participants to feel at the end of their experience is a great start to planning your event. But you also need to ask them the right questions to get there.

Organizational behavior expert Andrew Brodsky on why it’s worth your time to think more deliberately about how you use technology to communicate.