Exhibitor magazine brought together five industry professionals to discuss the current events landscape and how marketers and organizers can plan for the future.

For #GivingTuesday, we highlight four nonprofits that support event professionals.

Chris Wehking, executive, business event strategy, for the American Society of Anesthesiologists, passed away on Nov. 28 after battling a long illness. Among his many accomplishments, Wehking, who served as PCMA’s 2014 Chairman of the Board of Directors, was named a 2019 PCMA Foundation Lifetime Achievement Honoree.

ECEF gave attendees a handful of important data points to consider as they embarked on a day of programs and networking.

Jane Goodall and Bill Gates are hopeful about changing the course of the climate crisis — and the events industry has a big role to play.

The climate crisis must be addressed head-on by the business events industry.

The League of American Bicyclists’ virtual 2021 event drew the most attendees ever, and the organization plans to challenge participants at next year’s hybrid event — which they hope will be even larger — to think about how to link bicycling with climate change.

Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s 2021 annual conference, held virtually, doubles the number of attendees as organization commits to new diversity, equity, and inclusion policy.

How the United Nations’ biggest climate conference — and a critical moment in human history — could change the event industry’s “business as usual” narrative on sustainability.

Laura Lopez is capping off her decades-long United Nations career as director of conference affairs for the UN Framework, which organizes climate change meetings including the annual COP conference.

COP26 hasn’t been the only conference to address the climate crisis. A number of other significant events have recently taken place with the environment, sustainability and climate change at the center of their missions.

Two newly published books by Jane Goodall and Katharine Mayhoe are meant to guard against despair in the face of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss.