The best way to predict the future is to pay attention and be prepared for the “what if?”

Do you feel your attendees crave serendipity when attending virtual events? The lack of liminal space in virtual environments is the culprit — and it can also be missing at your in-person event.

Facilitator Priya Parker explains why establishing a sense of togetherness for participants should be the first step for online and hybrid events.

Convene editors asked companies at Convening Leaders 2022’s Tech Village at Caesars Forum to identify what’s changed about the digital attendee experience over the last year.

Charles Starks, the 2022 chairman of the PCMA Board of Directors, says PCMA — and the business events industry — must forge ahead with an eye to innovation, education, and collaboration through growing relationships.

Inspiration from two young and engaging Main Stage speakers, an educational session on a humanistic approach to events, and much more caught the attention of CL22 audiences.

Convening Leaders attendees share how they’re thinking their 2022 events will take shape, and what they’re taking home from the event.

Social justice issues have everything to do with the environment, environmental justice advocate Wanjiku ‘Wawa’ Gatheru told the PCMA Convening Leaders 2022 audience in Las Vegas, ‘and the environment has everything to do with me.’

Convening Leaders 2022 attendees share what their organizations are doing to create more inclusive gatherings.

A packed in-person audience and digital participants listened to journalist Ronan Farrow, who talked about the value that shared space and common ground provided by events can bring to the world.

Whether in person or online, PCMA attendees were making connections — in the CL Promenade, in session chats, and on social media. Here’s a look at some of the buzz during the second day.

At his keynote session, bestselling author and professor Scott Galloway reviewed his business predictions for the new year.