News & Trends
This Is What Medical Meetings Will Look Like in the Future
Is the education model being created at the University of Texas at Austin’s brand-new Dell Medical School a blueprint for your meeting’s future?
Showing True Colors at Color Conference
How the Color Conference keeps their meeting for color-management professionals vibrant.
What’s On Your Wish List For 2017?
Here’s what respondents to the 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey told us was on their own personal wish lists.
How Meeting Planners Book, Plan, and Execute Their Events
What Meetings Market Survey respondents told us about the tools and technology they rely on.
Unpacking the 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey
Convene TV host Carrie Ferenac and Cara Moore uncover some surprises in the data.
What Did You Do Differently Last Year?
We asked meeting professionals to tell us what changes they made last year — positive or negative — in response to the economy. Do any of these look familiar?
Convene’s 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey
Still trending upward, but at a slower pace than last year.
Through the Looking Glasses
James H. Gilmore’s ‘Look’ is a guide for seeing the world differently.
Inside Biofabricate, Where Fabric is Created From Life
Inside Biofabricate, where designers use biological materials to make clothing, utensils, electronics, and more.
What Is the Meetings Industry’s Biggest Challenge?
Every year, respondents to our annual Meetings Market Survey give answers to open-ended questions about the industry. Here are what they listed as the most pressing challenges in 2017.
What the Travel Ban Could Mean for Scientific Meetings
Scientific innovation requires global collaboration, say the co-signers of a letter opposing President Trump’s travel ban. ‘You shut the door to any particular group of people, and the world may look very different 40 years later.’
Silence Really Is Golden
Research shows that short periods of quiet time help us process our experiences. Here’s what that means for events.