News & Trends
Visit Indy CEO Leonard Hoops on Achieving Work-Life Balance
Convene asked Visit Indy’s Leonard Hoops about whether he thought the post-pandemic emphasis on work-life balance would change the way the industry operates. Yes, Hoops said — and no.
Bringing the Maker Movement to Events
The founder and president of Make: Community reflects on why people become makers and the role the maker movement can play in events.
Columbus Reimagined for Summer 2024 Events
Summer is a great season for meetings and events in Columbus, Ohio, where this year attendees can experience new dining spots, the return of the Scioto Mile Fountain, new pieces on the CBUS Soul Sculpture Trail, superb shopping, and much more.
Research Spotlights Present and Future Challenges for Planners
Late registrations and room-block bookings are an issue, but planners see more challenges on the horizon.
Tech Company’s AI Reporter Helps Meeting Attendees Be in Two Places at Once
Siemens AG used AI to spread key insights from an internal leadership meeting to participants — and remote global employees — in record time.
When Lower Room Rates Affect Your Attendees
PCMA’s Catalyst community offers ideas on how planners can work with a conference hotel that is undercutting room-block rates.
Conference Illuminates the Art of Medicine
The Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators draws on advances in science, technology, and medicine to keep attendees up to date on techniques to explain the science of life.
‘Human Interaction Is Critical to Our Success’
Teena Piccione, global transformation and operations executive at Google, is set to help the ECEF audience embrace change on May 29.
How CL24 Earned EIC Silver Sustainable Event Standard Certification
PCMA Convening Leaders 2024 achieved Silver certification for its sustainability efforts. Now it’s time to explore what considerations and steps are necessary to raise the bar in 2025.
Waste Not, Want Not: Making Leftover Event Materials Serve the Community
After WrestleMania concluded in Philadelphia, the CVB found a way to give the professional wrestling event’s banners a second life, while giving back — joining several other large events that have made sure that what’s left over goes to a good cause rather than the landfill.
When It Comes to Taking Sustainable Action, Peer Pressure Works
Dozens of global studies — and a food scale named Wade — demonstrate that the influence we have on one another is a powerful motivator for changing our impact on the environment.
5 Ways to Move the Dial on Women’s Leadership in the Business Events Industry
A comprehensive look at why gender disparities persist in senior leadership roles in the business events industry — and ideas for how the global industry can create change.