A host of Conversation Starters — small group discussions on a range of hot-button topics — were held for in-person and digital participants at Convening Leaders 2022. Here are some takeaways.

A science club project demonstrates how seamlessly high-school students — the next generation of conference participants — shift between in-person and digital channels.

U.S. Travel President and CEO Roger Dow urges the business community to come back together: “It’s safe to meet.”

A recent survey of 25,000 consumers in 22 countries by professional services company Accenture reveals that the pandemic has caused consumers to reevaluate how and what they buy. Here’s what that means for events.

Amid continuing uncertainty around planning events during COVID’s wild ride, we turned to professional futurists to help put us on the path to envisioning business events going forward. Here’s a shorthand guide to thinking like a futurist.

At Convening Leaders 2022, strategy and design consultant Alain Sylvain outlined how organizations can put purpose statements into meaningful action.

Yolanda Simmons Battle, senior manager, meetings at AHIMA and one of this year’s PCMA Groundbreaker Award nominees, shares how she has found success through asking questions, listening, and bringing her own seat to the table so others can follow.

A 76-year-old Chinese American volleyball tournament took a second look at a second-tier city — illustrating what can happen when the values of a destination and an organization align.

The United States Eventing Association (USEA) returned to an in-person annual convention in 2021 for the first time since the start of the pandemic, and diversity, equity, and inclusion was on the agenda.

Many experts now say that frequent, daily rapid tests are a superior approach to safer travel and gatherings, but for event organizers scarcity and high costs stand in the way.

To celebrate National LEGO Day on Jan. 28, Convene has dug out a few stories we’ve written about the building bricks vis a vis events — plus, the backstory of an upcoming LEGO event.

Convening Leaders 2022 participants learned from the creative genius of Cirque du Soleil’s executive vice chair, Daniel Lamarre.