Music-engineering professor Colby Leider shares his acoustic expertise — from the cocktail-party effect and appropriate intelligibility to loudspeaker placement and open-air environments.

Cognitive scientist Josh Mcdermott on why people hear what they do — and why the auditory conferences he attends often have terrible acoustics.

Audio engineer Steve Bush takes on identifying sound leakage, controlling Reverberation, and finding the right expert.

It’s not just about having enough seats in the ballroom. Get a look at how forward-thinking furniture design can help your attendees meet, greet and get business done.

As 2018 kicks into full gear, the past presidents of PCMA’s chapters reflect on what made 2017 a year to remember.

No matter where you turn in the meetings industry, you’ll find one common characteristic: change. From planners who are rethinking attendee engagement strategies to exhibitors who are redesigning booth spaces to sponsors who are reevaluating where their dollars go, conferences and trade shows are breaking up with tradition.

Planner Tina Squillante took a standard classroom-style medical meeting and, by applying lessons she learned at PCMA Convening Leaders, blew it out of the water. This is how she did it.

Here are four general session sets that leveraged cutting-edge technology and innovative designs to elevate the experiences.

Pirates, poachers, room block bullies. These companies may be called different names, but every planner can agree that they represent big problems.

The first woman to serve as U.S. National Security Advisor and the second to serve as U.S. Secretary of State shares her thoughts on why face-to-face experiences — which “cannot be replaced with anything else” — are pivotal to advancing society.