Industry leaders share their practical approaches for making events inclusive — from digital accessibility to balancing celebration with difficult conversations — even as DEI faces backlash.

From an early adopter’s approach to AI to how events can help close a 43-million-worker gap in travel and tourism, here’s what’s new on the Convene Podcast.

From record-breaking attendance at global science meetings to renewed debates about an oversaturated events calendar, this week’s Convene Podcast explores what’s driving resilience — and what needs to change.

From expert advice on crafting sustainability-focused RFPs to insights from Convene’s 2025 Salary Survey on pay gaps, workload strain, and job satisfaction, here’s what’s new on the Convene Podcast.

From how the Society of Women Engineers built inclusivity and safety into its award-winning event, to what planners need to know about QR code scams, here’s what’s new on the Convene Podcast.

From how AI is reshaping the hiring process, to lessons in inclusive growth from Los Angeles, to SXSW’s bold pivot without a convention center.

This week’s Convene Podcast explores how fun can fuel workplace culture, what the European Accessibility Act means for event design, and why bleisure sparks better ideas.

This week’s Convene Podcast unpacks how to navigate DEI backlash, how radical joy was infused into the Human Rights Conference, and what Fyre Festival 2 teaches us about trust in events.

This week’s Convene Podcast explores how Minneapolis is standing strong on DEI, how Cameron Curtis sees belonging take shape in divided times, and what the world’s wildest science conference teaches us about when “weird” works in events.

This week’s Convene Podcast spotlights inclusive event design — from REI’s approach to belonging, to practical strategies with Devon Montgomery Pasha, to how Create & Cultivate is reinventing women-focused networking.

This week’s Convene Podcast dives into DEI done differently, the roots of backlash against inclusion, and what new sustainability reports reveal about the future of events.

From cross-border moves to protect attendee safety to standing firm on DEI, this week’s Convene Podcast explores how the events industry is responding to political pressures.