At Expo 2020 Dubai, All Roads Lead to Al Wasl
The plaza and giant dome create an open-air lobby that doubles as the world’s largest 360-degree projection theater and connects all corners of the Expo 2020 Dubai’s massive 1,083-acre campus.
Katharina Path
Katharina Path, marketing manager for conventions at the Frankfurt Convention Bureau in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, shares what advice she gleaned about the events industry from Grand Master Yoda of “Star Wars” fame.
Christina Strohschneider
Christina Strohschneider, sales manager for associations at Austria Center Vienna, talks about the initiatives she has seen spring up during the pandemic that she hopes will stay with the business events industry.
Jennifer Yau
Jennifer Yau, senior association account manager for ICC Belfast, shares what innovations in the business events industry she hopes will remain after the pandemic.
Planners Take a ‘Wait-and-See’ Approach to Omicron
The latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard Survey results reveal that planners and suppliers feel more hopeful as they face COVID’s latest variant — and that planners are less inclined to cancel their upcoming in-person events than they were when in the throes of the Delta variant.
Digital Events Insights
PCMA and the AC Forum embarked on a research project to determine what the Business Events industry could learn from organizations and businesses that had to quickly pivot face-to-face events and gatherings, and what impact and/or how that can guide the industry’s approach to digital events in 2021 and beyond.
Webinar: Safe ways to connect Post the Pandemic: Explore the Jewel of the Gulf: The Sultanate of Oman
Discover the practical steps on how you can restart events in a safe environment that won’t hinder the natural beauty of this Lonely Planet top 10 must visit destinations for 2022.
How PCMA EMEA Ran A Deconstructed Hybrid Event
Convening EMEA reunited global Business Events professionals from 29 different countries in Lausanne, Switzerland. Some attended online after the organising team made the forward-thinking decision to embrace the hybrid model and make their content accessible to those unable to travel.
Convening Sustainability
Groundbreaking energy tech and sustainable practices set the stage for Convening EMEA at SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland.
A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Events — and the World
How the United Nations’ biggest climate conference — and a critical moment in human history — could change the event industry’s “business as usual” narrative on sustainability.
UN Conference Director Wanted to ‘Make the Impossible Happen’
Laura Lopez is capping off her decades-long United Nations career as director of conference affairs for the UN Framework, which organizes climate change meetings including the annual COP conference.
Climate Conferences on the Agenda
COP26 hasn’t been the only conference to address the climate crisis. A number of other significant events have recently taken place with the environment, sustainability and climate change at the center of their missions.