EMEA Survey: Events Professionals Continue to Plan Amidst Uncertainty
The results of a survey of business events professionals in EMEA demonstrate their collective resolve to navigate a continually shifting environment.
Gathering for Women’s Rights
On International Women’s Day, we spotlight a handful of conferences and events that have helped move the needle on women’s rights.
Around the World, Associations Express Support for Ukraine Counterparts
The international library and book publishing communities have not shied away from issuing strong statements or advocating for the removal of Russian state-owned institutions at industry events.
Learning Firsthand How to Make Events Accessible
Beki Winchel, PCMA’s learning content and research developer, shares what she learned from working with accessibility expert and deaf speaker Meryl Evans in the lead-up to and on site at Convening Leaders 2022.
A Dickens of a Breakthrough
Dickens scholars and computer scientists got together online and solved a century-old literary puzzle. What can the meetings industry learn about the value of collaboration from their success story?
Giving Disposable Face Masks a Second Life
The Québec City Convention Centre has partnered with a company to recycle single-use COVID masks so they don’t end up in landfills.
Event Professionals Press Forward
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.
7 ‘Grategies’ to Stave off the Great Resignation
During a Convening Leaders 2022 session, Grategy’s chief appreciation strategist Lisa Ryan shared simple steps we can take to make our coworkers and direct reports feel appreciated.
5 Consumer Trends Having an Impact on Business Events
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.
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.