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Confused About the Tariffs’ Impact on Your Event?
The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance has published a resource center to help the events industry stay on top of — and understand the impact of — the changing tariff situation.
Politics Influencing an Increasing Number of U.S. Trips
As planners consider the impacts of the current administration’s policies on attendance at their upcoming events, the latest American Travel Sentiment Study offers some clues about their willingness to travel — and where.
Borrowing From the Davos Playbook
Charlotte Farmer, a regular at the World Economic Forum, will apply her experiences and observations to B2B events for executives attending ECEF on May 28. Here are some highlights of her upcoming talk.
Meetings Industry Braces for Effects of Tariffs
Weighing the potential short- and long-term effects of the U.S. administration’s reciprocal tariffs on the business events industry.
Making Gen AI Your ‘Thought Partner for Innovation’
AI is reshaping business models, customer engagement, and value creation, but what lies ahead? AI expert Ayesha Khanna, Ph.D., explores the rise of AI agents, ambient intelligence, and the ethical responsibility that comes with innovation with Convene — and what it means for business leaders, including event professionals.
Mastering the Three Steps to AI Implementation
AI expert Ayesha Khanna, Ph.D., shares the three foundational steps every organization must take to successfully adopt AI — from structuring your data and aligning teams to ensuring ethical governance. Here’s how to turn AI into a strategic advantage, not just a tech upgrade.
Measuring Emotion
While meeting organizers understand the primary role that emotional engagement and experiential factors play in their events, they find those things difficult to measure. We’ve set out to explore how to define, design and how to quantify emotional engagement and make meaningful improvements as a result.
Using Emotional AI to Track Attendee Sentiment in Real Time
How technology tools are helping organizers wrap their arms around participants’ emotional responses to their events.
Convene Pulse Survey: Is Global Uncertainty Affecting Your Events?
Participate in this brief survey to help us understand how recent policy shifts in the U.S. are affecting your current work and plans for future events.
Visit Detroit Named PCMA Visionary Awards Finalist for Hosting NFL Draft
For the first time, the PCMA Foundation accepted group nominations for the Professional Excellence Award categories as part of its annual Visionary Awards program. Here’s how the Visit Detroit team became an Impact Award finalist.
Group Effort Nets RIMS Meetings Team Visionary Awards Finalist Nomination
For the first time, teams — not just individuals — could be nominated for Professional Excellence awards as part of the PCMA Foundation’s Visionary Awards this year. Convene spoke with the leader of the RIMS team, a finalist for Experience Design of the Year.
How AAPA’s Conference and Meetings Team Created the Made in Houston Marketplace
Here’s how the events team at the American Academy of Physician Associates was named a finalist for the Professional Excellence award in the category of Experience Design of the Year, part of the PCMA Foundation’s Visionary Awards program.