Jenny Sauer-Klein, found of The Primary Shift workplace experience design studio, brought 150 participants together to talk about how to build connection and impact at the inaugural The Conference for Conferences. Photo by Selina Pan

Fixing a Broken Conference Model

At The Conference for Conferences, participants explored what events rooted in participant experience and connection could look like.

New survey data from American Express suggests that sustainability plays a supporting role, rather than a starring role, in business events.

Have We Moved the Sustainability Bar?

According to AmEx Global Business Travel’s 2026 Global Meetings & Events Forecast, planners recognize that their attendees expect their events to be sustainable. But how are they delivering on that expectation?

This year, we explore the question of whether events professionals earn a salary commensurate with the requirements of the job. Illustration by Ellen Marello.

Salary Survey 2025: Payment Due?

We look into the question of whether event organizers are compensated well enough for their efforts, skills, experience, and contributions, using our Annual Salary Survey as a guidepost.

To help conference participants better understand one another, de Jong has audience participants team up and ask each other this question: How do you see the future?

Facing the Future Together

Why Convening EMEA Main Stage speaker Thimon de Jong believes that cross-generation conversations about the future are the real resilience strategy.

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Planning for Extreme Weather

A multi-disciplinary research report led by event sustainability expert Shawna McKinley offers a calculus of the risks posed to events by extreme weather — and the high cost of not planning for them.

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