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Inside the Spark AI Innovation Challenge: Spark ‘kind of just jumps in with you.’
How Spark AI helped the winning team knock out a long list of event planning tasks while racing the clock.
What a Week — That’s a Wrap for Convening Leaders 2025!
There was a lot to see and do at CL25 — here are some visual reminders of what you’ve experienced over the past few days and pics of what you may have missed.
Incoming PCMA Chair Neil Brownlee Breaks New Ground
Neil Brownlee, head of business events at VisitScotland and chair of the 2025 PCMA Board of Directors and Trustees, talks about how he thinks his perspective as the board’s first non-North American chair will help set the association up for future growth.
How Human Rights Lawyer Amal Clooney Uses Her Platform for Change
CL25’s celebrity closing Main Stage speaker Amal Clooney will share how events can serve as channel to combat social injustice.
Brené Brown on How to Be a Braver Leader — No Matter Where You Sit on the Org Chart
The greatest barrier to courageous leadership is not fear, Brown said Monday from the CL25 Main Stage. What gets in the way are the things that we do to ‘armor up’ in order not to face up to our own vulnerability.
Hoops on His ‘Rewarding’ Year, Accessibility, and the Rise of AI
Leonard Hoops reflects on his year as chair of the 2024 PCMA Board of Directors and Trustees and shares what he thinks is in store for the business events industry in 2025.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney: The Power of Principle in a Polarized World
In her Main Stage presentation, Liz Cheney will talk about the necessity of standing up for your values, no matter the cost — a principle she exemplifies.
Scott Galloway Tees Up His Predictions for 2025
The NYU Stern marketing professor kicked off CL25 on the Main Stage last night with his pick of stocks, tech, media platforms, and more to keep an eye on this year.
Reimagine Event Sustainability: Join Canada’s Walk ’n Talk Outdoors
Explore Houston’s Discovery Green park Tuesday with cultural storyteller Lori McCarthy and learn how to integrate sustainable practices into your own event planning.
New Orleans: A Top Convention Destination
Its exuberant vibe and multicultural nature — plus world-class meeting facilities — have helped make New Orleans the third-most-visited convention destination in the U.S., according to a recent report.
To Space and Beyond
Two Convening Leaders sessions showed how the innovative Space Cities Network initiative can serve as a blueprint for other sectors — and underscore how events can leverage the power of the knowledge economy.
CL25 Main Stage Speaker Scott Galloway on What’s Ahead for 2025
The marketing guru’s recent annual trend forecast webinar gives us a foretaste of what Convening Leaders participants can expect from his session. Here’s a hint: AI + travel.