Jillian Bowdring

Jillian Bowdring, Destination Service Specialist for Meet Boston and a member of PCMA's 20 in Their Twenties class of 2025, talks about the satisfaction she gets from creating an environment of “unmatched energy” for her event participants.

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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.

Maraika Black

Maraika Black, European Association for the Study of the Liver’s public health program manager and a member of PCMA's 20 in Their Twenties class of 2025, shares her thoughts about how work/life balance should be a shared responsibility between employees and their employers.

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X-Culture Program Inspires Students to Innovate in the Events Industry

It’s difficult to say who learned the most from a competition that brought together students and event experts: The students who solved a real-life business events challenge or the experienced professionals who got a glimpse into next-gen’s perceptions of the events industry.

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