What’s Shaping Live Experiences in 2026?

That’s the question “The Experience Design Report,” based on the survey responses of nearly 450 event professionals, seeks to answer, taking into account everything from educational programming and networking to event tech.

'One lesson from NATO’s 75th Anniversary Summit is that milestones should be designed as experiences, not simply announced as themes.'

Make Milestone Moments Matter

Five events industry experts share how to plan your organization’s milestone, like a significant anniversary, so it honors the past while pointing the way toward the future.

Numerica SkyRide cable cars offer a bird’s- eye view of Riverfront Park. Photo courtesy Troy Walsh

A River Runs Through It

For centuries a gathering place for the native peoples of the Inland Northwest, Spokane has come into its own as a destination for business events today while not losing sight of its origins. Earlier this year, Convene got a behind-the-scenes look at how the city brought its past and present together as it hosted the nonprofit AMC Institute’s (AMCI) Annual Meeting.

Anna Schelling

Anna Schelling, manager, events at GCB German Convention Bureau e.V., thinks that success in events means not waiting for trends but creating spaces where change becomes reality.

Navigating shifts in the business world and larger society is nothing new to the National Black MBA Association.

‘Every Action Matters’

A conference for social impact leaders takes a model approach to its own social impact projects in host destinations.

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