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.
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.
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.
How technology tools are helping organizers wrap their arms around participants’ emotional responses to their events.
Lillian Nguyen, MS, event security planner at Meta via Milestone Technologies and a member of PCMA's 20 in Their Twenties class of 2025, offers her tips to achieve work/life balance in the events industry.
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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.
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.
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.
Priscillia Lau, CX manager at Marina Bay Sands and a member of PCMA's 20 in Their Twenties class of 2025, offers her views on why hybrid and digital event formats are indispensable, and how venues can meet the challenges of creating spaces for the best experience for in-person and remotes attendees.
Convene talked with Popeau about her experience in leading initiatives with a strategic focus on innovation, what excites her about her new role, and where she looks for inspiration.
At the SXSW Pitch Competition this month, three startups devoting time and energy to sustainability solutions were named winners, with another earning special attention. Plus, we spotlight a Travel + Leisure Global Visionary Awardee whose eco-friendly initiative for hotels makes it easy for guests to give back to the local community.
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