Amanda Armstrong's session will help planners ask better questions, plan more strategically, and avoid surprises.

3 Common Planner Assumptions About AV

AV is one of the biggest expenses planners wrestle with when it comes to budgeting for events. This Tuesday session will help untangle in-house AV and hotel partnerships for organizers so they can plan with clarity.

With Freeman’s support, CES exhibitors built environments that allowed attendees to engage directly with products, content, and brand messaging.

Think ‘Presence’ vs. ‘Space’

Exhibitors are looking for different ways to show up at your event — and to make a bigger statement without a bigger booth. Here’s how to rethink your exhibitor offerings.

Claire Smit

Claire Smith Announces Retirement

The former PCMA Chair of the Board will retire from her position as the Vancouver Convention Centre’s vice president, sales and marketing, in April.

Whether they are generally bullish or bearish on what's next for meetings, industry insiders agree that the rising cost of events is the top challenge they face.

What’s Ahead for the Events Industry in 2026?

In our recent Meetings Market Survey, Convene asked planners: Are you more worried or more excited about the future? We then put the question to a group of global event professionals. Here’s what they all said.

With audiences questioning influencers and AI-created content, live events now stand out as opportunities to learn and connect.

Equip Your Exhibitors

Most trade-show professionals market and sell booth space and then simply wish their exhibitors well. You can do better — their success is your success.

A brand-new 800- room Signia by Hilton is rising across the street from — and connected via pedestrian walkway to — the Indianapolis Convention Center.

Inside Indy’s Rise

Indianapolis may be considered a second-tier city, but it’s punching above its weight class as a host destination for medical meetings and more.

Cincinnati’s convention center has been reimagined, filled with natural light and a new floorplan totaling 750,000 square feet.

Seriously Cincy

A quick trip reveals how a downtown renaissance is transforming Ohio’s third-largest city into a top-tier event destination.

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