This Week on the Convene Podcast: Specialized Meetings, Curating Experiences, and Turning Ideas Into Action

From new research on the value of specialized meetings to Jaimé Bennett’s insights on curiosity, thoughtful event curation, and turning inspiration into action, here’s what’s new on the Convene Podcast.

Author: Magdalina Atanassova       

Here’s what’s new on the Convene Podcast this week.

🎙️ Article: New Data Makes the Case for More Specialized Meetings

A new PCMA healthcare and life sciences sector report makes the case for more specialized meetings — and shows how associations, corporate planners, and destinations can get there. Written and read by Barbara Palmer, deputy editor of Convene.

🎙️ Series: From Page to Stage: Jaimé Bennett on Curiosity, Curation, and Turning Ideas Into Action

In this Season 12 episode, Jaimé Bennett — Managing Director, EMEA at PCMA — joins the show to talk about what it means to read with intent. Most people read Convene for inspiration and stop there; Jaimé turns what she reads into main-stage programming, team conversations, and the way she designs experiences. We explore how an article becomes the start of a bigger conversation, why she reads to grow rather than to confirm what she already believes, how she resists booking big names in favor of ideas that genuinely move a room, and how she designs for belonging and for the hard conversations most events avoid. A conversation about curation, courage, and turning what you consume into what you create.

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November 13, 2026

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