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Salary Survey 2026: Balancing Act

Salary Survey 2026: Balancing Act

In many ways, these findings reflect a balancing act, as professionals weigh financial considerations against the support, resources, flexibility, and opportunities they need to ...
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New EIC Study Measures the Global Economic Significance of Business Events

Research from the Events Industry Council outlines the scale of the trillion-dollar global events industry in 2025, with an eye on its future impact ...
The Confidential Computing Summit 2026, where fintech security is on the agenda, will convene in June at the historic, fortress-like San Francisco Mint. Venue security and safe, stable destinations are table stakes for financial services events.

Here’s Why New Opportunities to Plan and Host Financial Services Events Are Growing Fast

There isn't just one financial services market anymore. A new PCMA report maps the sector's key trends and fastest-growing niches — and the opportunities ...
Convene’s Annual Salary Survey: How Are Business Events Industry Professionals Faring?

Convene’s Annual Salary Survey: How Are Business Events Industry Professionals Faring?

The Salary Survey is now open — and we want to hear about your compensation, workload, career growth, and workplace expectations to help paint ...
'If we can design events that make people braver — less intimidated, more inspired — then the next generation will keep showing up.'

Why the Most Online Generation Still Shows Up for Events — And How to Design for Them

Recent research conducted by MCI Canada reveals why Gen Z values in-person events — and what they seek from them ...
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 ...
Planners said they are leaning into data and ROI-driven decision-making, trying out new pricing or revenue models, reworking events to be more localized or segmented, and reorganizing internally to meet current and potential future challenges head on.

What’s Next?

How planners who participated in our annual Meetings Market Survey are bearing up in an uncertain geopolitical and economic environment and what they think ...
Planners said they are leaning into data and ROI-driven decision-making, trying out new pricing or revenue models, reworking events to be more localized or segmented, and reorganizing internally to meet current and potential future challenges head on.

Convene’s 32nd Meetings Market Survey Results

Responses from Convene’s Annual Meetings Market Survey show the varying ways that event strategists are managing uncertainty, maximizing attendee engagement, and adopting new technologies ...
Planners Share Their Recent Challenges and Rewards

Planners Share Their Recent Challenges and Rewards

Event strategists from around the world told us how they're staying flexible at a pivotal moment for the business events industry ...
This year, we explore the question of whether events professionals earn a salary commensurate with the requirements of the job. Illustration by Ellen Marello.

Salary Survey 2025: Payment Due?

We look into the question of whether event organizers are compensated well enough for their efforts, skills, experience, and contributions, using our Annual Salary ...
“Don’t think that you can be productive eight hours in a row,” Max Ohlenschlager told attendees at the most recent PCMA EMEA virtual Meet-Up.

Resource Collective on Mastering Time and Productivity

Max Ohlenschlager is an experienced coach, trainer and author specializing in time management and productivity. Since 2011, he has been helping professionals increase their ...
Convene’s Annual Salary Survey: Are You Earning What You’re Worth?

Convene’s Annual Salary Survey: Are You Earning What You’re Worth?

Our Salary Survey is now open — and we'd love to hear from you ...

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