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Event Strategy & Design
The Next Shift in Strategic Event Management
Futurist Shawn DuBravac will present his take on where the business events profession is going — and what it takes to lead us there — to attendees at Business Events Summit 2026. His talk will also highlight how new tools, AI among them, are helping event professionals do the strategic work that the business now demands.
What It Means to Be a ‘High-Signal’ Thinker in a Noisy World
Holly Ransom has long established herself as an expert emcee and moderator at PCMA’s Convening Leaders conferences. As PCMA’s Business Events Summit opening keynoter, Ransom reveals her fluency in leadership skills, sharing how she has combined what she has learned from speaking to hundreds of organizational leaders with her own high-stakes experiences to help the audience focus on what matters most.
Thinking Like an Artist
Business and art are considered unrelated disciplines, but artists and event organizers share a common goal, says entrepreneur and educator Nir Hindie: creating meaningful experiences.
Research: Trade Shows Remain Top Marketing Investment
The “Marketing Spend Decision Report,” CEIR’s latest research, gives the exhibitions industry a shot of confidence.
From Prison to Purpose
Business Events Summit speaker Rashmi Airan is proof that sometimes bad things don’t happen to us, they happen for us. It’s a mindset shift that can be transformational.
Factoring Art Into Meeting Design
Two conferences — the Joint Mathematics Meetings and Bridges — help mathematicians explore the connection between math and art.
Artful Experiences
How art deepens connection and opens participants to new ways of thinking at — and about — events across a swath of sectors.
The Art of Connecting
Adam Rosendahl’s Late Nite Art workshops use storytelling, music, and drawing to break down barriers and unleash creativity.
An Immersive Learning Experience for Physician Attendees
The European Congress of Radiology’s 2026 annual meeting used its venue’s built-in 3D and LED capabilities to to bring ancient Greek mythology — and the program’s “Rays of Knowledge” theme — to life.
Learning as an Art Form
These educators integrate art into teaching strategies, so it’s only natural that their own continuing education program at their society’s annual conference would tap creative expression as a learning tool, too.
A Partly Cloudy Crystal Ball
As we celebrate Convene’s 40th anniversary, we’re looking back into our archive. Here’s how two contributors imagined the future at the turn of this century, writing from a world operating with 56K dial-up computer modems and a fax machine in every office.