Generative AI has swept the business landscape — including the events industry — but it takes time and effort to figure out its best uses.

There’s a paradox that more users of generative AI are noticing — it can make your writing sound more professional, but also more generic.

For events company owner Valerie Sumner, using PCMA’s Spark and other AI tools to augment company operations is “almost like having another person in the office.”

The focus on learning how to use AI in the workplace shouldn’t come at the expense of cultivating soft skills — it’s humans who inhabit the workplace, after all.

Event professionals must embrace AI now to stay ahead of competition, according to speakers at an AI-focused ECEF session in May. Here’s how.

An AI-powered robot named Ameca co-presented part of the Welcoming Session at the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) 2024 in Las Vegas, where artificial intelligence in many forms was a hot topic.

Siemens AG used AI to spread key insights from an internal leadership meeting to participants — and remote global employees — in record time.

Members of PCMA’s Catalyst community offer meeting manager some guidance on what international attendees need for their visa applications.

The thinking about generative AI so far has been that it is best at rote tasks and cannot compete with human ingenuity. But research from The Wharton School and Cornell University suggests otherwise.

Humans faced off against AI in an event-planning competition at PCMA Convening Leaders 2024, and the result of the exercise shines a light on industry gaps and opportunities.

VML Intelligence’s Future 100 trend forecast spotlights “Imagination Stores,” digital retail spaces created with the help of gen AI. How might that trend translate to the business events industry?

After reading a Convene online story about trends, a reader pledges to cut through the social media noise and demand trustworthiness of others — and herself — in the coming year.