The United Fresh Produce Association made its annual convention into a digital experience and ‘built a year-round convention center’ for commerce, engagement, and learning. Here’s what’s worked and what hasn’t.

Freeman and Shepard have released videos that walk planners through a live event with safety protocols in place.

Two nonprofit initiatives have strengthened their focus to fight gendered racial inequities on conference stages and elsewhere — and lead transformation.

Google is toying with the idea of “shaming” slow-loading websites by displaying a “Usually loads slow” splash screen in place of a homepage when someone is trying to visit the site using Chrome. Here’s what you need to know — and what you should make sure you’re doing now to speed up the user experience.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how Freeman developed its award-winning AI-powered event chatbot service with smart tools including — of course — Alexa.

At Convening Leaders, a large screen shared real-time data points with all attendees — thanks to machine learning and a few humans.

Organizing an event or your work life? Here are suggestions for the tech tools you’ll want on your smartphone or laptop.

As people talk to smart speakers at home and scan their faces to unlock their phones, they are likely to grow increasingly comfortable with the evolution of technology at events. Here’s a look at how digital engagement is expected to evolve next year. (PCMA Partner News from Freeman)

Virtual reality is transforming media, entertainment, and a range of other industries — including events. Can it also change perspectives?

A virtual-reality simulation at a medical meeting sought to educate in an innovative way — while setting a world record. 

Is the selfie an unintended consequence of meeting technology?

We asked vendors and experts participating in Convening Leaders’ Future of Face2Face space to sum up their take on the future of event technology, in as few words as possible.