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Autism Europe Congress: From Inclusion to Impact – Redefining What’s Possible Through Cocreation

The Autism Europe Congress 2025 in Dublin was more than a gathering of global experts – it marked a decisive shift in how events can be designed, delivered, and experienced when inclusion is not an add-on, but the foundation. That shift began long before the doors of the RDS opened in September 2025. When Fáilte…

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IGC 2024 Dublin: Celebrating a World of Difference, Creating a Lasting Legacy

In August 2024, Dublin became the global capital of geography. The 35th International Geographical Congress (IGC 2024) brought 2,654 delegates from 74 countries and five continents to Dublin City University (DCU) for a week-long celebration of research, collaboration, and connection under the theme “Celebrating a World of Difference.” The conference was supported by Fáilte Ireland,…

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TRANSFORMING RURAL HEALTH: A Tale of 3 Meetings

Prof. Liam Glynn of Limerick University shares the remarkable journey to impactful change from his remote General Practice in Ireland’s Ballyvaughan, County Clare. Starting from the creation of a political movement – No Doctor No Village – reversing post-GFC rural healthcare policy in Ireland. Attracting one of the world’s leading rural healthcare conferences to Limerick…

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The Power of Ambassador Programmes: Stimulating Societal Value

Ireland celebrated the success of 109 Conference Ambassadors at the most recent CARA (Conference Ambassadors Recognition Awards) gala evening in Dublin, recognising academics and business leaders who were responsible for attracting major international association conferences to the country during the years 2023 and 2024. Highlights of the evening were two Spotlight Awards, for Sustainability and…

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Winning Hearts in an Age of Infinite Travel Choices

Drawing on a survey of more than 1,000 US travelers, self-reported diaries from people booking real trips, and interviews with executives across hotels, distribution, destinations, and business travel, this report sets out where decisions are actually being made now—and what it takes to stay credible, visible, and bookable across a journey no single player controls.

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Dorian Kronenwerth

Executive Director, JMIC - Joint Meetings Industry Council

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Dorian Kronenwerth joined JMIC, the Joint Meetings Industry Council, as Executive Director in May 2026. He leads JMIC’s coordination of its member associations and its collective advocacy, unifying the voices of the conferences, trade shows and conventions sector into a single credible interlocutor for policy- and decision-makers. Central to that work is the Global Manifesto,…

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The Big Show at the UN General Assembly

From The New York Times: The UN General Assembly is delivering extraordinary scenes: Iran’s President addressing the world amid war with the US, Ukraine warning of a brutal winter, Venezuela promising political change, and Canada’s leader challenging America’s new global role. Meanwhile, Trump meets China’s Xi Jinping as attitudes toward China—and America—shift.

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Spark to Scale: The 2026 GDS-Index Report

For a decade, leading on destination sustainability meant having a strategy. In 2026, it means proving what the strategy achieved. This report sets out what changed across the GDS-Index this year: where destinations are moving fastest, where progress has stalled, and why leadership in destination sustainability no longer sits where it used to.

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MANY VOICES, ONE MESSAGE

Dear Business & Professional Event Sector (BE) Stakeholders, Industry leaders co-created The Iceberg in 2017 as the chosen metaphor for highlighting both the tourism or Visitor Economy benefits of events, but also the social, economic, and societal impacts aligned to the purpose of them. Thanks to funding support from the sector leadership, The Iceberg has…

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Are We Leaning Too Hard On Legacy?

AMI’s James Lancaster poses an existential question for anyone involved in business events advocacy: what if the reality for most business event organisers doesn’t align with the messaging of the industry that supports them? If we place too much emphasis on the society-wide and host destination-specific benefits, are we failing to deliver sufficiently authentic messaging?

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Beyond ROI: Can We Measure What an Event Does To People?

Can an event change the way people think, feel and behave – and, crucially, can we measure it? One UK festival is putting this question to the test, asking attendees whether exposure to different ideas and perspectives has shifted their outlook and behaviour. Paul Harvey, M&IT, asks whether we should all be following their example…

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