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Just what is COP26, and why should it matter to meetings professionals? Sustainability not-for-profit isla put together this handy historical guide in advance of the Glasgow COP26 conference. Which destinations have hosted previous COPs, and what legacies did they create, if the climate emergency is still upon us? From Meetings & Incentive Travel…
One way to take action on climate is to purchase carbon offsets, paying to help the planet when you do something that harms it, like air travel. But not all carbon offset programs are equal. Critics argue that some projects don’t deliver any benefit at all, while others do more damage than good. From PCMA…
The global meetings industry took a giant step towards recovery with the USA reopening to air travel. But the Joint Meetings Industry Council’s Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge at COP26 in Glasgow should also now focus attention on the challenge of industry environmental credentials. From Association Meetings International…
The Joint Meetings Industry Council pledge over Net Zero Carbon Events is not the end of the events industry, as some alarmists have decried, but rather a new beginning. But the key will be measurement. Here is how assorted Iceberg partners worked together to make progress on the issue, including Positive Impact. From Exhibition News…
The New York Times Climate Hub, a hybrid event held at the same time as COP26 in Glasgow, was a first for the legacy media brand. Staged less than a mile from COP26, the quartet of main venues included The Think Tank, where artist Es Devlin created a temporary forest as the setting. From PCMA…
It is hard to think of a conference with higher stakes than the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties. As well as the future of the entire planet, it also could define that of business events. Net Zero Carbon Events from JMIC, and Iceberg partner Positive Impact, played their part. From PCMA…
Postponed a few times for obvious reasons after having been staged online in 2020, the GIAF (Geneva International Association Forum) was the first physical association event of the kind post-lockdown. Delegates were certainly happy to be together again seeing old friends and making new ones. But the event programme also did not disappoint. From Boardroom…
The global meetings industry is being urged to join together in an historic pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. JMIC (the Joint Meetings Industry Council), which presents The Iceberg, has launched an initiative called Net Zero Carbon Events to connect the sector with the growing movement to radically reduce emissions. The United Nations Framework Convention…
An Iceberg partner publication just convened heads from association World Physiotherapy, from Iceberg partners Copenhagen Legacy Lab and BestCities Global Alliance, plus our own Founder James Latham, to discuss the nature of business event legacy, and what legacy means after COVID-19. From Association Meetings International…
Kai Hattendorf is CEO of Iceberg partner UFI, global association of the exhibition industry. He has launched the UFI Global Policy Leadership Series, holding a series of high-level ministerial conversations to hear directly from government representatives about their economic plans and the role exhibitions play stimulating economies and societies. From UFI…
Kenes Group made a comparative study contrasting the results of two separate surveys, one carried out in July 2020 and the latest in July 2021. The 2020 version included 809 past delegates from 112 countries on six continents and, the 2021 version had 1,015 past participants, that have attended at least one virtual event, from…
The DestinationNEXT Futures Study identifies the trends and opportunities that will shape the future of the industry and takes place every other year. The 2021 update to the DestinationNEXT Futures Study, built on the learnings from the 2014, 2017 and 2019 Futures Studies, helps determine updated trends and strategies that will keep the thousands of destination organisations around the…
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