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Working Together to Ensure the Future of Coral Reefs

The International Coral Reef Symposium, a leading scientific conference on conservation, climate science and ocean sustainability, held its 16th edition at New Zealand International Convention Centre, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. The location gave space for Pacific peoples’ own perspectives, reinforcing the case for combining Indigenous knowledge with scientific research on reefs worldwide. From Boardroom…

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What AIPC Bilbao Means for the Future of Association Meetings

Senior executives from the global convention centre-community recently gathered in Bilbao for the AIPC Annual Conference, under the theme “Bridging the Gap: Venues Connecting Human Experience and Innovation.” But beyond the technology on display and the venues discussed, one question dominated: what is a congress now expected to achieve, and for whom? From Boardroom…

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AIME

The Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) is the leading trade event for the meetings and event industry in Asia Pacific. AIME brings together the right buyers with the right exhibitors from the Asia-Pacific region and across the world. Across three vibrant days, AIME delivers the forum for connecting with a wide range of…

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Matt Pearce

CEO, Talk2 Media & Events

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Matt is the CEO and co-founder of Talk2 Media & Events. Talk2 ME owns and runs a variety of trade and consumer exhibitions throughout Australia. Every year Talk2 ME works with some of Australia’s best brands as partners on exhibitions that attract almost 200,000 highly engaged visitors through their doors. Talk2 Media & Events was…

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The Event Is Over. The Impact Isn’t

BESarawak’s CEO Jason Tan Chin Foo elaborates on the close collaboration required between government, industry, academia and local communities to ensure business events create meaningful and lasting benefits, creating opportunities to improve lives, strengthen communities and influence future services. From M&C Asia…

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Medical Association Leaders to Help Advise PCMA

Leaders from medical associations are among the business events professionals appointed to PCMA’s newly formed European Advisory Board, reflecting the significant role association congresses play in the region’s meetings industry. The board brings together senior figures from associations, convention bureaux, venues, agencies and global organisations to help shape PCMA’s strategy, growth and impact across Europe.

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100 Industry Organizations Urge FCC to Protect Innovation at U.S. Events and Tradeshows

The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA) has submitted comments to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on behalf of 100 industry organizations urging the agency to preserve longstanding rules that allow new and emerging technologies to be imported, displayed, and demonstrated at U.S. events and tradeshows before receiving final FCC equipment authorization.

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Innovate Canada Connects Global Event Leaders with Canada’s Technology Ecosystem

From September 8 to 10, Destination Canada will bring a select group of senior international association and corporate leaders to Québec City for Innovate Canada, an invitation-only program built around a simple idea: where an event takes place can shape what that event makes possible. This year’s program focuses on digital industries and applied technology…

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GDS-Forum Szezecin: Maximising the Impact of Collaboration

This year’s GDS-Forum and Impact Day held in Szezecin, Poland, aimed to build the capacity of every delegate to improve the sustainability and event impact strategies in their destinations by tapping into the expertise, experiences and tacit knowledge of their peers. The informal but innovative meeting design elements created new connections, unlocked new insights, and…

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Visit Florida Funding Fully Restored

After more twists and turns in the saga than on any of its legendary theme park rides, Florida’s legislature has in the end voted to restore Visit Florida’s current annual budget of $76 million. This leaves the agency and state once again able to continue breaking visitation records. We can all now retire to Miami! From Meetings & Conventions…

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A Texan Tale of Reverse Legacy

The Iceberg exists to champion the legacies business events bring to destinations. But sometimes the approach is not that of the carrot, but the stick. The American Immigration Lawyers Association is pulling its conference out of Texas after the state passed a law the AILA says “is so blatantly contrary to our mission”. Photo: Phil Roeder. From PCMA…  

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UK Election Result “Bad for Sector”

Reaction from the meetings and events sector to the United Kingdom general election result has been swift and scathing. Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May had called the early vote to win a mandate for herself and strengthen her majority as Britain enters its Brexit negotiations. The gamble failed, leaving the country in yet more uncertainty. From Meetpie.com…

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