PCMA continues to advance its role as the global platform for the business events community by investing in the people, insights, and innovations that will define the future of the industry. In a rapidly evolving landscape, PCMA is taking steps to ensure the community is both prepared for what’s next, and positioned to lead it.
CEMA Summit is the annual moment that brings the world of event marketing together to compare strategies. We test ideas, we track lessons learned, and we unpack the best practices emerging as the industry evolves. Join event marketers from around the globe for three days of practitioner-led education, global case studies, and candid, future-focused conversation.
PCMA Insights, a resource for business events leaders has been released, designed to help make sense of an increasingly complex business environment. Also available to download is PCMA’s flagship annual report on how event strategists in companies and associations, and destination leaders in city and national DMOs worldwide are planning, designing and leading through 2026.
This second edition globe survey is being conducted in collaboration with IAPCO, AIPC, AMCI, IFES and PCMA, to understand how the business events sector is being impacted by the current geopolitical and economic environment. Deadline for submissions is 10 April 2026!
Convene 4 Climate (C4C) is a global platform and movement aimed at accelerating the transition of the Business Events Industry (BEI) towards sustainability and regeneration. A collaborative initiative born in 2024 between PCMA in collaboration with The Strategic Alliance of National Convention Bureaux of Europe (SANCBE), C4C has taken a structured, action-oriented approach, stimulating cross-sector…
The event attracts 600+ business event leaders from over 40 countries to challenge each other and develop ways to move forward together. It is the platform to share knowledge, make meaningful connections, learn, do business, be inspired and to grow as individuals, teams and organisations. This is your opportunity to contribute to building a stronger…
The PCMA Business Events Summit is an advanced, members-only education experience — an immersive, skills‑based summit for business events professionals ready to sharpen their expertise, solve real‑world challenges, and elevate their impact. Formerly edUcon, the Summit has been reimagined as a pinnacle learning environment with longer sessions, hands‑on application, and peer‑driven problem solving.
Leading organisations of the global meetings and events industry (IAPCO, AIPC, AMCI, ICCA, IFES & PCMA) have joined forces again, to better understand the direct short- and long-term impacts of current global unrest, conflict and geo-political changes and compare with results from a similar body of research conducted in 2025. Submissions close 10th April 2026.
PCMA CONVENING LATAM is a unique platform in Latin America that drives growth and innovation through a transformative experience, combining PCMA’s global vision with the creativity and passion of Latin event industry professionals to build a unique perspective, truly focused on the challenges of the region. Expand your network in a multi-directional way, build new…
Convening APAC is where multi-generational senior business event leaders and next generation professionals converge. Together, they shape the future of our industry and profession. Designed for corporate event marketing professionals, association meeting professionals, event owners, event managers, and business events leaders, this flagship event brings together a trusted community from across the region.
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IAPCO and PCMA have formalised a strategic collaboration through the signing of an MOU at PCMA Convening Leaders 2026, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The agreement strengthens cooperation across thought leadership, professional education, research, and emerging leader engagement within the global business events industry, establishing a structured framework for collaboration between the two global organisations.
This summary report of highlights from the recent PCMA Convening Leaders event in Philadelphia, the city where PCMA was first founded in 1956, 70 years ago: Convening Leaders 2026 delivered a powerful celebration of leadership, legacy, and the future of business events—bringing together the global community at a moment of reflection and renewal.
The biggest common denominator among this season’s PCMA Convene podcast guests: Put your audience at the center of your design strategy and event execution, even if it means taking a different and unknown course. From AI and sponsorship reinvention to values-based design and measuring joy, the topics covered help shape the future of business events.
The Rotterdam edition of Convening EMEA featured keynote speaker, academic and economist, Noreena Hertz, who set the scene to an event designed to ensure human connection across generations and the diverse sub-groups of the PCMA community. There was an underlying sense that there is a changing of the guard under way as Boomers prepare to…
For 70 years, PCMA has been more than an association. We have been a conduit for change, a catalyst for innovation, and a community that drives the business events community forward. As we gather in Philadelphia, a city built on bold ideas and collective action, our focus is clear: to look back to push forward,…
More cities are designing or renovating their major meetings venues with the interests and needs of local citizens and communities front of mind, as well as accommodating the usual priorities of meeting organiser clients. This article highlights convention centres in Cincinnati, Dallas, Montréal, New Orleans, and Fort Lauderdale that exemplify this community-focused approach. From PCMA…
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