A conversation about circularity and circular economy processes with a focus on business events and destinations.

A conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion with Ren Akinci, executive vice president, people and culture officer at Emerald.

Lisa Messina, chief sales officer at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) on challenges and growth.

We take a closer look at our latest report, Event Technology Made Simple, including the current landscape of event technology, areas we cover and why we created this report.

Geneviève Leclerc, Co-Founder & CEO, #Meet4Impact on measuring the impact of business events,

Anca Platon Trifan, founder, creator and CEO of Tree-Fan Events & head of Events: Demystified podcast, on increasing female representation in event production, collaborating with competitors, and the importance of physical and mental fitness.

Virginie De Visscher, Senior Director of Business Development at Destination Canada Business Events, discusses sustainability, collaboration, turning obstacles into opportunities and more.

David Kliman, owner of The Kliman Group and co-founder of Event Leaders Exchange (ELX), discusses belonging, neurodiversity, strategic events program consolidation, the power of language and more

Julie Coker, CEO and President of the San Diego Tourism Authority, discusses community, mentorship, destination boycotts and DEI.

Paul Van Deventer, CEO at MPI discusses the proving the value of meetings, the future of MPI and MPI's upcoming European Meetings and Events Conference

Panos Moutafis, co-founder and CEO at Zenus discussed artificial intelligence and how it can be used to understand attendee behavior

Eric de Groot, managing partner and meeting designer at MindMeeting, discusses the need for identifying business needs as the starting point for the meeting design process

Kemp Gallineau, CEO at Groups360 and Drew Pinto, Global Officer, global sales distribution, and revenue management at Marriott International, discuss the newly announced partnership between Groups360 and Marriott International

Tommy Goodwin, vice president, government affairs for the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance discussed the importance of advocating for the meetings industry.

Kai Hattendorf, CEO of UFI, discusses global trends for the exhibition industry

Ken Holsinger, senior vice president of strategy at Freeman, reveals new audience priorities based on the latest research

Tim Flors, chief customer officer at Groups 360 and Oral Muir, vice president partnership development and global distribution at Hilton, explore the future of group bookings and discuss integration and partnership between Groups360 and Hilton.

Clemi Hardie, head of pencils (CEO) at Noodle Live, shares her journey to finding a better work-life balance for herself and her team

Marta Gomes, ICCA President and Deputy Executive Director Sales Division at VIPARIS, discusses her view on how to successfully engage with association members

Al Hutchinson, CEO and president of Visit Baltimore and chair of Destinations International, discusses the obstacles facing the industry and how important it is to come together to contribute to long-term solutions

This special episode features nine event industry trends for 2023