Date, theme, leaders, and resources are lining up for next year’s Global Meetings Industry Day. Mark your calendars.

With less than three weeks to adapt, planner Katie Wegerski had to make fast decisions about BHG Financial’s big customer event in Naples. But in the end, both her attendees and her executives were happy.

Engagement, work-life balance, risk management: new and recently updated volumes to improve your knowledge and provide new perspective on our evolving industry.

At the U.N.’s COP27 conference in mid-November, the initiative will present a roadmap for event sustainability and launch phase three, which dives into best practices in eight areas.

According to recent Gartner research and several productivity experts, more team get-togethers will be held at off-site venues to get the most from dispersed workforces.

To manage carbon offsets and reduce single-use plastics at its Global Forum, Hosts Global found new suppliers this year that engage attendees in the process.

Google’s Neu Project offers a neurodiversity inclusion checklist that helps planners make events more welcoming to a broader range of people, and ELX is taking aim at DEI in the supply chain.

Medical-marketing agencies have well-established processes for hiring and developing productive interns. Here’s what you could learn from them.

Two industry experts addressed event design from different angles: an executive-level view and an on-the-ground perspective. Both can help planners looking to strengthen the event experience for attendees.