Technology

Event planners should stop trying to keep up with AI

August 12, 2026Event planners should stop trying to keep up with AIThe pressure to use AI in ever more sophisticated ways is growing across the industry. But, argues Anna Abdelnoor, AI maturity isn't about how much you use – or even how - it's about knowing when to use it.Read More

AIM Group strengthens partnership with medical app company

November 16, 2020AIM Group strengthens partnership with medical app companyAIM Group International, the professional congress organiser (PCO) has sought to strengthen its position in the pandemic-hit meetings market by linking up with a mobile app company.

Kaohsiung Protocol reimagines the future of business events

November 12, 2020Kaohsiung Protocol reimagines the future of business eventsAn association’s hub-and-spoke event promised a new dawn for international meetings with the launch of a new framework to help planners and destinations reimagine events.

Five Minutes With…FIPs congress manager Mireille Swakhoven

November 4, 2020Five Minutes With…FIPs congress manager Mireille SwakhovenIn our brand new ‘Five Minutes With…’ series, Holly Patrick caught up with Mireille Swakhoven, senior congress manager at the International Pharmaceutical Federation.

Necessary pivot: international association forum goes virtual

October 28, 2020Necessary pivot: international association forum goes virtualThe inaugural Geneva International Association Forum (GIAF) will be a virtual event this year due to the ongoing pandemic.

AIME announces custom meetings algorithm for 2021 hybrid event

October 26, 2020AIME announces custom meetings algorithm for 2021 hybrid eventThe Melbourne-based Asian Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME), has joined forces with virtual and hybrid event platform, Delegate Connect to enhance AIME Online 2021 through custom algorithm software.

Venues: Bob Heile wi-fi champion and awards chair dies 75

October 21, 2020Venues: Bob Heile wi-fi champion and awards chair dies 75Bob Heile, a longstanding advocate of Wi-Fi excellence in the meetings and events industry has died, 75, at his home in Boston, USA, following a battle with cancer.

Coronavirus: medical association takes annual congress on the road

October 14, 2020Coronavirus: medical association takes annual congress on the roadA medical association took its annual congress on the road to avoid a mass gathering of its members.

Virtual meetings: doctors miss the human touch but like the convenience

October 12, 2020Virtual meetings: doctors miss the human touch but like the convenienceFace to face meetings are still the preferred choice of healthcare professionals, a study found, with a perceived ‘lack of human interaction’ one of the biggest drawbacks of virtual medical congresses.

Why virtual meetings change everything – and nothing

October 2, 2020Why virtual meetings change everything – and nothingThe success of any emergent technology depends upon various things: usefulness, reliability, cost, and, crucially, whether you need a degree in computer science to make it work.

Opinion: Venues cant afford to be sluggish with new tech

September 9, 2020Opinion: Venues cant afford to be sluggish with new techBusinesses around the world are trying to figure out how they can return from the immense damage inflicted by Covid-19.Show More