Meetings

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October 28, 2026Lessons from a sold-out menopause congressThe International Menopause Society's congress in Rio de Janeiro highlighted the mainstreaming of menopause discussions, drawing over 4,500 delegates. The event emphasised evidence-based approaches to combat misinformation and commercial interests. Collaboration with regional partners and language inclusivity were crucial for success, offering lessons on global engagement and scientific integrity for associations.Read More

Climate change: why the meetings industry was slow to respond

April 3, 2019Climate change: why the meetings industry was slow to respondThe looming threat of climate change poses huge questions for the international meetings industry. But does it have the answers? By James Lancaster

Access denied: focus on delegate visa issues

March 12, 2019Access denied: focus on delegate visa issuesAre openly hostile immigration policies in the UK and US making it harder for delegates from low-income countries to access scientific meetings? James Lancaster reports…

Youthful appeal: how to keep millennials happy

January 15, 2019Youthful appeal: how to keep millennials happyHow do you keep one of the most demanding generations ever engaged in your association? Holly Amatangelo explains…

“Social media is a hollow human interaction” - Clark Grue

December 6, 2018“Social media is a hollow human interaction” - Clark GrueJames Lancaster talks face-to-face, tax-payer dollar, and economic development with Clark Grue, CEO at the Calgary Telus Convention Centre….

INFOGRAPHIC: what’s a medical congress actually worth

November 22, 2018INFOGRAPHIC: what’s a medical congress actually worthHow much work goes into producing a scientific programme for a medical congress and what do participants really get out of it? That was the subject of a groundbreaking survey of delegates and speakers at this year’s European Congress of Radiology, by Dr Martina Stoff-Hochreiner, commissioned by the...

Lasting impressions: understanding legacy

August 1, 2018Lasting impressions: understanding legacyInternational associations are abuzz with talk of legacy. But, as James Lancaster discovers, it means different things to different people…

Out of the darkness (Or what every planner should know about analytics)

July 23, 2018Out of the darkness (Or what every planner should know about analytics)Meeting and trade shows used to be known as a ‘black hole’ of marketing data. Although face-to-face marketing was known – or assumed - to be very effective, a lack of decent data collection and analytic tools meant there were very few statistics to prove it. Corbin Ball reports...