Meetings

An aerial view of Darwin

June 5, 2026Now Darwin scoops international women's conferenceDarwin has been selected to host the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) 33rd Triennial World Conference in 2032, bringing more than 500 delegates to the Australian city.Read More

“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...