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5 Travel Trends for 2017 — and Beyond

PCMA Convene

More tools to manage travel risk will be available. Due to security issues and instability around the globe, travel planners are seeking ever more solid risk-management plans for both people and the equipment and data they carry, such as comprehensive insurance and the ability to track and communicate with employees in real time.

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Managing Risk, From Multiple Angles

PCMA Convene

Every conference comes with its own unique set of risks. During the 2015 United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21), those threats were especially complex. Listening to Guignard’s GloPro session in Paris was Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, vice president, events and education for the Risk Management Society.

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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

SmartMeetings

CMP International Standards, for example, are updated every five years to cover the latest in strategic planning, project management, risk management, financial management, human resources, stakeholder management, meeting/event design, site management and marketing. Jessie States.

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Getting a grip on event firearms policies

Plan Your Meetings

Between 2007 and 2015, the number of concealed gun permits issued in the U.S. In November 2015, the Atlanta-based organizations, along with more than 25 other U.S.-based The law was passed in 2015 but, in a twist that can only be deemed obscenely ironic, went into effect Aug. nearly tripled (from 4.6 million to 12.8

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Why This Medical Meeting Simulated a Crisis

PCMA Convene

That’s what happened at the 2015 World Hepatitis Summit last September at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, where 550 attendees from 56 countries gathered to discuss global tactics in combating the disease responsible for 1.4 million deaths a year.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Together with Fei-Fei, Andrej designed and was the primary instructor for a new Stanford class on Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition (CS231n). The class was the first Deep Learning course offering at Stanford and has grown from 150 enrolled in 2015 to 330 students in 2016, and 750 students in 2017. Where to find him?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Together with Fei-Fei, Andrej designed and was the primary instructor for a new Stanford class on Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition (CS231n). The class was the first Deep Learning course offering at Stanford and has grown from 150 enrolled in 2015 to 330 students in 2016, and 750 students in 2017. Where to find him?