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Why Digital Events Are in ‘an Awkward Phase’

PCMA Convene

A visiting professor at Pratt Institute in New York and the founder of a startup that uses AI as a tool to measure emotions online, Pavliscak speaks frequently about tech design and emotions. — Speculative Futures (@Futures_Design) June 24, 2020. The fatigue we feel after a day spent online is real, she said. “It

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What Meeting Trends We’ll Be Watching in 2020

PCMA Convene

The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020? The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In 2020, we’ll see another kind of evolution in the catering world with some new — non-human — faces in the kitchen. Michelle Russell.

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Why Air Quality Must Be Part of Venues’ Hygiene Protocol

PCMA Convene

Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, studies the transmission of infectious disease via aerosols, including how diseases like COVID-19 spread in the built environment. She isn’t alone — many scientists, researchers, and public-health experts have been voicing similar concerns since early- to mid-2020.

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