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Capitol Hill Addresses Visa Wait Time Issue

PCMA Convene

is paying attention and really starting to lean in on wanting to see the problem solved,” Tommy Goodwin, vice president for the Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance (ECA), told Convene. “I Yariv Gal-Yam “They applied six or eight months before the conference,” he said, “and the interview dates they got were 10 or 12 months after.

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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

The issues between the United States and China and Brexit in Europe are prime examples. With so many things to consider, site selection will challenge more and more and event planners. What is the travel carbon footprint of a big scientific conference like #EGU19 ? Politics will be a huge issue, no matter the decade.