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FICP’s Annual Conference Gave Back, Set Records

Smart Meetings

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. The 2023 FICP Annual Conference will be staged Nov. Jennifer C.

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ExCeL on track to deliver major expansion programme putting London at forefront of global events after successful completion of first build phase

Event Industry News

ExCeL London has completed the first phase of its major expansion project, which is set to add to the venue’s existing world-class conference and exhibition facilities with a 25% increase to its 100,000sqm (1,076,000sqft) capacity.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. By the Numbers.

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Case Study: Mambu Turns Virtual Kick-Off Event Into a Global Celebration

Eventmobi

These all describe Mambu’s market-leading banking and financial services platform. Virtual Event Technology. Mambu used EventMobi’s: Event Space Full-Service Registration. Event Objectives. Planning The Event. About Mambu. Cloud-native. Meet The Person Behind The Magic. Participants.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

Smart Meetings

The definition of “risk” has grown beyond the traditional definitions of financial, operational, reputational and security issues meeting professionals checked off their list as they prepared to bring people together in days of old. Any interruption to pre-planning or on-site execution that disrupts an event is a risk,” Warwick said.

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Why Meeting Planners Should Put Wellness First

Smart Meetings

Traveling for a conference is no longer an excuse to abandon your mental health and physical well-being goals. Financial Wellbeing : Managing and caring for your financial situation. Riggs encouraged planners to bake these concepts into an event to best serve attendees but also to build a community.

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MPI Plans 3 New Certificate Programs

MeetingsNet

Meeting Professionals International announced new certificate programs, the purchase of a Canadian event, details about the upcoming World Education Conference, leadership changes, and other developments during the IMEX America show in Las Vegas.

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