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Seeking Innovators, Experts, and Educators in Meeting Planning

MeetingsNet

Session proposals are now being accepted for the MeetingsNet track at CaterSource + The Special Event show happening February 12 to 15, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

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MPI Announces New Courses to Address Security, Risk Management

SmartMeetings

Less than 50 percent of meeting planners have risk management plans in place for their events, said Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), in remarks given at WEC 2017 on Tuesday. MPI Experiential Event Series and the Experiential Event Professional Designation.

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Necessary Conversations

PCMA Convene

After wrapping up what he felt was another successful Risk Management Society (RIMS) conference in 2017, RIMS vice president of events and education, Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, got some disturbing feedback: Multiple women said they had felt out of place at the event. Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES. RIMS18 Diversity Meetup.

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Getting a grip on event firearms policies

Plan Your Meetings

based scholarly societies, released a statement expressing concern about Texas’ new “campus carry” law. 1, 2016—50 years to the day since Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the University of Texas tower in Austin and shot 49 people, killing 18.) In November 2015, the Atlanta-based organizations, along with more than 25 other U.S.-based

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Walker is a faculty of the Foster School of Business, at the University of Washington, as Director of Experiential Learning in Analytics and Senior Lecturer of Marketing and International Business, where he teaches a course in Analytics, Marketing, Risk Management, and Digital Strategy. Events on his email ID Alissa Hurley Who is she?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Walker is a faculty of the Foster School of Business, at the University of Washington, as Director of Experiential Learning in Analytics and Senior Lecturer of Marketing and International Business, where he teaches course in Analytics, Marketing, Risk Management, and Digital Strategy. Events on his email ID Alissa Hurley Who is she?

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2019 Tech Conferences: The #1 Tech Events Guide

Bizzabo

Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit. The premier gathering of security, risk management and business continuity management leaders, this conference delivers the insight you need to guide your organization to a secure digital business future. National Harbor, MD. Business Tech Expo. Austin, TX. London, UK.

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