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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

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Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion. And more and more, they’re asking questions about a destination’s local expertise and knowledge base.

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4 Medical Conferences That Put Innovation First

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ORGANIZER The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), which uses the conference as part of its strategic-planning cycle. “We FACE TO FACE “We have built a great deal of what I would call coffee time into the meeting,” Gold said. Let these four events show you. 2017 Breakthrough Thinking Conference. April 19, Hilton Omaha.