While it may have been tempting to sit out an in-person show at the start of this year due to concerns about the Omicron variant, attendees and exhibitors of Convening Leaders 2022 (CL22) stayed the course, just as PCMA President and CEO Sherrif Karamat urged in a statement the week before the event: “Our industry and our businesses can and will move forward,” he said. “How this happens, it is up to us all of us. Our audiences need us more than ever.
While it may have been tempting to sit out an in-person show at the start of this year due to concerns about the Omicron variant, attendees and exhibitors of Convening Leaders 2022 (CL22) stayed the course, just as PCMA President and CEO Sherrif Karamat urged in a statement the week before the event: “Our industry and our businesses can and will move forward,” he said. “How this happens, it is up to us all of us. Our audiences need us more than ever.
After taking a firm stand when many of its meetings and events industry sister associations decided to postpone major in-person events due to the omicron variant, PCMA has posted respectable attendance numbers at its Convening Leaders conference, held January 9-12 at CAESARS FORUM in Las Vegas.
PCMA is resolute that the show must go on despite the record surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant, which has also roiled the airline industry by causing a massive wave of flight cancellations due to the unavailability of flight crews.