The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) has announced that ‘Convening EMEA’ is set to return in Vienna, Austria, 28-30 September 2022.
PCMA announces Olympic movement in EMEA for October 2021
Global meetings industry association PCMA has announced it will stage a new omnichannel event, Convening EMEA, for business event leaders and professionals. The association confirmed Lausanne, Switzerland will host the inaugural event, 17-19 October 2021.
Switzerland Tourism, the International Olympic Committee and Lausanne Tourism are all backing the event, with support from Lausanne Montreux Congress members.
Initially launched as the European Influencer Summit in 2017, PCMA’s European invite-only, in-person event was limited to business leaders. PCMA subsequently opened the Summit to all business event professionals in 2018 and grew the event to 300 attendees in Barcelona in 2019. In 2021, however, the Summit will become ‘Convening EMEA’, an omnichannel event focused on bringing together event professionals and creatives from not only Europe, but the Middle East and Africa.
4 Takeaways from a PCMA Leadership Brief New inclusivity honors, launch of an EMEA conference, broken attendance records, and an unusual recipient of the Chairman’s Award
During the Professional Convention Management Association’s 2021 Convening Leaders conference, which is taking place this week as a virtual event, association leadership took some time to talk with the media to about successes and challenges of 2020 and some highlights on the horizon.
While the conversation touched on many topics, here are four key points from the call.
And the Winner Is…
The chair of PCMA’s Board of Directors gets the privilege of deciding who will get the annual Chairman’s Award, which traditionally goes to an individual or organization for contributions to the industry. For 2020 Chair Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, vice president events and education at RIMS, the risk management society, this was no easy task, and he made an unusual choice for an unusual year: The Chairman’s