SPARK Takeaways lets participants fully immerse themselves in session content by surfacing the essence of each presentation through intuitive visualizations and interactive topic exploration tools—all in the palm of your hand.

From chatbots and virtual assistants to geolocation and language translation, meeting professionals are using AI to lower costs, create efficiencies and design more fluid customer experiences. 

SPARK offers a qualitative analytical functionality that not only streamlines the operational aspects of event planning but easily provides event performance insights that event owners are now demanding.

Fewer places are positioned better to show event professionals the opportunity and innovation AI can bring to the industry than California. 

International speaker, consultant, frequent Meetings Today contributor and meetings technology expert Corbin Ball announced his plans to retire and close his long-running website and blog Corbinball.com January 31.

MPI Academy launched a new AI-focused certification course to help equip meeting and event professionals with the knowledge of how to best utilize AI to help design meaningful and immersive experiences for attendees. 
 

PCMA Convening Leaders 2024 has broken the attendance record for the event, and the association launched two new major events, among other news from the January 7-10 convention in San Diego.

For event professionals, the advent of AI tools like PCMA’s SPARK—"a free education and development initiative to shed light on the evolving place of AI in the business events industry”—isn't just about embracing new technology; it's about revolutionizing how we approach productivity.

Omni Hotels & Resorts joins major hotel groups and Destinations International by joining with Groups360 to expand their GroupSync Instant Booking platform.

Following are 10 data protection tips that, while never being 100% secure, will at least get you and your organization thinking about the security of your data and that of your partners and clients in a very unsecure time.