How do we build back better within ourselves, our industry and for our planet? This is the question at the heart of the next Buzz Day on IMEX’s new BuzzHub platform. Experts will come together on 9 June 2021 to discuss the impact of sustainability on the way we run events.

The Strategic Alliance of the National Convention Bureaux of Europe has published an update of its 2020 study on “The Impact of Coronavirus on Europe’s Convention Sector”.

Carina Bauer, CEO IMEX Group, about the new IMEX BuzzHub, a deep dialogue with the global events industry and more personal human connections.

A new study by Rob Davidson, MICE Knowledge, focuses on how convention bureaus in Europe have experienced the impacts of the pandemic and how they are adapting to the profound changes.

The IMEX Group is set to create a buzz among the global business meetings and events community with the launch of a new digital platform, IMEX BuzzHub on 12 May. The new digital experience will run for over four months from May to September.

ICCA invites event professionals to its Europe Summit on May 19th at 11am CET. The online event will focus on a post pandemic check-up on the health of the meetings industry.

BestCities and the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO) have published a whitepaper to help associations articulate their new hybrid congress guidelines. 

The Union of International Associations (UIA) launches an extraordinary survey of international associations on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international associations and their meetings.

A growing number of convention and exhibition sites across the world have started operating as temporary COVID-19 vaccination centres. At the same time, an increasing number of markets around the globe have begun to reopen business events with varying COVID-19 protocols in place.

It has already been four weeks since the GCB German Convention Bureau, PCMA and IMEX have launched their open innovation platform Response Room. This article will present an overview of the platform's developments so far and what can be expected in the coming months.