This article and those listed below are part of Convene’s June 2026 issue. Find the turn-page versions of this and past issues in our digital library. Illustrations by Ellyx Martinez The core purpose of art and creative expression is to give birth to new thoughts and...

Get to know PCMA Member Deborah Ross, Chief Executive Officer, National Commission on Correctional Health Care What initially led you to becoming involved with PCMA? I became involved with because of my passion for education, leadership, and creating meaningful...

The business events industry continues to evolve rapidly. Convene’s 2026 Annual Salary Survey aims to capture what it looks and feels like to work in business events at this moment in time, by learning about your compensation, workload, tech expectations, and...

Illustration by Adam Rosendahl When we engage with art, the same parts of our brain light up as when we use social skills, researchers have found by analyzing thousands of brain images. “Art recruits the same brain networks as complex social behavior,” wrote the...

Business professor Nir Hindie, founder of The Artian, speaks frequently about the relationship of art to business, and business events. As a kid growing up in Tel Aviv, Israel, Nir Hindie loved the creative worlds of art, photography, and architecture, and he also...