A Partly Cloudy Crystal Ball

A Partly Cloudy Crystal Ball

Fax machines were so critical in 1998 that it was hard to imagine the meetings industry without them. One of the clearest stories that emerges when looking back over four decades of Convene’s coverage of the business events industry is how radically technology has...

Medical Groups Create Cybersecurity Certification

As healthcare becomes an increasing target for hackers, the American Hospital Association and Joint Commission have worked on a solution.  Two medical associations have partnered to launch a certification for hospital staff to prepare for cyberattacks. The Cyber...
Rachel Smith

Rachel Smith

PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties program honors exceptional young leaders in the business events industry. Class of 2026 member Rachel Smith, meeting coordinator at Optica, sees onsite inconveniences as part of the adventure of event planning, an outlook that not only...