Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is inviting colleagues from across Europe for its 2022 European Business Events Forum taking place on 30 May in Frankfurt, just before IMEX Frankfurt begins.
The half-day event at Congress Center Messe Frankfurt will entail a facilitated discussion as MPI takes on some of the biggest challenges facing meeting planners and seeks out the greatest opportunities to build back better for European meetings and events.
The following are the three conversations for Forum, 30 May:
14:00-17:30
‘Future ready’ has earned its title as the buzz phrase for 2022, in all sectors, not just the events space. MPI asks how do we ensure that our industry’s workers are prepared with the skills they need to excel not just today but tomorrow – and beyond? What isn’t being discussed is how businesses can ensure that they are future ready, especially given critical challenges including the ongoing pandemic, political events, a talent shortage and more.
Successful navigation: current conditions & future trends
A discussion of current industry and sector trends and how those trends are impacting business. From the war in Ukraine, to travel resistance, to pandemic protocols, what are some of the world events and practices that are impacting the design and delivery of meaningful experiences? How is the industry addressing them and, alternatively, how should we be reacting to ensure continuity of business, excellence of experience and positive outcomes and change?
A new value proposition: the future of event design
What will drive people of all ages to attend an event, what is the new purpose of in-person experiences that are valuable and meaningful and matter for participants and the businesses that host them? So much has changed in the past two years, and now much of what was accomplished on site at in-person experiences can be accomplished in digital environments. Assuming this is the case, what is the new value proposition for in-person experiences, and what interventions should meeting professionals ensure they consider for delivering on experience for all of their stakeholders?
A meaningful vocation: valuable & welcoming work
Following a mass exodus of skilled workers, meeting organisations are finding it hard to reengage professionals who have sought fulfilling work in other industries and are struggling to attract younger workers to enter the field. What do the workers of tomorrow want and need? MPI brings industry’s young leaders to a tell-all conversation about what makes a workplace attractive and a job unleavable.
MPI will also hold a European Chapter Leaders Forum (ECLF) on the day (by invitation only).
There will also be an evening reception, 17:30 – 18:30.
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