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Learn about the benefits in joining the MPI community and our upcoming European Meetings and Events Conference (EMEC19) that will truly change the game at booth K90.
Tuesday, Nov. 27
11:00-11:30
#EventCanvas: Your Map to Extraordinary Meetings
Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen
Discover how an Event Model Canvas can transform your meeting
Learning Objectives:
Discover how Certified Event Designers use an #EventCanvas to collaboratively design innovative events. Learn how this visual methodology aligned their stakeholders and got them on the same page (literally). Find out how they became a Certified Event Designer and what the Event Design Certificate programme entails.
12:00-12:30
Meetings Outlook: A Deep Dive into the Latest Business Trends
Jessie States
Take a moment to preview the future based on MPI's most recent Meetings Outlook research, published quarterly in The Meeting Professional magazine. Discover what the marketplace will look like in the next 12 months, and how that could impact your bottom line.
Learner Objectives:
Review the forecast for events in the coming year, including budget, attendance and business conditions. Deep dive into trends that matter and discuss next steps with your peers. Learn how these trends affect you and the future of your meetings.
13:00-13:30
Leadership Skills for MICE Women
Jessie States
Discover what skills help women ascend to executive leadership roles in the meeting and event industry, and what challenges hold them back from reaching their career goals and objectives.
Learning Objectives:
Discover some of the skills you’ll need to attain high-level roles at industry organizations. Understand the key role women play in the hospitality and meeting industries. Problem-solve the challenges you may be facing in advancing your career.
14:00-14:30
Risky Business: Keeping Participants Safe in an Unsafe World
Jessie States
Risk management plans are living documents that need to be updated and shared on a regular basis. How can you ensure that your policies and procedures are current, what types of crises and risks should you be planning for, and what are best practices in this area?
Learner Objectives:
Discover key questions you need to ask your partners to inform your risk management plans. Review best practices in risk management planning. Understand the different types of crises you need to prepare for.
15:00-15:30
Extraordinarily Inclusive: Events that Embrace Everyone
Jessie States
Discuss the different ways people differ from each other, discover next practices in welcoming diverse audiences and creating inclusive experiences and brainstorm ways we can be more hospitable to the individuals we host.
Learner Objectives:
Review all of the ways our audience members can differ from one another. Learn creative ways meeting professionals are finding to be more inclusive. Leave with methods you can use tomorrow to make your meetings more welcoming.
Wednesday, Nov. 28
11:00-11:30
#EventCanvas: Your Map to Extraordinary Meetings
Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen
Discover how an Event Model Canvas can transform your meeting
Learning Objectives:
Discover how Certified Event Designers use an #EventCanvas to collaboratively design innovative events. Learn how this visual methodology aligned their stakeholders and got them on the same page (literally). Find out how they became a Certified Event Designer and what the Event Design Certificate programme entails.
13:00-13:30
Learning to Measure Your Learning Experiences
Jessie States
A learning event is an experience that facilitates gaining knowledge, skills, attitudes and/or behaviors. This session provides a best fit, pragmatic approach for measuring learning that can be adapted to a wide range of contexts and learner types.
Learner Objectives:
Discover how an adult learns and what different data points you can collect to measure knowledge transfer. Find which questions you need to ask in order to determine how much your attendees have actually learned. Discover a formula you can use to determine the actual ROI of learning experiences at your events.
14:00-14:30
A Master’s Degree in Meeting and Event Management, Oh My!
Jessie States
Be among the first to learn about the first of its kind master’s degree programme in meeting and event management, co-created by MPI and San Diego State University. Collaborate with your peers and the creators of the program on how we can make this a valuable learning experience for you and the industry. We want your input!
Learner Objectives:
Gain an understanding of what a master’s level education will look like for a meetings and events professional. Learn how a first in its kind master’s program is developed. Learn how the program will elevate students’ careers and the profession as a whole.
15:00-15:30
Making an Impact: The Art of Social and Environmental Responsibility
Learn how meeting professionals across the globe are embracing social and environmental practices in new and unique ways, and discover easy things you and your partners can do to get started on impactful social and environmental programmes.
Learning Outcomes:
Discover why it is important to address social and environmental impact at your meetings. Learn best practices from professionals around the world. Create a plan for including some social and environmental practices at your event.
Thursday, Nov. 29
11:00-11:30
Inclusive XP: Designing Incredibly Welcoming Experiences
Jessie States
Discover recent findings from research conducted by MPI in association with the NYU School of Professional Studies Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality and examine best practices in ensuring that all attendees at meetings, conferences
Learner Objectives:
Learn why it is essential for all attendees to feel welcome at your meetings and exhibitions. Discover ways you can change the way you design experiences to be more inclusive. Share your own best practices and learn how your peers are creating inclusive experiences.
12:00-12:30
Your Future-Ready Career
Jessie States
PwC estimates that, in 15 years, 38% of all jobs will be lost to automation. Likely to go first will be those that rely on set procedures, routine and repetitive tasks. In order for meeting professionals to survive the Tech Revolution, we must redefine our roles as business drivers and strategists who contribute to bottom lines by delivering
Learner Objectives:
Discover the skills you will need to be future-ready. Learn how to technology may change the workplace of the future. Imagine what your job will look like in 20 years.
13:00-13:30
The Business Value of Meetings and Events
Jessie States
Meeting professionals must understand the value of the events they deliver in order to ensure that they successfully achieve business goals and objectives, justify costs and other expenditures, design authenticate and deliberate experiences and improve their events over time. Understanding the role that meetings play for their overall organizations is an integral industry skill set that fuels better, more strategic meetings and events and motivates businesses to look at their meeting managers as strategic and essential players on senior leadership teams.
Learner Objectives:
Learn why sharing the business value of your meetings is important. Discuss ways to get stakeholder buying for measurement. Discover ways to show your value and the value of your meetings.
14:00-14:30
Meetings Outlook: A Deep Dive into the Latest Business Trends
Jessie States
Take a moment to preview the future based on MPI's most recent Meetings Outlook research, published quarterly in The Meeting Professional magazine. Discover what the marketplace will look like in the next 12 months, and how that could impact your bottom line.
Learner Objectives:
Review the forecast for events in the coming year, including budget, attendance and business conditions. Deep dive into trends that matter and discuss next steps with your peers. Learn how these trends affect you and the future of your meetings.