This week - a focus on Gen Z and their emerging expectations on business events. And a look back again at the pandemic and how, five years ago this month, our industry came together in new and unexpected ways.

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This week: What if ChatGPT ran destination campaigns for business events? I decided to find out - and discovered a lot!

Also: More event industry talent programmes from industry associations. And top industry news.

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This week: Background and "news you can use" on sustainability and talent programmes: best practices on measuring and documenting decarbonisation work. And an introduction into key industry talent programmes.

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This week: A deeper look into trade volumes globally +++ learnings from the ICCA Nordics Conference +++ an update on U.S. developments. And: A strategic shift from a major US live events organiser is taking shape.

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Let's talk about TRUST this time. Why it matters. And how it can erode quickly. For this, we have to look to the US.

Also in this week's "Thoughts & Observations": How the events industry came to a standstill 5 years ago. And how we responded.

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In this week's "Thoughts & Observations":

Some takeaways on our responsibilities as leaders to empower talent development and retention.

And the final six reasons why business events matter.

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In this week's "Thoughts & Observations":

Industry positioning and talent acquisition & development - this week's main thought focuses on us re-framing how we source talent.

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In this week's "Thoughts & Observations":

What is the one thing every event professional bemoans regularly? Right:

“NOBODY understands what we are actually doing.”

This is why advocacy for our sector matters. So let’s look at the one document empowering us to change that – giving us a joint industry narrative that shows how events drive growth and transformation for societies and industries. Or – in simple terms – what it means that we build and operate the meeting places and the market places of the world.

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