Inside the Meetings Industry’s Annual Stocktaking: What 197 Sessions Reveal About the Business of Bringing People Together

A pre-conference read of the agenda at MPI’s World Education Congress in San Antonio, June 2–4. Built with AI assistance, published as a hypothesis, and open to correction after the room votes.

What this piece is about, in plain language

Every June, the largest trade association in the meetings industry holds its annual conference. A few thousand people who plan corporate events, medical conferences, association meetings, and trade shows gather in one city to learn, sell, buy, and decide where the industry is heading next.

This year, the confere…