THE GATHERING ECONOMY WEEKLY
A Broader View on The Events Industry: A conference with conscience in Porto, a policy awakening in DC, a spectacle in Vegas, a professorship in Helsinki, and a geopolitical tremor in New York.
Some weeks in the event world drift by in familiar rhythms—press releases, hotel openings, another keynote in another ballroom. And then there are weeks like this one, when the industry feels less like a service trade and more like a global system quietly rearranging itself. Porto reframed the purpose of a conference. Washington began assembling the ear…
