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Registration is now open to everyone. Miami Beach, we’re coming!

Register for Convening Leaders 2027: https://pcma.co/3SJ3V8W

From January 10–13, the global business events community will come together around a bigger question: What happens when experience alone is no longer enough and great ex*****on is simply expected?

You already know how to deliver the event. Now it’s time to speak strategy, understand the business, bring a global perspective and lead with greater influence.

That’s the idea behind Convening Leaders 2027: From Fluency to Influence

Who’s meeting us in Miami Beach?

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It’s the season when CL27 starts to feel real.

PCMA members, you’re up first.

Through Wednesday, September 2, Super Early pricing is yours alone. It’s the lowest registration rate we’ll offer Business Event Organizers/Strategists and Corporate Event Marketers before registration opens to everyone. https://reg.conveningleaders.org/flow/pcma/cl27/genreg/login

Ready? Click the link, log in to your PCMA account, and you’ll be taken to the registration page.

Miami is waiting. Your member rate won’t be.

You know the person whose work deserves more than a quiet thank-you. Or the team that made everyone stop and say, "They did that."

Nominations for the 2027 PCMA Foundation Visionary Awards close September 15. https://foundation.pcma.org/visionaryawards/?utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=visionary_awards&utm_content=&utm_term=2026

Lifetime Achievement Honorees are the people whose careers have shaped this profession while making the path better for those coming behind them. Nominations are open across all PCMA member categories, including business event strategists, suppliers, educators, and corporate event marketers.

The Professional Excellence Awards recognize individuals and teams doing exceptional work right now.

Categories include:
- Impact Award (Team, Individual, or Group)
- Outstanding Service to a Chapter or Region
- Digital Experience Strategist of the Year (Team or Individual)
- Business Events Strategist of the Year
- Business Events Supplier of the Year
- Corporate Event Marketer of the Year (NEW)
- Groundbreaker Award
- Experience Design of the Year (Team or Individual)

Whose name belongs on this list? Nominate them by September 15: https://foundation.pcma.org/visionaryawards/?utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=visionary_awards&utm_content=&utm_term=2026

For one night, the business events industry traded the run sheet for the spotlight.

The PCMA Foundation Visionary Awards 2026 brought our community together to honor the leaders whose work has shaped the rooms we gather in, the opportunities we create, and the future we are still building.

We celebrated Lifetime Achievement Honorees whose legacies are already woven into the fabric of this industry, and we recognized the next generation of leaders carrying that impact forward with purpose, imagination, and a little bit of nerve.

To everyone who showed up, cheered loudly, gave generously, and made the evening feel bigger than an awards program, thank you.

What a night. What a community. What a reminder of why this industry matters.