The Events Industry Council (EIC), the global voice of the business events, has announced its inaugural digital cohort of the Sustainable Event Professional Certificate (SEPC).

The SEPC, which was initially introduced as an in-person course, was updated and expanded in June 2021 to offer an online option meaning that it continued to be easily accessible for professionals throughout the pandemic. The online course also enables a greater number of professionals to participate no matter where in the world they are based. In its inaugural group, 126 professionals earned their SEPC certificate through the online course.

By Claudia van’t Hullenaar, Founder & Managing Director, Sustained Impact

In a rapidly changing world that places sustainability and net zero strategies at the core of businesses, it is essential for all sectors, including the meetings and events industry. Therefore, this new 2030 Strategy represents a pathway to focus on people, planet and prosperity, create purposeful outcomes, and accelerate the contribution of a shift toward a regenerative economy.   

In late 2020, the strategy team composed of members of the Centre for Sustainability and Social Impact committee took on the task of creating strategies for implementation for the CSSI. 

By Gayle Murphy, CEO, Global Green Events Ltd

To think and plan circularly means you are considering all aspects of a system, whether for a product, service, or whole event. Thinking circularly involves a mindset shift.

Often in the events sector and beyond, we have had a tendency to focus on what is termed “waste management” or “waste reduction”. Circular thinking starts at the opposite end of the spectrum, with a focus on reducing what is going into the system in the first place, considering how it will be used, and ensuring it remains in the system after use i.e “closing the loop”.

Join us for our hybrid Sustainable Event Professional Certificate (SEPC) session at this year’s IACC Americas Connect. The SEPC is a valuable investment into your competency of hosting sustainable business events and will provide you with the necessary knowledge to excel in your career as a meeting professional. 

The Centre for Sustainability and Social Impact is a representation of EIC’s vision, mission and values. It provides globally relevant resources that champion the adoption of sustainable and socially impactful practices.

The EIC Advance Collections, an exciting addition within EIC’s robust Knowledge Hub, are available in EIC’s Learning Management System (LMS).

Number of years as a CMP?
15 

Where did you grow up?
Several places around the Pittsburgh, PA area and a few years in Gettysburg, PA. I’m a Pennsylvania girl!

What did you want to (or think you’d) be when you grew up?
I thought I might want to be a child psychologist. I loved the idea of helping children, and analysing people is something I am still interested in.

The Events Industry Council (EIC) has launched the data collection phase of its landmark Economic Significance Study, in collaboration with Oxford Economics.

The Events Industry Council (EIC), the global voice of the business events, announced its inaugural class of CMP Fellows 6 April 2022 following the launch of the new programme last year.

EIC welcomed 50 professionals who earned their CMP designation in February. Welcome the newest CMPs to our community.

Have you joined the LinkedIn group for CMPs? Log in and connect with more than 7,800 fellow CMPs from around the world. Click here and request to join the group.

Encore partners with Event Design Collective GmbH (EDCo), the globally active consultants and trainers of the Event Design using the Event Canvas™ methodology. The #EventCanvas is intended to stimulate the creation of a common visual language that can be used by event professionals to design, articulate and prototype compelling event stories.

Two-thirds of venues say they will recover to 2019 meeting revenue levels in 2022 or 2023, with Danish and Australian venues predicting the fastest recovery, according to IACC’s annual Meeting Room of the Future Barometer 2022.

Respondents globally reported that 2023 would be the first year to surpass 2019 meetings and business events revenue levels. Predictions did differ slightly by country with projected revenues in Denmark to surpass 2019 levels as early as 2022 while the Americas had a slightly longer outlook with revenues not returning to pre-pandemic levels until 2024.

The Events Industry Council's Global Business Events Barometer - Q4 2021, is available to view. The report, created by Oxford Economics on behalf of EIC, monitors the changes within the market...

In conjunction with the release of the Resources for Workforce and Wellness Accepted Practices Guide, EIC launched a Career Centre on its website.