SOURCE: Modern Healthcare
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society President and CEO Hal Wolf, says Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be useful in turning data into actionable information, but cautions the industry to walk before it runs with the new technology.

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Though MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment have reached tentative five-year agreements with the Culinary and Bartenders Unions, roughly 15 Las Vegas properties still remain at the negotiating table.

SOURCE: Harvard Business Review
During the next decade it is estimated that 10,000 Baby Boomers will retire daily, and by 2030 Millennials will account for three of every four workers in the U.S. To fill the developing chasm, companies are looking for ways to fast-track the burgeoning group to assume leadership positions.

SOURCE: TSNN News
Expanding their presence in the Northwest U.S. market, Marketplace Events has purchased the preeminent Northwest Flower and Garden Festival and the Tacoma Home and Garden Show, the largest combined home and garden event in Washington state, from O'Loughlin Trade Shows, the largest producer of consumer shows in the Pacific Northwest.

SOURCE: Forbes
The two-day CogX 2018 conference and expo in London featured discussions on the future of AI, blockchain and where the industry is at present, but with the talk moving from an upbeat European potentialism for shared technologies to outright E.U. protectionism against U.S. and Chinese dominance.

SOURCE: CMO.com
Research from LinkedIn recently cited cloud and distributed computing, data mining and interface designing as the most sought-after skills for workers in the APAC region. And while creativity is still an essential component, research suggests it is being edged out by more strategic-specific skills.

SOURCE: Inc.com
First introduced by Napoleon Hill in his classic read Think and Grow Rich, as a viable concept for entrepreneurs to work out troublesome issues, small but diverse Mastermind groups are making a resurgence as a more productive forum for problem solving than more polished networking groups.

SOURCE: ExhibitorOnline
Global DMC Partners announced it will launch its first European Connection Conference from Warsaw, Poland August 16-19, 2018. Industry leaders from around the wold will gather to discuss global outlook, GDPR regulation best practices, and key industry trends and disruptors.

SOURCE: CEIR blog
In researching the poor habits and mistakes witnessed at numerous trade shows, a recent CEIR survey found that professional training and refresher courses would benefit exhibitors tremendously, though some are not open to the idea.