This 2026 programme was carefully curated to help you navigate one of the most transformative periods the meetings and events industry has ever experienced. Across three stages, the programme tackled the challenges shaping our sector head-on, delivering practical insights, future-focused thinking, and actionable tools to apply immediately to strengthen both your business and your career.
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Sessions were also designed to be accessible, with captions and AI-supported accessibility features, so everyone could fully engage with the content. You can explore the 2026 programme by theme or audience level and attendees experienced a dynamic mix of well-known headliners including Emma Henderson and John Vincent MBE, alongside award-winning professional speakers, industry experts, real-world case studies, live podcasts, and hands-on interactive sessions.
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- Event & Experience Design
How do you bridge the gap between champagne dreams and lemonade money? Join "Event Fortunes", an interactive game show pitting Event Planners against Venues & Suppliers. Using live polling, we'll batt ...
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- Event & Engagement Technology
- Event & Experience Design
Whether you're designing a conference, incentive trip, FAM experience, or hosted buyer programme, the most successful events are intentionally designed around how people experience, process, and remember moments. Attend this session to discover practical, evidence-based techniques that will help you create more engaging experiences, increase attendee satisfaction, and design events that deliver a lasting impact long after they end.
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Stage Two30 mins
- Event & Experience Design
Personalisation is everywhere, but most events still feel one-size-fits-all. This session explores how to design attendee-first experiences with intention - creating relevance, inclusion, and measurab ...
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Blank Canvas30 mins
- Event & Experience Design
This fun Poetry Workshop demonstrates how real-life moments have a lasting impact. A memorable experience with a meaningful keepsake for everyone - showing a message is carried far beyond an event if ...
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Stage Two30 mins
- Event & Experience Design
Using ESCRS as a case study, this session explores how analysing membership and event data together reveals engagement gaps between members and attendees. It shows how these insights can improve audie ...
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Blank Canvas30 mins
- Event & Experience Design
Why do attendees disengage even at well-produced events? The issue often isn't content — it's agenda design. Drawing on original research, this session explores how structure, pacing, and intentional ...
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Blank Canvas30 mins
- Event & Experience Design
In an era of growing choice and rising expectations, delivering events that truly land needs more than great logistics. We will explore how personalisation can be used as a powerful tool to create mea ...
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Stage One30 mins
- Event & Experience Design
When global events originate in one market, they’re often designed for immediate impact — but not always for global scalability. What works in the UK may not translate seamlessly across regions with d ...
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