The Future of Meetings
Connecting People and Ideas
Turn off your bio-implant computer, hop in your moonbeam car,
and let's meet in Jupiter!
The changes may not be as radical as the above –
but hey - let’s have fun!
Seriously, what would meetings of the future look like? Why would people meet?
What would attract planners to destinations? What would hotel facilities and
services be like? Will there still be contracts as we know it? How will
attendees register? How would attendees be transported to meetings? What would
the role of meeting planners be? What would attendees be doing? What will they
eat? How will food be served? What would they be talking about? What type of
speakers will they need?
Will meeting planners be rendered irrelevant by technology? We believe not. But
their roles will change. Certification and training requirements will change.
Meeting venue requirements will change. All the forms we are now using -
Requests for Proposals, Meeting & Site Profiles, Housing, Registration,
Contracts and others - will be rendered obsolete.
Help us visualize the future. It has crucial training, certification and
business implications. Why train future meeting planners for meetings of the
past? We have to prepare planners for meetings beyond the next five years.
JOIN THE CIMPA “WELCOME TO THE FUTURE” ADVISORY BOARD
PURPOSE: The role of “WELCOME TO THE FUTURE” advisory board members is to
brainstorm on where the meeting planning profession is going and to provide
strategic advice to the President on training, certification and business
issues.
BENEFITS: Volunteering for the Advisory Board offers professional growth
opportunities, networking, recognition, promotion on our website. More
importantly, you will contribute to the development of meeting planning as a
profession. It will also be lots of fun!
CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD:
HOW TO JOIN THE ADVISORY BOARD: By invitation. If you want to receive an
invitation, please send an inquiry to Lida Peterson
at lida@cimpa.org
“"Take the bull by the horns.' If we don’t make things happen the way we want
them to happen, then they will happen some other way. Be assured, changes will
occur with or without our help." - Unknown
