Thursday, October 3, 2024
PCMA, led by President and CEO Sheriff Karamat, CAE, has formally named Rotterdam because the host metropolis for Convening EMEA 2025. Recognized for its concentrate on city and societal transformation, Rotterdam aligns completely with the occasion’s mission to foster resilience and innovation. Convening EMEA is a dynamic, omnichannel gathering the place enterprise occasions professionals and creatives come collectively to share insights, collaborate, and drive a stronger, extra sustainable future for the worldwide occasions trade.
The 2025 version will happen from October fifteenth to seventeenth on the Postillion Resort & Conference Centre WTC in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This annual convention offers a platform for trade leaders to discover cutting-edge concepts, construct connections, and form the way forward for enterprise occasions.
The 2024 Convening EMEA attracted a record-breaking 636 members from 46 international locations, who took half in an progressive program designed round key themes of future, belief, and technique. Attendees had been capable of customise their studying journeys, immersing themselves in subjects most related to their skilled development. These themes, significantly the concentrate on the long run, will proceed to play a central function in 2025, with new insights developed primarily based on neighborhood suggestions to make sure the occasion stays related and impactful for all attendees.
“This partnership with Rotterdam, a city of resilience is the perfect backdrop for the next step in our journey within the EMEA region and Convening EMEA as we will continue to challenge mindsets and approaches to the business events industry. Convening EMEA will continue to showcase the exceptional cities across the region in years to come on this journey of exploration and learning”, stated Jaime Bennett, EMEA and EMA Managing Director.
“We are very honored and excited to host and welcome PCMA Convening EMEA 2025 in Rotterdam. We made this happen together with our stakeholders and partners and we look forward to further collaborate with the team of PCMA EMEA. We believe that this outstanding industry event will thrive in our city which attracts and connects, and in which we will collaborate on our collective mission to contribute to a resilient future by leveraging the power of business events”, stated Eveline van der Pluijm, Head of Rotterdam Companions Conference Bureau.
“We are incredibly proud and honored to be the host venue for Convening EMEA 2025 with Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre WTC Rotterdam. That this has now been achieved is thanks to the excellent cooperation between the convention bureau Rotterdam Partners and all event partners in the city. We are looking forward immensely to working with Jaime Bennett and her team at PCMA EMEA and cannot wait to welcome the PCMA family to our beautiful city of Rotterdam in October 2025”, stated Kim van Velzen – Chief Business Officer, Postillion Resorts & Conference Centres.
