PCMA edUcon 2025

Consider EC25 your test kitchen for discovering fresh new concepts, tools, and strategies to tackle the challenges of our industry.​

Boost your knowledge and expand your perspective with hands-on workshops on diverse topics, location-based learning opportunities, and immersive tours.

Strengthen your network with activities and events designed for authentic connection, giving back, and celebration.​


Stirring Things Up in 2025

You asked. We listened.​

Targeted content for senior-level business events professionals to drive your event strategy, personal brand, and business outcomes.

Expanded sessions allow for real-time, hands-on testing of the latest trends and tools in a workshop setting.​

Off-site education sessions bring new skills and approaches to life through location-based learning.​


Get a Taste for EC25

What’s in store:​

850+

Engaged Participants​​

30+

Interactive Learning Sessions​

10+

Networking Activities​​


Convincing Your Boss

Download our helpful template to gain support for your participation at EC25.

Apply for a Scholarship

Business Events Strategists: Submit for a chance to receive free registration and a travel stipend, courtesy of Louisville Tourism.​


  • “I joined PCMA in the early 90’s and have made an effort to attend Convening Leaders and the Education Conference ever since. Over the years I’ve actually come to enjoy EduCon more than CL because it is somewhat more intimate and consequently navigating the education, networking and still handling my responsibilities with my clients is less daunting. EduCon provides focused sessions that help me with my relationships with colleagues, clients and suppliers and offers me the opportunity to engage more actively in the sessions I attend.”

    Annette Suriani, CMP Executive Director at AMPs – Association of Meeting Professionals
  • “The PCMA EduCon Conference should not be missed. In addition to the extraordinary networking opportunities available to all attendees, the conference content is top notch.  The sessions offer something for everyone and you always take home a nugget or two to take back to your team. Plus, I love the size of this event, you get a chance to connect with everyone.”

    Tim Mathy, Senior Partner, SpeakInc.
  • “Attending PCMA EduCon is a must-do for any planner or supplier in our industry. I love the size of the meeting because I am able to see old friends and network within smaller groups to make new connections. The education sessions are new & fresh and tend to cover topics that other conferences are not. I returned to my office with a list of innovative ideas that I wanted to implement.”

    Lauren Chelf, Director, Meetings & Expositions, AOAC International
  • “Every year I look forward to attending EduCon because of the education and personal connections I make there. It’s a smaller group so it’s more intimate and it’s easier to have meaningful one-on-one conversations. The experiential learning sessions are interesting and a great way to get out of the traditional meeting rooms to learn something new.”

    Rebecca Ramsey, Business Development Executive at EVENTEQ
  • “At EduCon, PCMA experiments with new and innovative learning environments, offering content around key and driving topics. I look forward to the event each year, it’s the right size all sessions very approachable for networking and learning over the course of a few days.”

    Mindy Abel, CMP CTA Deputy Director, Anaheim Convention Center at City of Anaheim
  • “Over the years that I have not only attended but actively participated at the PCMA-EduCon, I have learned, grown and felt immediate enrichment in my professional as well as personal life. EduCon affords a unique way to learn in a different mode that allows you to toss away the Gen this and X that categories and explore in “personas”. EduCon causes me to pull out my thoughts and ways of interacting and examine them to give either a yes, I will continue down this road or someone share a new way that I should consider. In the synergistic aura that permeates this intimate meeting, I feel free to explore, challenge and learn with no judgements or “wrong methods”. The meeting of the minds, the growing of thoughts and openness to new ideas is what I so look forward to at every EduCon meeting…and I have yet to be disappointed.”

    Norma Taylor CMP, Regional Manager, Tourisme Montreal
  • “PCMA EduCon is one of my most favorite education and networking events. The size and intimacy of PCMA EduCon has resulted in deeper connections, and the ability to engage and learn in a comfortable environment. Some of my biggest business opportunities have resulted by my attendance at this annual conference. I highly recommend the investment!”

    Susan Euritt, Principal, Ruckus Strategic Partnership Consulting, LLC
  • “My team calls PCMA Educon our ‘little secret’, and not sure that we want everyone to know how inspiring it is. We love the smaller format and rich learning and connections that flows from that. Don’t tell anyone.”

    Claire Smith CMP, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Vancouver Convention Centre

Your Recipe for Success

blend

your experience design​​

Dive into the art of blending creativity, strategy, and cutting-edge tech to produce standout, immersive events that leave a lasting impression on participants.​​

innovate

your personal brand​

Elevate your professional identity by combining unique strengths with the latest industry trends, building a compelling narrative that sets you apart and propels your career.​​

craft

your event strategy​​

Create standout, effective event strategies by honing negotiation skills, mixing innovation with data-driven insights, and optimizing resources to maximize both efficiency and impact.​​


EC25 Agenda at a Glance

*Subject to change​.​ All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Sunday, June 1

9:30 a.m.Registration Desk Open
11:30 a.m.Hospitality Helping Hands
1:00 p.m.Chapter Leaders Workshop
1:00 p.m.Sunday Labs
5:00 p.m.First Timers Experience
6:30 p.m.Opening Reception - Churchill Downs

Monday, June 2

6:30 a.m.Get Fit with the Foundation: 5K Fun Run/Walk
7:00 a.m.Registration Desk Open
8:00 a.m.Networking Breakfast
9:00 a.m.Opening Main Stage
11:00 a.m.Workshop Sessions
12:15 p.m.Networking Lunch
1:30 p.m.Innovation Labs & Learning Excursions
4:30 p.m.Networking Experiences
9:00 p.m.Give Back Bash

Tuesday, June 3

6:30 a.m. Get Fit With the Foundation: Soundbath & Puppy Yoga
7:00 a.m.Registration Desk Open
8:00 a.m.Networking Breakfast
8:30 a.m.Main Stage Experience
9:45 a.m.Innovation Labs & Learning Excursions
12:15 p.m.Networking Lunch
1:30 p.m.Workshop Sessions
3:15 p.m.Closing Main Stage
4:30 p.m.Networking Experiences
7:00 p.m.Closing Networking Reception

Wednesday, June 4

8:00 a.m.Farewell Experience
9:00 a.m.Depart


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Savor the Charm of Louisville

Voted Best Places to Travel by Travel+Leisure, Louisville is an entirely different type of Southern.​

What makes Bourbon City so appetizing?​

  • Distinct neighborhoods known for iconic attractions, live music, buzzing entertainment and local artisan marketplaces.​​
  • An impressive variety of settings for corporate events, from historic landmarks to modern venues to quaint, charming meeting spaces.​
  •  A renowned bourbon and culinary scene — there are 140 restaurants in walking distance of the convention center!​

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