Registration

EduCon gives participants global perspectives through our intimate, small-group learnings.

* The NEW PCMA MEMBER rate is the best way to get ready for EduCon 2021. It includes a new one-year membership to PCMA and gives you access to hundreds of recorded sessions from past events, including Convening Leaders.

To receive the PCMA Member rate, individuals must be in good standing at the time of the event. Join/Renew your PCMA Membership.

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SPECIAL TICKETED EVENTS

Get Fit with the Foundation – 5K Fun Run/Walk

Start your morning off right with a 5K course set up right on the property that will wind runners through the beautiful desert landscape surrounding the resort. All proceeds benefit the PCMA Foundation.

  • Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021, 6:30 am– 7:30 am
  • Location: JW Marriott Desert Ridge, Sunset Terrace
  • Ticket price:  $40 USD The registration fee is non-refundable.

Hospitality Helping Hands

Register to participate in a social impact activity right at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge. In this fun and worthwhile charity event, your group is formed into teams of no more than 10 people that complete tasks to get the parts and materials necessary to assemble, test, and decorate wheelchairs for donation. These wheelchairs will be donated to the Arizona Chapter for Paralyzed Veterans of America, which serves US military veterans who endure Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Cord Disease/Dysfunction.

  • Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Location: JW Marriott Desert Ridge, Grand Saguaro East/West
  • Ticket Price: $85 USD The registration fee is non-refundable as it’s a donation.

Give Back Bash

It’s been a long time since we were last together, and Toronto wants to show you some love AND give back to the industry you love! At the PCMA EduCon Give Back Bash, take in the sights and sounds of Canada’s largest city — guests will enjoy an evening of reconnection and discovery, including Toronto-inspired mixology, interactive art, and live music, so get your dancing shoes ready!

GIVEAWAY: A fabulous prize pack for 2 will be given away at Give Back Bash, including flights, airport transfers, accommodations, tickets to a sporting event or theater, attraction passes, and dinner with Destination Toronto!

  • Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021, 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
  • Location: Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, The Oculus, 2nd Floor
  • Ticket price: $99 USD The registration fee is non-refundable as it’s a donation to the PCMA Foundation.

Get Fit with the Foundation – Namaste

Tranquil desert mornings were made for zen moments. Explore and practice a variety of stress management exercises, breathing, and meditation techniques that will benefit the heart, body, and mind. All proceeds benefit the PCMA Foundation.

  • Date: Friday, July 9, 2021, 7:00 am – 8:00 am
  • Location: Tierra Madre Lawn, JW Marriott Desert Ridge
  • Ticket price:  $40 USD The registration fee is non-refundable.

Already registered for EduCon? To add special ticketed events to your registration, please contact:
Executive Events by phone: 1.866.483.0174 or 1.303.731.1035 for international callers or by email at educon@executivevents.com

MAKE YOUR CASE

Need help presenting the benefits of PCMA EduCon to your boss? Utilize our “gain approval” documents to showcase the cost/benefits for attending.

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The maximum number of clock hours available is 7.5 but more CEs will be available to watch On Demand after the conference. The number of CEs you receive is based upon the type and number of sessions you attend. Not all sessions will be eligible for the CMP, and that will be noted on the schedule of events. Onsite attendees must always wear their badge to ensure CEs appear on your transcript post-event.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Wednesday, July 7 – Friday, July 9, 2021, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Registration rates are based on membership type. See the list above for the current rates.

Registration launched on Thursday, April 1st. The early registration rate ends Friday, May 14th. After May 14, there will be new registration rates. Those rates will remain throughout the EduCon event.

Registrants are encouraged to register online.

It is different for digital and in-person attendees, please see below:

Digital: Cancellation as a digital attendee is non-refundable.

In-Person: Cancellation of registration must be submitted in writing via email and must be dated on or before 5:00 p.m. Central Time on Friday, June 4, 2021, to receive a refund less a $100 USD registration cancellation processing fee. After June 4, 2021, at 5:00 pm Central Time, no refunds will be granted.

Cancellation of Student and Faculty registrations are subject to a $50 cancellation processing fee each.

There are no refunds for PCMA Foundation contributions, Give Back Bash, or Fitness event tickets. Cancellation for EduCon does not cancel membership dues paid during the registration process.

Replacement of a registered PCMA attendee by a business colleague/co-worker will be accepted. The written request must be sent to: educon@executivevents.com

A $50 USD processing fee will apply to all substitutions if notified in writing by 5:00 pm Central Time Friday, June 25, 2021. After Friday, June 25, 2021, no substitutions will be allowed, all substitution requests will be treated as full cancellations of the original registration and subject to the reduced processing fee of $100. The original registration will be refunded minus the processing fee and the new registrant must register as a new attendee to complete registration and housing.

The new registrant must be named in the written notification and register before the original registrant is refunded. If the original registrant was registered as a PCMA member, the new registrant must also be a member or join membership upon registering.

Please email educon@executivevents.com or call 866.483.0174. For international callers, please call 303.731.1035.

For an optimal Digital Experience, please check out these tech tips and recommendations from our digital provider, Cadmium here.

If you continue to have issues, please contact us by logging into the event digital platform, click your name in the top right corner, then in the drop-down select Technical Support and submit a Support Ticket, or call us at 410-638-9239 and select the option for Technical Support.

Hotel reservations are being made through a reservation link directly with the hotel. The link is included in your registration confirmation email.  To secure PCMA’s special group hotel rate, your hotel reservation must be booked by Wednesday, June 9, 2021.

Yes, we have several fun ticketed events planned for EduCon attendees.

Get Fit with the Foundation – 5K Fun Run/Walk

Start your morning off right with a 5K course set up right on the property that will wind runners through the beautiful desert landscape surrounding the resort. All proceeds benefit the PCMA Foundation. Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021, 6:30 am– 7:30 am Location: JW Marriott Desert Ridge Ticket price:  $40 USD The registration fee is non-refundable.

Hospitality Helping Hands

Register to participate in a social impact activity right at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge. In this fun and worthwhile charity event, your group is formed into teams of no more than 10 people that complete tasks to get the parts and materials necessary to assemble, test, and decorate wheelchairs for donation. These wheelchairs will be donated to the Arizona Chapter for Paralyzed Veterans of America, which serves US military veterans who endure Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Cord Disease/Dysfunction. Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Location: JW Marriott Desert Ridge Ticket Price: $85 USD The registration fee is non-refundable as it’s a donation.

Give Back Bash 

It’s been a long time since we were last together, and Toronto wants to show you some love AND give back to the industry you love! At the PCMA EduCon Give Back Bash, take in the sights and sounds of Canada’s largest city — guests will enjoy an evening of reconnection and discovery, including Toronto-inspired mixology, interactive art, and live music, so get your dancing shoes ready!

GIVEAWAY: A fabulous prize pack for 2 will be given away at Give Back Bash, including flights, airport transfers, accommodations, tickets to a sporting event or theater, attraction passes, and dinner with Destination Toronto!

Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021, 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm Location: Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, The Oculus Ticket price: $99 USD The registration fee is non-refundable as it’s a donation to the PCMA Foundation.

Get Fit with the Foundation – Namaste with PCMA

Tranquil desert mornings were made for zen moments. Explore and practice a variety of stress management exercises, breathing, and meditation techniques that will benefit the heart, body, and mind. All proceeds benefit the PCMA Foundation. Date: Friday, July 9, 2021, 7:00 am – 8:00 am Location: Tierra Madre Lawn, JW Marriott Desert Ridge Ticket price:  $40 USD The registration fee is non-refundable.

Already registered for EduCon? To add special ticketed events to your registration, please contact:
Executive Events by phone: 1.866.483.0174 or 1.303.731.1035 for international callers or by email at educon@executivevents.com

Attendees that were approved for credit from the 2020 Education Conference will receive a registration discount code to cover this year’s registration costs (this will not cover additional add-on costs such as Foundation/special ticket events).

The registration system will not allow for payment by multiple credit cards. If you want to put part of your payment on a different credit card (for example, registration fees to your corporate card, Foundation donation to your personal credit card), this is not a problem. Please contact educon@executivevents.com

We will accept check payments; please contact educon@executivevents.com

If you prefer to contact us by phone, please call 866.483.0174 or 303.731.1035 for international callers.

The maximum number of clock hours available is 7.5 but more CEs will be available to watch On Demand after the conference. The number of CEs you receive is based upon the type and number of sessions you attend. Not all sessions will be eligible for the CMP, and that will be noted on the schedule of events. Onsite attendees must always wear their badge to ensure CEs appear on your transcript post-event.

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact busdev@pcma.org.

Please email educon@executivevents.com or call 866.483.0174. For international callers, please call 303.731.1035.

  • “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