Legacy

IHPBA’s Singapore congress combines specialist education with a defined liver cancer equity agenda. For association leaders, its significance lies in how scientific authority can be organised into action after delegates leave. Singapore — The 17th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association, taking place on 28–31 October 2026 at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, offers an unusually concrete proposition for association leaders: use a specialist congress to organise a continuing response to unequal access to care. Congress President Shridhar Iyer also leads its legacy project. The initiative addresses disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma, or HCC, outcomes across Asia-Pacific and […]

IASP’s World Congress on Pain combines research, clinical learning and a new collaborative hackathon. Its management lesson is how to connect innovation and member engagement with evidence of lasting public benefit. Bangkok, Thailand — The International Association for the Study of Pain’s World Congress will run from 26–30 October 2026 at Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre. Its published programme places established scientific formats alongside practical workshops and a new experiment in collaborative problem-solving, creating several ways for members to contribute. For association management leaders, the central issue is how those activities connect. A large congress can offer an impressive […]

The Canadian Circular Economy Summit 2025 features in Business Events Montréal’s ImpactAIQ case studies. Image source: Tourisme Montréal. An AI platform introduced around IMEX America offers associations a way to connect congress ambitions with evidence of change, raising practical questions about how impact is planned, measured and communicated. IMEX America, Las Vegas, USA — A new event impact platform being introduced at IMEX America is addressing a question familiar to association boards: what does a congress achieve after delegates leave? ImpactAIQ, co-led by #MEET4IMPACT and Gevme, is designed to help event and destination leaders plan intended outcomes and assemble evidence […]