If you’ve ever attended a well-run event and walked away thinking, “That was incredible,” chances are a small business was behind it.In fact, probably several small businesses.
WEC St. Louis attendees got a lively start to their Thursday agenda by testing their skills at beat boxing courtesy of hip-hop improv group freestyle+ during a General Session aptly titled The Power of Play.
We caught up with Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC, founder and manager of MPI’s HMCC and Medical Meeting Professional (MMP) certificate programs, for an update on the MPI MD Community and its activities.
As WEC 2025 begins its final day, WEC 2026 in San Antonio debuts on the horizon. In advance of today’s WEC 2026 Preview Lunch featuring Britton Moore, sponsored by Visit San Antonio, we got in touch with Mario Bass, Visit San Antonio’s new president and CEO, to learn more about our next host.
How can meeting professionals create a welcoming environment serving four different generations with vastly different needs and perspectives? This was the timely challenge addressed during one of the first concurrent sessions at MPI’s WEC in St. Louis.