Breaking Borders: Across the Table: A Global Panel on Events, Partnership, and What Actually Works
Tuesday, June 16, 20269:00–10:00 AM Mountain Time | 4:00–5:00 PM GMT - Dublin/London Time
Virtual Meeting
What does it really look like to plan events across borders? And what happens when planners and their partners stop working at each other and start working with each other?
Join MPI Rocky Mountain and MPI UK & Ireland for the second installment of the Breaking Borders series — a live, candid panel conversation bringing together voices from both sides of the globe and both sides of the table. As international events grow more complex, success increasingly depends on the strength of your partnerships. This session digs into what that actually means in practice.
Through a dynamic, discussion-led format, panelists will explore what good partnership looks like from both planner and supplier perspectives, how cultural differences shape communication, timelines and expectations, where cross-border collaboration tends to break down and how to avoid it, and how to build the kind of long-term trusted relationships that hold up in a more complex global market.
Whether you're a planner, a vendor, or somewhere in between, you'll walk away with real, actionable ways to strengthen your partnerships and elevate your global event strategy.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
- Apply strategies for navigating cross-border event logistics, including vendor coordination, cultural considerations, and international stakeholder communication. (EIC Domain: Project Management)
- Evaluate the dynamics of planner and event partner relationships in a global context and identify approaches that foster more integrated, collaborative outcomes. (EIC Domain: Stakeholder Management)
- Analyze how cultural differences impact communication, timelines, and expectations across international markets and assess strategies for building long-term trusted partnerships in a complex global environment. (EIC Domain: Strategic Planning)