Presidents Message

Dear MPI Community,

As President of the MPI UK & Ireland Chapter and Chair of the Host Destination Committee, I’m immensely proud to welcome EMEC 2027 to my hometown of Galway. Our chapter and its Board are so excited to share this with our community.

EMEC has earned its reputation as Europe’s “event incubator”—a place where event professionals come together to learn, grow, connect and move our industry forward. In Galway, we’re building on that spirit with an intentionally intimate experience designed to make room for deeper conversations, stronger relationships and meaningful collaboration.

We’re curating a programme for the whole community: event planners, experience curators, medical association planners, global leaders and students embarking on their careers in our industry. Our aim is to challenge convention, share fresh perspectives and give everyone ideas, connections and inspiration they can take home and put into practice. Most of all, we want you to leave having experienced something truly special.

Galway is the perfect place for that experience. Here, hospitality is a competitive advantage, community is part of the design, and culture is woven into the learning. A stadium, a church or the snug of a local pub can become a classroom. Our produce-led food culture offers lessons in sustainability and storytelling, while a conversation with a local maker, cultural figure or community changemaker might spark your next great event idea.

Our promise is captured in the theme “Your Place at the Table.” Galway brings people together: a small city with a big welcome, and a living example of how a sense of belonging can make events more meaningful for delegates, clients and sponsors alike. We’ll turn the city into a living canvas, using its historic hospitality, local culture and non-traditional venues to foster genuine interactions and challenge industry conventions through a series of firsts.

A massive thank-you to our strategic partner, Fáilte Ireland, and to all our on-the-ground partners. Galway is a destination built on collaboration, and this conference is a testament to what we can create together.

Whether you’re joining us from the UK, across Europe, the APAC region or the USA, I invite you to be part of our global community. In less than four months, we’ll come together in my hometown a place I cannot wait to share with the world. EMEC 2027 takes place in Galway from 20–23 February 2027.

We’re working with our partners and local collaborators to make this more than a few days together: we want it to leave a lasting legacy of connection and business for the region. Our full speaker lineup will be announced soon, and I encourage you to join us for an experience, a welcome and a place at the table not to be missed.

I look forward to welcoming you to Galway.

Warmly,

Olivia Breene