Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced yesterday the host cities for four of its upcoming conferences. The 24,000-member group’s largest annual gathering, the World Education Conference, will head to Orlando, Florida, from July 23 to 26, 2011; to St. Louis from July 28 to 31, 2012; and to Las Vegas from July 20 to 23, 2013. (The 2009 and 2010 incarnations are set take place July 11 to 14 in Salt Lake City and July 24 to 27 in Vancouver, British Columbia, respectively.)
MPI also holds an annual MeetDifferent conference, which focuses on innovative meeting design, alternative learning strategies, and new technology. The 2009 event is planned for February 7 to 10 in Atlanta, and the organization also announced yesterday that the 2010 conference will take place in Cancun, Mexico, February 20 to 23.