Wellness Architect
Olympian Meeting
David T. Stevens, WITT-AP, is Co-Founder of Olympian Meeting and Chair of the Global Wellness Institute’s Meetings & Events Initiative, which focuses on evidence-informed best practices for integrating wellness into meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions and travel experiences. With more than 20 years of experience across corporate events, hospitality, media, live entertainment, sports, agencies and associations, David works at the intersection of event strategy, human performance and measurable participant outcomes.
He is a founding member of the WITT Standards Advisory Committee, a WITT Accredited Professional and has completed WITT Auditor Training. His credentials also include Harvard Medical School lifestyle medicine and wellness coaching, Delos Wellness for Meetings and Events, and Pandemic Meeting and Event Design.
David is President of PCMA Northern California, Co-Founder of Event Marketing Authority, and host of the podcast Return on Wellness. His work on Circadian Cove was named a 2026 PCMA Visionary Awards finalist for Experience Design of the Year. Outside work, David trains in CrossFit and reviews hotel gyms while traveling.
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Explore how changing expectations around health, recovery, food, movement and connection are influencing meetings and events. Examine the growing impact of wellness tourism and what it means for attendee experience design.
Move beyond standalone wellness activities and discover how intentional, evidence-informed wellness strategies can support learning, engagement and attendee value.
Learning outcomes:
Identify wellness trends influencing attendee expectations
Differentiate wellness activities from wellness strategy
Apply wellness principles to event design decisions
This session is approved for the following certifications.
* ICCA Skills Domain CICS/CICE: 0.5