Every piece of your event is under contract: red lines, algorithms, now and next
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Every piece of your event is under contract: red lines, algorithms, now and next

Meeting planner toolkit
Personal and professional development
Monday, Oct 12, 2026
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | America/Los_Angeles

Education session

North Convention Center | Tradewinds CD
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Look beyond hotel contracts to examine the agreements you make with venues, production partners, general service contractors and event technology providers. Explore the clauses, risks and areas of leverage that matter across these relationships.

Compare the priorities of corporate planners, association planners and suppliers. Discover what vendors consider when red lines come back and how AI is changing RFPs, contract review and negotiation. Leave with practical tactics to use in your next contract, whichever side of the table you’re on.

Learning outcomes:

Identify the clauses, risks and changing terms that matter in contracts

Compare how corporate planners, association planners and suppliers approach priorities, leverage and risk

Recognize how AI is changing RFPs, contract review and negotiation

Speakers

Marc Ghafoori

SVP Client ExperienceHERITAGE

Lindsay Martin-Bilbrey

Event Lead | Assistant ProfessorNifty Method | Temple University

Erika McGrath

Founder & Event StrategistIMPACT Hospitality Partners LLC

Melia Preedy

AttorneyFoster Garvey

Sam Richter

CEOSBR Worldwide