Here is a running list of articles, podcast episodes, videos and other coverage from MPI WEC 2019 in Toronto. The annual event serves as a showcase of the latest trends and top talent in our varied industry.

New Jersey will be the first state in the U.S. to require hotels to provide panic buttons for workers. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill June 11, 2019, that will require hotels with 100 guest rooms or more to equip hotel workers with wearable panic buttons, or employee safety devices (ESD), which can be pressed to get help in an emergency.

URequest Live is a band that plays only the songs your attendees request via brandable touchscreen “jukeboxes” or with their smartphones. The band plays the audience’s requests in order of popularity, ensuring the most requested songs are always being played next.

Meetings Today's Tyler Davidson talks with Michael Cerbelli, ringleader of Michael Cerbelli's The Hot List™, about the hottest new event products and performance trends, and how planners can incorporate them into their events. This episode was recorded live at MPI WEC 2019.

IACC CEO Mark Cooper details the findings from the 2019 Meeting Room of the Future Report, and how meetings and events will be transformed in the near future. Episode recorded at MPI WEC 2019.

A panel of food and beverage experts dished on the future foods and ingredients that you’ll probably see on the event menus of tomorrow. Amaranth seeds, plant-based ingredients and even cricket flour were discussed.

Measuring social media analytics can seem overwhelming, but industry expert Alex Plaxen offers four tips for meeting and event professionals to measure what matters and develop a social media strategy.

IACC released its 2019 Meeting Room of the Future global trends report at MPI’s World Education Congress (WEC) in Toronto, Canada. Find out how young influencers and technological evolution continue to push the industry forward.

In this edition of Meetings Today's The Weekly Wrap, Tyler Davidson details stories on meetings tech giant Cvent's acquisition of DoubleDutch, Joan Eisenstodt's series on end-of-life and life-cycle event planners, a comprehensive guide to planning for people with disabilities and our upcoming F&B trends webinar with Caesars Entertainment's Michele Polci.

These prominent chefs of Key West that specialize in group dining give us the dish on their freshest eats and how they use local seafood in their menus.