Cutting-Edge Legal Issues in Today’s Associations and Meetings…And How to Solve Them! 

Presented by: Joshua Grimes, Esq.

Hampton Inn Harrisburg - West
4950 Ritter Road
Mechanicburg, PA
Suite 102 (Next to Isaacs)

Agenda

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Registration and Networking
12:00 p.m. – Lunch Service
12:45 p.m. – Announcements
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Presentation and Q&A

With meetings booming, market forces allow hotels to pick and choose clients and impose tougher contract terms. The social unrest and changing laws affecting gun rights, religious expression, and other areas of everyday life is affecting our attendees' willingness to attend events in some popular occasions. And Airbnb, Uber and other parts of the sharing economy, as well as tech innovations, are impacting our room blocks, meeting costs, and guests’ privacy. All of these factors will confront meeting professionals with increasing frequency in the coming years.

This program is an interactive and thought-provoking review of the year’s hottest issues. Learn how to address these issues and more:

• Threats caused by “room poaching” – unauthorized housing agencies contacting your guests
• Airbnb and other “sharing economy” businesses and their effect on hotel room blocks and meeting space
• New gun laws allowing open-carry and concealed weapons in your meetings
• Meetings in Marijuana-friendly cities
• Planning for controversial new laws that raise calls to boycott your meeting city
• Challenges of unauthorized suppliers “Suitcasing” at events and cutting into revenues while undercutting valuable exhibitors and sponsorships
• Zika, Ebola, terrorism, and other threats that may keep attendees away from your meeting
• Protecting guests’ personal information on computer networks and in cyberspace
• RFID technology pro’s and con’s

PASAE is a CMP Preferred Provider. The program identified with the CMP Preferred Provider logo meets the requirements to receive 1.00 continuing education (CE) credits for the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) credential. 

Joshua L. Grimes, Esq. Grimes Law Offices based in Philadelphia, is a leading attorney in the association, nonprofit, meeting, and hospitality industries. He is a specialist in all matters relating meetings and conventions, as well as association & nonprofit governance.

Mr. Grimes is a member of the APEX Contracts Panel, and served on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys. He was selected as a “Pennsylvania Super Lawyer”, and recently designated a “Legal Leader” by ALM Media. Mr. Grimes is also frequently quoted in industry publications.

Mr. Grimes is one of the association and meeting industries’ most prominent speakers. In addition to speaking regularly for MPI and PCMA, he conducts in-house training programs for corporate and association executives. Mr. Grimes also a frequent contributor for meeting and association industry publications and websites.

Mr. Grimes has appeared before industry professionals throughout the United States, and in Europe, the Middle East, Canada, and Mexico. He is a member of the Bars of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.