* MEETING MANAGEMENT: News from MPI

Who better to talk about balance between work and family than someone who lives it? In January, at MPI's Professional Education Conference (PEC) at Nashville's Opryland Hotel, Chairman Ed Simeone, CMP, was joined onstage during the opening session by his wife, Joy, his son, Christopher, and his daughter, Amanda. Their speeches about balance in their lives (a.k.a. homework and paper routes) were met with big cheers from the audience of 2,182 attendees at the Opryland Hotel. Keynote speaker