Dr Rob Davidson is the Managing Director of MICE Knowledge, a London-based consultancy specialising in research, education and training services for the meetings and events industry (www.miceknowledge.com). 

His main areas of expertise are business tourism and the MICE industry, and he has written seven books on these themes, including his latest book, Business Events (https://www.routledge.com/p/book/9781003509615).

He has carried out research projects for a number of major organisations including the Poland Convention Bureau, the Ireland National Tourism Development Authority, and the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence. He is regularly invited to speak at international conferences on themes linked to business events, in particular to present the results of his ongoing research into MICE trends. He also teaches in two European universities, where he educates and inspires Events Management and Tourism Management students every year.

In 2015, he was awarded a Doctorate from the University of Greenwich for his thesis, entitled ‘Technological and Demographic Factors as Agents of Change in the Development of Business Events’.