Delmás Martín, Daniel2026-04-292026-04-292026Delmás Martín, D. (2026). The convergent model of protocol and events: Epistemological integration for strategic design and professional practice. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-12-2025-01941758-29621758-2954https://hdl.handle.net/11268/17055This article addresses the persistent epistemological fragmentation between protocol and event management by proposing the convergent model of protocol and events (CMPE), a unified framework that conceptualises both fields as interdependent dimensions of symbolic and strategic communication. The model positions protocol as a transversal science of human order with strategic and symbolic functions, and events as its operational and performative manifestations. It integrates six key constructs – protocol, events, symbolic language, four structural elements (spaces, people, times and symbols), strategic communication and community cohesion – into a coherent system. The CMPE demonstrates that both disciplines converge around meaning-making and community articulation, while revealing asymmetries and conceptual dispersion in existing scholarship.engjournal article10.1108/IJEFM-12-2025-0194embargoed accessCiencias socialesComunicaciónAdministración de empresasGoal 4: Quality educationGoal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for allGoal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation