PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Okay, if you’re a meeting professional who works for a medical or health-care organization, it’s not actually a problem for you to imagine any of this. Board certification in the United States dates back to 1917 and the country’s first medical-specialty board, the American Board of Ophthalmology. CASE HISTORY.

Medical Meetings 40

Medical Meetings Meetings 2012 Education 40

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion. And more and more, they’re asking questions about a destination’s local expertise and knowledge base.

Meetings 74

Meetings 2015 2009 2008 74

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The reinvented meeting included trips to the New School, Radio City Music Hall, and St. By all accounts, the 17,000 or so annual attendees were enjoying it just fine — as they had for more than 150 years, when the then newly formed association wrote annual meetings right into its bylaws. More Innovative Meetings.

2013 40

2013 Sustainability Conference Education 40

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

2012 56

2012 2013 Food and Beverage 2009 56