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A Leader in Medical-Meetings Education Turns Her Sights on Newcomers

MeetingsNet

Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC, made a name for herself 10 years ago with the launch of the Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate program. MeetingsNet’s Changemakers list recognizes outstanding meeting professionals for their efforts to move their organizations and the industry forward in unique and positive ways.

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How — and Why — You Should Include Patients at Medical Meetings

PCMA Convene

Over the last decade, there has been a slow-moving revolution toward leveraging the advantages that accrue to both health-care professionals and patients when they can play a meaningful role at medical meetings. rst draft of a “Patients Included” charter, now used to set standards for patient involvement at meetings.

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Top medical communications companies: Choosing the best for events

SpotMe Blog

The right MedComms agency team should be able to leverage their expertise in medical communications to ensure that your event is successful and meets all of its goals. Clients – With the life sciences industry being so broad, it is important to know whether the medical communications agency has experience in your specific field.

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Scleroderma Congress Innovates to Emphasize Patient Participation

PCMA Convene

That is, until 2010, when the World Scleroderma Foundation (WSF), a Switzerland-based nonprofit, and AIM Group International, its professional congress organizer (PCO), joined forces to launch the first international congress solely dedicated to scleroderma, the Systemic Sclerosis World Congress (SSWC). Public Domain). Virtue of Patients.

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

PCMA Convene

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.

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Scleroderma Congress Innovates to Emphasize Patient Participation

PCMA Convene

That is, until 2010, when the World Scleroderma Foundation (WSF), a Switzerland-based nonprofit, and AIM Group International, its professional congress organizer (PCO), joined forces to launch the first international congress solely dedicated to scleroderma, the Systemic Sclerosis World Congress (SSWC). Public Domain). Virtue of Patients.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

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.

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