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ARVO Conference in Seattle Opened Eyes to Lingering International Travel Challenges

Smart Meetings

Long wait times and inflationary pressure linger at in-person-only medical meeting The arrival in Seattle of 11,631 attendees for the 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ( ARVO ) conference in May was the culmination of a logistical struggle to return to bringing the world of eye doctors together at 2019 levels.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Read More : How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers. The solution?

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MANOVA Global Health Care Summit Redefines the Medical Meeting

PCMA Convene

While the designer runway didn’t happen at the launch, it could come to life, along with other new features, at MANOVA 2019, scheduled for Oct. In these ways, MANOVA will continue to break out of the traditional medical-meeting mold. 14–16 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

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ICC Wales strengthens position as an exciting new destination for UK medical conferences

Prestige Events Magazine

10 medical conferences due to take place at South Wales venue in 2023/2024 ICC Wales , Wales’s first dedicated convention centre, will be hosting a series of medical conferences that will support the post-pandemic recovery of the in-person medical meetings sector and highlight the venue’s pivotal role in the recovery of the UK Meetings Industry.

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Modest and Reasonable with a Twist

SmartMeetings

Rules, regulations and innovations in the design of medical meetings In 2019, Radiological Society of North America drew 51,800 people to McCormick Place in Chicago. An estimated 25,000 were medical professional attendees from 116 countries. At the same time, he also implored planners to continue doing the basics.

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[Webinar] Creating Compelling Events for Today’s Healthcare Professionals

MeetingsNet

Webinar live date: October 23, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Webinar live date: October 23, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Using research results from a recent white paper by Ashfield Meetings & Events, three medical-meeting specialists will discuss how physician preferences at meetings and congresses are evolving, and why.

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2019 15 Over 50: Lynne K. Tiras, CMP

Connect Your Meetings

Tiras, CMP, works in Houston, Texas, as p resident at International Meeting Managers, Inc. As a 2019 15 Over 50 honoree, Tiras discusses her passion for the events industry. How I got here: When our youngest went off to college, I was approached by the Baylor College of Medicine to manage medical meetings for various departments.

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