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Best of 2021: Career Accelerator Webinars

Smart Meetings

During this webinar, Ludwig shows the many advancements meeting professionals may come into contact with in the near and distant future, such as second-floor public transport, futuristic venues and self-driving luggage. Vital Lessons from Covid-era Medical Meetings.

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ARVO Conference in Seattle Opened Eyes to Lingering International Travel Challenges

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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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‘Hybrid Events Are Here to Stay’

PCMA Convene

What Reed, chief event strategy officer, American Society of Hematology (ASH), loved most about this time, he told participants in an online PCMA Community Conversation for medical meeting planners earlier this year, is probably what other planners have hated: “We needed to operate when there was really no roadmap to us,” Reed said. “I

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Convincing Stakeholders to Hold Live or Hybrid Events is Planners’ Top Concern

PCMA Convene

The discussion began with an overview of GDP’s Q2 Meetings & Events Pulse Survey, which was conducted in May and included responses from nearly 400 planners based in the U.S. (64 In the survey, 64 percent of respondents predicted they will host a live event between August 2020 and January 2021. 64 percent), the U.K. (10

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Partner Your Way Through the Post-Pandemic Surge

SmartMeetings

How to creatively overcome post-pandemic staffing and supply shortages at medical meetings. Pair this with a short turnaround time for healthcare meetings (back to the lack of predictability), plus the surge in live meetings put on pause from 2020 and 2021. Good news: corporate travel and events are back!

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Pumping New Life Into Associations’ Online Revenue Streams

PCMA Convene

In 2020 and it’s likely to be the same in 2021 — and this could be specific to medical events — we found that the opportunity for these companies. I’m watching it closely with other medical meetings. The ASH Whiteboard Wall brought ideas shared by participants to visual life at the virtual annual meeting.

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U.S. Travel Association Cites Minimal Covid Risk for Your In-person Meetings

Smart Meetings

Travel Association has kicked off its “ Let’s Meet There ” campaign, unveiled at MPI’s WEC 2021 , to further propel the comeback of PMEs. Relying on the most current travel-sector data from The Ohio State University and Tourism Economics, U.S. What the Studies Say.

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