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MANOVA Global Health Care Summit Redefines the Medical Meeting

PCMA Convene

In August 2018, when Mark Addicks was in the midst of planning his first-ever event, the MANOVA Global Health Summit, he was determined to make it a dramatic departure from the typical medical conference. “We Addicks found a cast of government officials, business owners, and media leaders who also were ready to take a leap.

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Childcare at Events Remains Expensive and Still Hard to Come By

EventMB

While the pandemic wreaked havoc on the event industry, companies that provide childcare at meetings are among those who suffered the most from the lack of live events. How has childcare at events changed since pre-pandemic days? We are telling clients this is the new reality. It gives them an investment in the program.”.

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Why This Medical Meeting Simulated a Crisis

PCMA Convene

Imagine walking into a major international medical meeting and finding your afternoon session transformed into an intellectual, public-health version of a murder-mystery dinner party. Held on day two of the three-day event, the three-hour session was listed in the agenda simply as “a simulation exercise.” million deaths a year.

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Not-Your-Average Medical Conferences

PCMA Convene

As health care and technology converges, how can medical meetings stay relevant? Organized by the Aspen Institute’s Medicine and Society Program, the event offers continuing medical education credits for physicians and nurses. Some of the most influential — and one newcomer to watch — include: TEDMED , Nov.

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Scleroderma Congress Innovates to Emphasize Patient Participation

PCMA Convene

Specifically, Manzani said, the event traces back to AIM’s relationship with Professor Marco Matucci-Cerinic, WSF chairman, and director of the Rheumatology Department at the University of Florence. “He In addition to its patient-centered focus, WSF actively engages the next generation of health- care providers with its association and event.

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How to Host a Safe Event: Advice from Emergency Management Experts

SmartMeetings

We hope that everything goes to plan at all your events but sometimes it doesn’t. A glitchy AV system or a sick keynote speaker may seem like disasters on event day, but are you ready if a real emergency hits? What is the most important thing in emergency planning for an event? Fail to act and fail to follow-up.

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Maritz Expands Solutions for Med/Pharma Meetings

SmartMeetings

She served on the Convention Industry Council Healthcare Certification Governance Committee, helping develop the rigid CMP-HC certification. I’ve trained more than a thousand medical meetings professionals through the HMCC program, and heard first-hand about the challenges these companies face,” Schaumann says.