Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is hosting its annual 2023 conference at Nashville’s Music City Center with a change in how it approaches the in-person event. So that’s kind of where we started the conversation, and then everything about the meeting spun off of that.”

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 25, 2019

The financial health of a medical association often depends on whether its annual convention exhibit floor is sold out. But health-care event organizers face a unique challenge when demonstrating to exhibitors the value of their participation. ATS and RSNA may be frontrunners in this tech among medical events. “We

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 6, 2024

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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Quickmobile

MAY 2, 2018

“ Event planner ” can be such an all-encompassing title that can be applied to so many sectors, leaving a person with countless opportunities to fall in love with the job. For us smaller-scale event planners, we also experience post-event euphoria. When planning events, one needs to take a step back and look at the big picture.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2021

Anderson serves on the board of directors for United States Travel Association (USTA), is an executive committee member of Meetings Mean Business Coalition, co-chair of USTA CEO Roundtable and is a member on Destination International’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. has named Diamond senior meeting manager. Elizabeth Burks.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 15, 2019

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 In these ways, MANOVA will continue to break out of the traditional medical-meeting mold.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2024

To her, event management is “a far-reaching, integrated field.” Events are everywhere; and event planners play an integral role in any and every industry. Every business is affected by events and the management of those gatherings,” she says. I think it taught me to learn on the job and grow. And she passed. “I

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 29, 2024

Smart Meetings has started a book club to circulate literature with ideas that can connect and inspire meeting professionals and others in the industry. This Month’s Reads: Planning for Medical Meetings Every industry has its own cultural norms and professional values that are expected to be reflected at a company’s event.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As if the job of meeting professional weren’t difficult enough, many have had to take on the role of Chief Difficult Conversation Starter. In fact, if approached with thoughtfulness and preparation, those interactions could lead to the meeting professionals taking a rightful place as strategic advisors. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

He’s putting many of them into practice at the University of Texas at Austin, where he serves as the inaugural dean and vice president for medical affairs at the new Dell Medical School — the first built-from-scratch medical school to open at a first-tier research university in the United States in 50 years. The prognosis?

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Event Marketer

MARCH 17, 2024

Zac Kelley, Manager Convention Services/3rd Party Industry Events/Demo Bank, Zimmer Biomet You might compare Zac Kelley’s role as manager of convention services and third-party events for Zimmer Biomet, a medical technology provider of orthopedic care, to that of a head of an operating room.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

At the time, meeting planners prepared for the worst, fearing that physicians would shy away from attending meetings altogether. But the Disclosure Code ultimately had no significant impact on participation at medical meetings. How will it affect medical meetings? Effective Jan. What is changing?

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 19, 2019

Important insights into health-care professionals (HCPs) and tips on how to host an event that will attract and retain them were among the highlights of Jocelyn Cote’s recent Smart Meetings webinar. They are professionals responsible for the care of others, mostly in a medical environment. ’ The HCP: A Unique Attendee.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The fifth annual Global Pharmaceutical Medical Meetings Summit will take place at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown from Jan. A direct beneficiary of this activity has been the medical meetings industry , helping propel hospitality and tourism to Philadelphia’s third largest industry. Click for more details.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

There’s a lot of information out there about how to better your career as a meeting professional. Throughout the year, Smart Meetings has invited professionals from different corners of the event planning world to impart their knowledge. One Step Ahead, Predicting the Future of Event Technology.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Health-care providers have high standards for the meetings they attend, according to a recent report by American Express Meetings & Events. What’s most important to physicians when they consider whether or not to attend a medical meeting? Erickson Stock/Adobe Stock). The extra stuff is almost immaterial.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2017

Johnston has some ideas for how to address that, beginning with the way in which phycisians are trained and receive continuing medical attention. This time on the podcast we meet Clay Johnston, dean of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. AM-T: And it’s already happening at some events.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 11, 2023

On the hunt for the top medical communications companies to help you run better life science events? Planning and running successful events in the pharma industry involves managing multiple vendors, overseeing details, and executing a plan that’s cost-efficient and produces tangible results.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 3, 2023

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. Costs for everything else must fall under the category of “fair and reasonable.” “You

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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2023

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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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Seven years after the Sunshine Act first lit up the health-care industry, the legislation is having a widespread impact on medical meetings. The number of dinners and in-person meetings may be shrinking, but the need for learning opportunities isn’t. It’s changed the paradigm.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

So Dell Medical School is changing the way medicine is practiced by changing the way medical students are trained. If you’re a medical-meeting professional, this directly affects how you structure your conferences and conventions, and Johnston shares his ideas about that in this month’s cover story, “We Don’t Have a Lecture Hall.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 14, 2023

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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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2019

Of the top 12 excuses given by conference organizers to explain why female speakers are underrepresented in — or absent altogether from — their meeting programs, the leading one is this: “We know we have no women. For organizers of scientific meetings, the answer to that question, resoundingly, is yes. We are always looking for ideas.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2022

The changes brought about by the pandemic have created “the best period” in his long career in the business events industry, said Bill Reed, FASAE, CMP. I’m a firm advocate that hybrid events are here to stay,” Reed said. Our audience really has grown to expect choices and the hybrid event is the ultimate choice.”.

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SpotMe Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

HCP events: what HCPs want in 2023. Pharma companies are talking about going back to in-person HCP events in 2023. To go back to traditional event formats? That means their experiences with tech is changing their expectations for medical education events too. HCP event platform: 8 features to look for.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 24, 2020

As the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis has learned, offering CMEs at virtual events comes with different requirements, depending on when the sessions are viewed. It was still critical for us to offer continuing education” via the virtual program, said Lisa Astorga, CMP, DES, ISTH’s director of meetings.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Today on the Event Tech Podcast we are talking all about how to choose event technology and why cost should not be the sole deciding factor. Cost is always a factor when planning events but if it shouldn’t be the deciding factor when choosing event tech then what should be? Plan Your Event Technology Early.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 4, 2022

First, it’s a place where folks who are holding participant-driven events publicize them for free. The reCAPTCHA on this form ensures that an actual person has to fill in the form to submit an event for inclusion. The form header reads: “ Please note: This is not a calendar for conventional meetings.

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Connect Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Register for “10 Steps to Planning a Hybrid Meeting” Extending your event to the online world can often seem like a daunting task. Despite concerns around technology platforms and on-site participation, hybrid events provide unique opportunities to extend your event reach across multiple geographies and time zones.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 12, 2020

When Kenes Group , a Geneva, Switzerland–based professional conference organizer, shifted to hosting virtual events for its medical and science groups this past April, company leaders knew they needed more insight into the minds of their health-care practitioner (HCP) attendees. Lower price tag than an in-person event.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 6, 2020

Global DMC Partners (GDP) , a global network of independently owned DMCs and creative event experts, held a virtual open forum , “The Meeting Planner’s New Reality in the ‘New Normal,’” on June 24. More than 700 meeting and event professionals from around the world registered. Catherine Chaulet. 64 percent), the U.K. (10

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Cvent: Event Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

For life sciences companies, attracting Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) to their events is a key to success. When choosing the events to attend, HCPs are looking to stay up to date on the latest trends for their specialties, meet with experts or key opinion leaders, and network with colleagues. Gather Pre-Event Suggestions.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 9, 2020

Many meeting planners and are looking to someone else to tell them the right way to plan a successful and safe event. First responders don’t arrive at chaotic scenes and traumatic events hoping someone knows how to treat patients, secure the area and deliver the most positive outcome among a challenging circumstance.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 7, 2022

When it comes to event apps, 80% of their functionality is the same. Have You Created a Medical Contingency Plan for Your Event Yet? An epic meeting took place this year. Webinar Provides Tips for Boosting Medical Meetings. The Ground Shifts Yet Again for Medical Meetings.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 1, 2020

An AGU grand prize winners presents his data visualization on NASA’s “hyperwall” at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. This case study is part of Convene ‘s April CMP Series story looking at innovations in scientific and medical meetings. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Epnac Photography).

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 17, 2018

At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the world’s largest annual breast cancer conference, hundreds of patient advocates are actively involved in the event’s daily programming. ( Read More.

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