Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The impact and importance of meetings for medical and pharmaceutical industry attendees is not only increasing, but the complexity of the events and what is expected of planners is more demanding as well, according to a new report from American Express Meetings & Events and a survey conducted by Smart Meetings.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 11, 2017

In fact, the top-rated Florida Hospital Global Robotics Institute provides cutting-edge health-care simulation training for more than 50,000 surgeons around the world. This “living lab” is a major reason why Orlando now hosts 40 percent of HCEA’s top 50 largest medical meetings. UCF Medical Facility at Lake Nona.

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Connect Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Speaker Bio: Mahoganey Jones is versatile, results-oriented certified meeting professional and digital event strategist with proven skills and track record in all aspects of meeting management. Specializing in associations and medical meetings, she produces exceptionally planned and revenue generating educational events.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 2, 2018

As health care and technology converges, how can medical meetings stay relevant? HLTH is expected to launch with 2,000 attendees, 200-plus CEOs and company founders, and 300-plus speakers. The post Not-Your-Average Medical Conferences appeared first on PCMA Convene. CES Digital Health Summit , Jan.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Maritz Travel continues to expand its offerings in the med/pharma meetings arena by launching Maritz Travel Healthcare Solutions this week. Schaumann’s impact in the hospitality industry is far-reaching. Earlier this year, Maritz added Pat Schaumann to its staff as senior director of health care compliance.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 26, 2017

This will cause more private practices to consider partnering or seeking employment with hospital systems or networks. Will our submission process yield the highest quality sessions or will we need to invite speakers who we know can address our learning priorities? Uncertain Times. This article was penned prior to the 2016 election.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2017

At Convene , we’ve made it a year-end tradition to ask ourselves this question: What’s the one meeting trend we’ll be keeping an eye on next year? . In 2018, I expect to see speaker lineups at conferences and conventions feature a range of voices outside the old-school white male CEO mold.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2020

This is likely to be that year for scores of meeting professionals: When Convene surveyed planners in early April, an overwhelming majority — 70 percent — said that they had moved or planned to move some or all of their content to digital platforms. So, we’re going to put things in phases,” she said.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

At DIH, innovative thinking is applied to an array of health-care settings and deliverables, from buildings to interfaces — and possibly in the future, medical meetings. Compare this for a moment to a hospitality experience. I’m married to a physician, and she goes to traditional medical meetings.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

I love a little bit of everything — the planning, the communication with vendors, speakers and sponsors, the creative aspects, the cyclical nature of the job, and my co-workers. Love working with hospitality people, and seeing a meeting go well. Making relationships with speakers and clients.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

“It’s true of Omaha, but also the rest of the Midwest, that we tend to get really heads-down and focused on our work, so we’re not as PR- or marketing-driven as some of the other areas around the country,” said Caleb Ulffers, who joined SPN as a speaker manager in 2013. About 400 attendees showed up. “[The ambassador to Germany.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

I love the aspect of having the opportunity to meet new people every day, and of course, being hospitable and welcoming newcomers into the city I grew up in and love so much! What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? My favorite part of my job is being on site at our Annual Meeting.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

a pediatric critical-care physician at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Children’s Hospital. ON THE PROGRAM The Breakthrough Collaborative runs a half day, with a keynote, a handful of featured speakers, and a panel. ORGANIZER The Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium (PDIC), founded by Gwenyth Fischer, M.D., Cali , M.D.,

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Be a speaker. China, Germany, India, and Japan, told Convene that members’ names and photos are often displayed online as speakers or members of organizing committees without their knowledge to give a fake conference a sense of legitimacy. Some excellent speakers came from the U.S.,” Cover Illustration by Ollanski).

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The $22 billion contributed by the meetings industry to local, state and federal taxes each year is dependent on the free flow of travel. Travel Association and the CEOs of 13 hospitality companies met Tuesday at the White House with President Donald Trump and senior administration officials. To make that point, U.S.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

For decades, membership in PCMA had been a closed circle, limited to medical-meeting professionals. Outside of medical meetings, “those [organizations] that were going to have a meeting, instead of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland [putting on a show], it was the new secretary in the department.

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