PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What’s most important to physicians when they consider whether or not to attend a medical meeting? In November, American Express Meetings & Events published research based on interviews with 12 physicians who practice in specialties across North America and Europe. I would say that this is absolutely true.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

If these waves of change haven’t affected your medical meetings’ business model yet, it’s just a matter of time. Session mix   How much of your program should be scientific or clinical versus practice-management or patient-centered? High-quality learning is worth their investment of time and money. Submissions or curation?

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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. He thinks that could easily happen at a medical conference.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 12, 2020

According to results from a recent Kenes Group study, health-care professionals value high-quality speakers and discussions, but they also want a virtual platform that affords them flexibility, time, and opportunity to fully absorb them. Engaging content with a range of speakers and live discussions. CME accreditation. Jennifer N.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 22, 2019

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? From a grill fire, disgruntled exes, tornadoes and structure collapses to hazmat and medical situations; the list is as daunting as it is endless,” Veneman said. Hope for the best but plan for the worst.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 26, 2017

How much of our program should be scientific or clinical vs. practice- management or patient-centered? Will our submission process yield the highest quality sessions or will we need to invite speakers who we know can address our learning priorities? Session Mix. High-quality learning is worthy of investing time and money.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 11, 2022

Here are some of the features to look for to help steer you towards apps that are likely to be more appropriate for financial and medical events. I managed to get over 15 years into my career before I ever heard the term “posters” in regard to events, and I’m not the least bit in the minority. Posters (Scientific, not Gustav Klimt).

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Cvent: Event Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

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. A majority of HCPs want to contribute to the meeting agenda; 39% have never been asked to contribute and only 15% do so currently. HCP Expectations.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 27, 2018

While it’s critical to prepare for once-a-career issues like hurricanes or terrorism, it’s the “everyday disasters” that meeting professionals have to manage wisely onsite that can make or break a meeting. Tested strategies to avoid common meeting disasters. Webinar live date: September 25, 2018 at 2pm ET / 11am PT.

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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. How to set a good foundation for a hybrid event that both complements and extends your live event.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Be a speaker. And if you were Anthony Cassidy, senior sales manager at the Manchester Convention Bureau, you would be giving yourself a high-five for winning such an impressive number of bids. Rebecca Quine, events and exhibitions manager, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), which has offices in the U.K., Present your abstract.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2020

It was a move made out of sheer necessity, following the World Health Organization’s classification of COVID-19 as a pandemic and a cascade of travel restrictions, Cassandra Strupp, PDPW’s program manager told Convene. You may be looking at the speakers, but somebody else is asking questions for you — you’re at a remove.”.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 28, 2016

The fifth annual Global Pharmaceutical Medical Meetings Summit will take place at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Jan. The boutique conference has built quite the following , drawing the most influential managers in the medical meetings market. Dominguez’s presentation on Feb. Dominguez’s presentation on Feb.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

It offered a real-time glimpse of a number of pieces of data about the audience, including how they rated the content and speakers, whether it was their first time at the convention, and other information about the name-badge-wearing colleagues next to them in session rooms. The easiest group to benchmark is medical,” Holsinger said.

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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. Another Cup of … Modafinil?

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As director of professional development for the Meeting Professionals International health care sector, she founded its Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate (HMCC) program, which helps med/pharma meetings planners understand basic compliance principles.

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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

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. Constantly meeting new people. Details, details, details and on-site management. Fitting pieces of the puzzle together; logistics management.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 12, 2016

To have these individuals recognized by one of the leading event platforms reaffirms that our partners and colleagues are in-the-know when it comes to meetings, events, tradeshows and more. Here are some of the event professionals who made the list that are closely connected to Smart Meetings: Issa Jouaneh. Dahlia Gazzar.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

T wo years ago, Stacey Chang was working as the managing director of the health-care practice for the influential design firm IDEO when he received a call from a former client. “We who had become dean of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Can you recall a medical meeting that left an impression on you?

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 18, 2025

Maybe it was that one conference you attended, where a speaker spoke to a part of you that you never even knew existed. in Human Resource Management from Loyola University Chicago, and by that time, my dreams had shifted at least a dozen times. I transitioned from restaurants to hotel management, focusing on meetings and events.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

At some point, I would like to branch out in my career and experience what meeting planning is like in the private sector. National Convention Sales Manager Explore St. Event Manager McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois, USA. I still remember the chills I had while watching her lead an executive meeting. HOLLY LAMMERT.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 17, 2017

CFNU’s mission expands far beyond that particular legislative issue and speakers from all over the globe came to Calgary to address topics related to patient safety, safe staffing, and building up public healthcare systems, Silas said. From the receptionist to the event managers, everyone was so helpful. Make way for the nurses!

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

CUTTING EDGE The idea of breakthrough thinking comes from Gap International, a management- consulting firm that works with UNMC on leadership development. The Medical Innovation Summit is part of that. How does policy and regulation affect the timeline to get medical innovation through? What does it cost to get it through?”.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2018

Over the last decade, there has been a slow-moving revolution toward leveraging the advantages that accrue to both health-care professionals and patients when they can play a meaningful role at medical meetings. Though their numbers are small, she said, there are sessions where patient speakers “really set the tone.”.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

According to Thomas, Tracy Blithe, CMP, HRS’s manager of CME programs and meeting operations, challenged her team to think creatively about featuring MOC programming at the 2016 Scientific Sessions, held in San Francisco this past May. When ABIM and ACCME launched their collaboration last fall, it opened up doors for us.”.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It was most prominent for medical meetings or events that had many concurrent sessions attendees would have to miss. As the idea of adapting in-person meetings to virtual was starting to swiftly take over the industry, we already had the solution in place with e-Attend.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Perfect for: Meeting planners who want strategic insight into attendee activity and a fully branded online experience. Event management platform with an app module that lets attendees view multiple events from the same mobile app. Event app and event management platform for larger meetings and trade shows.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 24, 2020

Through a partnership formalized in late 2019 with Haymarket Medical Education, the mission was to sharpen member-data analysis and then leverage opportunities for additional content creation, speaker and presenter acquisition, and learner recruitment.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 2, 2024

That said, medical meetings may be among the meetings most likely to be impacted. CMS is part of HHS, and it manages not only Medicare and Medicaid, but also the Affordable Care Act marketplaces for individual insurance that provide health coverage for 155 million Americans. Kennedy Jr. What does he see?

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Trump prepares to take office, event organizers must consider the effects of his policies and appointments on the medical meetings industry. I’ve been getting many inquiries about the future of medical meetings under the new Trump administration. This may affect the budgets available for medical meetings and congresses.

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