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ARVO Conference in Seattle Opened Eyes to Lingering International Travel Challenges

Smart Meetings

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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Modest and Reasonable with a Twist

SmartMeetings

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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Smart Tech: The 20% Difference

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Since scientific and medical meetings are often about sharing information, these enhanced networking features can make (almost literally) a world of difference, as people connect in-person and online. Enhanced Multimedia and Video-On-Demand. Finding the right technology for your event should be an evolutionary process.

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4 Ideas to Improve Conference Exhibits

PCMA Convene

Expo Halls “The waste is a real issue when it comes to traditional trade shows. Courtesy EUSEM) Create More of a Buzz in the Exhibit Hall Davi Kaur “The exhibition is a sacred cow at medical meetings,” said Davi Kaur , CEO of the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM). Her possible solution?

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Pumping New Life Into Associations’ Online Revenue Streams

PCMA Convene

Convene spoke with Reed in late February to learn how he and his team reengineered the annual meeting not as a short-term strategy but to make it a sustainable enterprise — and a more valuable experience for all participants — for the coming years. It’s been a big challenge to make physical trade shows succeed on online platforms.

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Bizzabo’s List of ‘Top Event Profs to Follow’ IDs Who’s Who in Industry

SmartMeetings

With an astounding 85,300 Twitter followers, Issa shares tourism, events/meetings industry, and American Express Meetings & Events updates. Jouaneh, is a meetings expert who regularly contributes to Smart Meetings news. We love the research-backed insights Social Tables is providing to the meetings industry.

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American Institute of Architects Convention Becomes Better by Design

PCMA Convene

A lot of the feedback when we first presented our idea to the members was, ‘It’s not broke, why fix it?’” More Innovative Meetings. Why More Medical Meetings Are Looking at Airport Hotels. The route to reinvention would involve a five-year strategic initiative to examine where AIA stood and position it for the future.

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