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. In 2017, HCPs received 1 million hours of instruction worldwide and about 163,000 educational events were held in the United States.

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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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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. Sharing data creates accountability for yourself, and also for other groups and events around you.”.

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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.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 11, 2017

Orlando has earned bragging rights for its thriving entrepreneurial culture and booming technology scene, which makes it a draw for business events across a broad swath of industries. 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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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 30, 2016

The goal for ASM Microbe 2016 was 10,000 to 12,000 attendees, drawn as evenly as possible from the General Meeting and ICAAC communities. OPENING KEYNOTE: Meet Bill Gates. Boston, MA – Microbe 2016 – Bill Gates answers questions from Richard Besser; Chief Health and Medical Editor, ABC News.

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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

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