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Scleroderma Congress Innovates to Emphasize Patient Participation

PCMA Convene

That is, until 2010, when the World Scleroderma Foundation (WSF), a Switzerland-based nonprofit, and AIM Group International, its professional congress organizer (PCO), joined forces to launch the first international congress solely dedicated to scleroderma, the Systemic Sclerosis World Congress (SSWC). Public Domain). Virtue of Patients.

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A Leader in Medical-Meetings Education Turns Her Sights on Newcomers

MeetingsNet

Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC President, Schaumann Consulting Group, LLC For launching a certification for newcomers in the medical-meetings field Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC, has had an outsized influence on the medical-meetings industry over the years, and she’s at it again.

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Top medical communications companies: Choosing the best for events

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Main services: Healthcare and medical communications strategy for both internal and external audiences Content for external engagement Innovative live training solutions/workshops Medical meetings and congress coverage Publications Patient education Digital and creative assets Case studies: Janssen LATAM Ashfield MedComms Innotio IMAGE LinkedIn | Instagram (..)

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Scleroderma Congress Innovates to Emphasize Patient Participation

PCMA Convene

That is, until 2010, when the World Scleroderma Foundation (WSF), a Switzerland-based nonprofit, and AIM Group International, its professional congress organizer (PCO), joined forces to launch the first international congress solely dedicated to scleroderma, the Systemic Sclerosis World Congress (SSWC). Public Domain). Virtue of Patients.

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How — and Why — You Should Include Patients at Medical Meetings

PCMA Convene

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. The post How — and Why — You Should Include Patients at Medical Meetings appeared first on PCMA Convene.

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

PCMA Convene

In 2010, the conference moved to KANEKO, a downtown Omaha art gallery whose airy, minimalist space fit Big Omaha’s brand perfectly. From the get-go, Big Omaha was designed around a one-track keynote session, with no exhibitor booths or breakout sessions but an extra-long networking lunch break featuring healthy and imaginative food options.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

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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