PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The idea originated several months earlier in a brainstorming session for BIO 2017’s social-media campaign. BIO has hosted three conventions in San Diego over the last 10 years, including BIO 2014, which brought 15,667 attendees to the city and ranked sixth among its convention-center events, with an economic impact of $53 million. “We

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Because the meeting and event professionals who are honored are rather young and already quite accomplished. This is our fourth class,” said PCMA President and CEO Deborah Sexton, “and with each one, we are struck by the passion and insights these individuals bring to the business-events community. HOLLY LAMMERT. The people!

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

For decades, membership in PCMA had been a closed circle, limited to medical-meeting professionals. Nichols’ pioneering writing in the field — she edited the first version of Professional Meeting Management , published in 1985 — turned her into a teacher, she said. PCMA staffer John Oliver was the first editor.)

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