PCMA Convene

MAY 11, 2017

When the Society for Simulation in Healthcare chose Orlando to host its International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) — the world’s largest conference dedicated to health-care simulation learning, research, and scholarship — this past January, it wasn’t so attendees would bring along their families to the country’s No.

Medical Meetings 55

Medical Meetings Healthcare 2016 2015 55

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 30, 2016

It’s a fundamental technique of microbiology, and also the animating principle behind ASM Microbe, the brand-new annual conference that the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) built from strands of two other annual conferences: its General Meeting and its Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC).

2016 73

2016 2017 Conference Speakers 73

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

When the Western Veterinary Conference (WVC) bought land adjacent to its Las Vegas headquarters about 10 years ago, the purchase was regarded as an investment. In 2016, the center hosted 3,500 people in 80 medical labs—including rentals to groups working in human medicine. And meetings are still the primary way to do that.

2009 64

2009 2014 Conference Meetings 64

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Part of SPN’s model involved live events, as well as the idea for a seminal annual conference that would connect Midwest entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and each other. “[SPN] SPN] was like, ‘What better way to [tell the story] than a conference? This year’s conference was held at KANEKO on May 4–6. The format was a success.

Meetings 74

Meetings 2015 2009 2008 74

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Is there a solution for putting an end to fake and predatory conferences? Sounds like traditional association conferences’ calls for subject matter experts. Fake meetings are not fake news,” he writes. That is to say, fraudulent conferences exist, and they are becoming a real problem for the meetings industry.”.

Conference 94

Conference Medical Meetings Education 2017 94

PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2017

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. As I worked on our January cover story on medical meetings, I took a deep dive into how AI is expected to disrupt health care over the coming years. Another Cup of … Modafinil?

2018 101

2018 2001 Tourism 2017 101

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? A few months before this announcement, I had a large conference where I pushed attendees further than they wanted to go by incorporating QR codes, iPads, and social media throughout the entire program. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

2017 69

2017 Education Hospitality Meetings 69