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Medical Meetings Propel Philadelphia Tourism

SmartMeetings

The fifth annual Global Pharmaceutical Medical Meetings Summit will take place at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown from Jan. A direct beneficiary of this activity has been the medical meetings industry , helping propel hospitality and tourism to Philadelphia’s third largest industry. Click for more details.

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6 Ways Medical Meetings Are Proving Their Value To Exhibitors

PCMA Convene

As a result, medical meetings are finding other ways to demonstrate their value to current and prospective exhibitors. From beacon-collected data to lead scanners to third-party evaluations, here’s how two medical meetings are tackling the exhibitor ROI challenge. That’s a difficult thing to put an ROI on.”. start time.

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Smart Moves in San Antonio, Louisville and More

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Before Choose Chicago, Anderson was regional director of marketing for The Peninsula Hotels. has named Diamond senior meeting manager. Before joining TMG, Diamond worked as medical meetings project manager for MedStar Health in Washington, D.C. Darryl Diamond, CMP. Talley Management Group (TMG), Inc.,

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6 Technological Breakthroughs That Will Change Health Care

PCMA Convene

Breakthroughs in health care that sounded like science fiction just a few years ago are rapidly becoming reality — and can be expected to have an impact on medical meetings. Eventually the technology will be used to manufacture everything from organs to medicine to medical equipment.

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When Conferences Lie

PCMA Convene

Providing little or no substance, these events — if they even take place at all — not only create confusion in the market, they siphon off the very same audiences legitimate events work so hard to attract and educate. The medical meeting planner said that this is where attendees need to exercise common sense. What can be done?

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The Right Prescription for HCPs to Attend Medical Meetings

Cvent: Event Marketing

When choosing the events to attend, HCPs are looking to stay up to date on the latest trends for their specialties, meet with experts or key opinion leaders, and network with colleagues. A majority of HCPs want to contribute to the meeting agenda; 39% have never been asked to contribute and only 15% do so currently. HCP Expectations.

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Design Thinking: An Event Strategists’ Toolkit

PCMA Convene

The firm was founded in 2016 by Allie Mahler, who, along with partner Scott Weiss, had previously worked at IDEO, the well-known global design firm based in Palo Alto, California. She turned to Community By Design — a New York City–based consulting firm that specializes in precisely those kinds of challenges — to help design the summit.

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