PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

As a “government” meeting planner, I am con-stantly challenged with limited budgets, outdated technology, and long-lasting traditions. I am pushed to find creative solutions to keep our meetings fresh and engaging for all of those who attend. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 2, 2018

But if medical conferences have tended to stay the same, the ground around them is beginning to shake. Medicine itself has undergone technological transformations before, but what’s happening now is different, according to Meskó, who also has a Ph.D. in genomics and writes and speaks as “The Medical Futurist.”

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

At DIH, innovative thinking is applied to an array of health-care settings and deliverables, from buildings to interfaces — and possibly in the future, medical meetings. Chang will offer a Thought Leader session at PCMA Convening Leaders 2017 in January. Technology is a huge enabler on that front.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2017

After two consecutive years of failing to nominate a single black actor and facing a well-deserved #OscarsSoWhite social backlash, the 2017 edition’s slate of nominees was arguably the most diverse in the award program’s nearly 90-year history.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2018

The number of physicians who participated in 2018 was double the number of attendees at the first SIAARTI Academy on Lampedusa in 2017, which AIM Group also staged. In addition, the know-how and expertise the destination gained in hosting the two consecutive medical meetings will be useful in executing future events. “We

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

CED LSC 2017, Credit CED. 2017 Breakthrough Thinking Conference. ORGANIZER The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), which uses the conference as part of its strategic-planning cycle. 2017 Medical Innovation Summit. But what if you wanted to encourage breakthrough thinking? Let these four events show you.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 17, 2017

Forward March This past June, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) rallied at Calgary TELUS Convention Centre (CTCC) for their 2017 Biennial Convention. It launched in early 2017 and was operational in time for CFNU’s Biennial Convention , held at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre (CTCC), June 5-9. .

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

For its 2017 International Convention in San Diego on June 19–22, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) partnered with Yelp, the online review site, to produce a guidebook on the city’s top options for food, drinks, and diversions. The BIO 2017 Yelp Guidebook was primarily a print project, but it was also distributed online.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

In many cases, bigger isn’t always better: cars, personal technology, portion size — and, increasingly, cities. Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Moscone North and Moscone South will be closed April through August in 2017 to achieve target goals, while Moscone West will not be affected and is open for business. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is world-renowned for its engineering and mathematical achievements and Tufts University has a magnificent school of medicine.

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