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How Will Europe’s New MedTech Guidelines Affect Your Meetings?

PCMA Convene

Specifically, any conference with a European delegation sponsored by a medical-device company will be affected by the new EthicalMedTech regulations coming into play in 2018, according to Patricia Andrade, vice president of marketing and communications at ABTS Convention Service. Andrade says this won’t be the case for 2018.

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Associations Now Draws Inspiration from Attendify’s Public Roadmap

Attendify

*This article was originally published by Associations Now on January 5, 2018, and written by Samantha Whitehorne, Editorial Director for Associations Now. . How can your association use the start of 2018 to shake things up or test things out? Please share in the comments.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. The lobby lounge bar is a ‘meeting place’ because it’s close to the train station and easy to access for those coming by train even for a meeting.

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And Then There Were 20

PCMA Convene

Winners received complimentary PCMA membership along with registration to both PCMA Convening Leaders 2018 this month and the 2018 PCMA Education Conference in June. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? The day I was told that I’d been selected to be part of PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties class of 2018.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

Here are some highlights of the results: Size of 2017 convention/meeting budget vs. 2016 convention/meeting budget — -1 percent compared to +1.7 2018 attendance vs. 2017 attendance (projected) — +3.2 Number of 2018 exhibitors vs. 2017 exhibitors (projected) — +1.4 Only 6 percent expected to plan fewer meetings.