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6 Ways Medical Meetings Are Proving Their Value To Exhibitors

PCMA Convene

“And if they’re writing scripts, we don’t necessarily know whether it was because of our conference or another conference or direct-to-consumer advertising.”. Orders for medical devices are no easier to trace, considering the lengthy purchasing timelines for costly equipment. That’s a difficult thing to put an ROI on.”.

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MANOVA Global Health Care Summit Redefines the Medical Meeting

PCMA Convene

In August 2018, when Mark Addicks was in the midst of planning his first-ever event, the MANOVA Global Health Summit, he was determined to make it a dramatic departure from the typical medical conference. “We The roster of more than 100 speakers also drew heavily from the local community. Opening the Doors to Everyone.

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Not-Your-Average Medical Conferences

PCMA Convene

As health care and technology converges, how can medical meetings stay relevant? The number of medicine-focused conferences that bring in a wide range of disciplines and diverse audiences is growing. A sample session title for 2018: “Digital Therapeutics Explode Onto the Scene.”.

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How Do You Solve the ‘Manel’ Problem for Medical Meetings?

PCMA Convene

Of the top 12 excuses given by conference organizers to explain why female speakers are underrepresented in — or absent altogether from — their meeting programs, the leading one is this: “We know we have no women. Adobe Stock/Good Studio). We are always looking for ideas. How a Text Group Went Viral.

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Phoenix Is Just What The Doctor Ordered

MeetingsNet

Book your medical meeting at the heart of healthcare innovation and biomedical advancement. Brought to you by: In Phoenix, meetings are our specialty. News & World Report, Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH) was one of 23 pediatric care facilities to receive a perfect 10 rating in every category in 2018.

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5 Trends We’ll Be Watching in 2018

PCMA Convene

At Convene , we’ve made it a year-end tradition to ask ourselves this question: What’s the one meeting trend we’ll be keeping an eye on next year? . 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. From Congrats!

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Message of Travel’s Economic Power Delivered to White House

Smart Meetings

— SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) September 5, 2018. Those in attendance underscored the importance of international inbound travel as a way to reduce the trade deficit, create jobs ( the meetings industry supports 1.1 million jobs , according to statistics from Meetings Mean Business coalition) and grow the economy.