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Medical Meetings Embrace Wellness

PCMA Convene

In the last few years, planners have been working to infuse wellness into their meetings, right alongside the usual networking and education. So did Krause, and so have a growing number of other health-care meeting organizers. Other meetings are taking it even further with education around nutrition. Laura Jelinek.

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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. Strategy 4: Opportunities to Educate Instead of Sell. “We

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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 In these ways, MANOVA will continue to break out of the traditional medical-meeting mold.

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How Will The EFPIA Disclosure Code Change Medical Meetings?

PCMA Convene

But the Disclosure Code ultimately had no significant impact on participation at medical meetings. Europe’s pursuit of transparency in health care continues, now moving on to the medical-device industry. How will it affect medical meetings? Effective Jan. What is changing?

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5 Trends We’ll Be Watching in 2018

PCMA Convene

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. When the Grammy Awards are distributed in 2018, there will be no white men called to the stage for Album of the Year. In 2018, I’ll be looking to hear many new voices. From Congrats!

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

PCMA Convene

Nowak, a fellow at the Safina Center in Setauket, New York, and McCullagh joined efforts and the “Request a Woman Scientist” database was launched January 2018.

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

PCMA Convene

-based medical conferences — and to continue to do so for years to come. Medical conferences should brace themselves for an impact,” Andrade said. ABTS is laying the groundwork to prepare associations, so they don’t encounter massive losses to meetings with high numbers of international medical-technology sponsorships.