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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? They’re going to follow the guidelines.

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Smart Moves in San Antonio, Louisville and More

Smart Meetings

Anderson serves on the board of directors for United States Travel Association (USTA), is an executive committee member of Meetings Mean Business Coalition, co-chair of USTA CEO Roundtable and is a member on Destination International’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. has named Diamond senior meeting manager.

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[Webinar] Everyday Meeting Disasters: Creative Work Arounds—and Smart Planning Strategies to Save Your Event

MeetingsNet

Webinar live date: September 25, 2018 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Webinar live date: September 25, 2018 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. While it’s critical to prepare for once-a-career issues like hurricanes or terrorism, it’s the “everyday disasters” that meeting professionals have to manage wisely onsite that can make or break a meeting.

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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.

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Phoenix, Just What the Doctor Ordered

MeetingsNet

Top 5 reasons to book medical meetings in the heart of healthcare innovation, biomedical advancement. And, with a diverse portfolio of conference-friendly resorts and access to medical innovation campuses, Phoenix emerging as a cutting-edge destination for medical meetings.

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A Problem With MedTech Codes — and a Possible Solution

PCMA Convene

-only issue — the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support actually prohibit any entity that falls under their standards to use the funds that they’re receiving for hospitality and travel. based medical meetings. We have talked to an existing nonprofit that already has a history of doing medical education.

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Medical Meetings Embrace Wellness

PCMA Convene

It’s a problem in the medical profession.”. So where do annual meetings fit in among all that stress and burnout? Between travel, long days, and pressure to squeeze in enough CME credits, it’s easy for conferences to become fresh sources of anxiety and exhaustion rather than reprieves from the daily grind. Getting People Moving.