PCMA Convene

JANUARY 15, 2019

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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Medical Meetings Meetings 2018 Insurance 81

PCMA Convene

APRIL 1, 2020

A participant at the American College of Chest Physicians’ CHEST Annual Meeting 2019 runs a probe over an “alien” with magnets in its chest in order to view ultrasound images revealing a cardiac condition. This case study is part of Convene ‘s April CMP Series story looking at innovations in scientific and medical meetings. .

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Meetings Medical Meetings 2019 Transportation 52

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As if the job of meeting professional weren’t difficult enough, many have had to take on the role of Chief Difficult Conversation Starter. In fact, if approached with thoughtfulness and preparation, those interactions could lead to the meeting professionals taking a rightful place as strategic advisors. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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Financial Insurance Contracts Medical Meetings 83

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 2, 2021

A decade or so ago, despite brave event-planning souls paving the way, very few event apps were on the market—a handful, really. Still, by the end of 2019, almost every event had a mobile app, and some were pushing the envelope with features like interactivity, chatbots and AI networking. Medical meetings? Scientific?

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Event Apps Medical Meetings Contracts Financial 105

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A Freeman representative answers questions about the Quant data tool display at Convening Leaders 2019 in Pittsburgh. When attendees at PCMA’s Convening Leaders 2019 wanted to get a sense of what their peers thought of the program, they didn’t have to ask anyone. The easiest group to benchmark is medical,” Holsinger said.

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Sponsorships 2019 Medical Meetings Consulting 72

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The reinvented meeting included trips to the New School, Radio City Music Hall, and St. By all accounts, the 17,000 or so annual attendees were enjoying it just fine — as they had for more than 150 years, when the then newly formed association wrote annual meetings right into its bylaws. Patrick’s Cathedral. Back to the Drawing Board.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I remember chatting with friends at the annual Meetings Industry Council of Colorado event this past March, talking about having a break for a month or so until events would, as we assumed, ramp up back to normal levels. Serendipitously, we spent most of 2019 rebuilding our recording and streaming platform, e-Attend.

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Medical Meetings Fashion Technology 2019 122