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

PCMA Convene

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. We are currently working on a process to manage sponsors, who may want to use allowed educational grants. Davide Veglia, ABTS president.

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China Exerts More Control Over Foreign-Based Associations

PCMA Convene

But the law’s language is vague and open to interpretation, giving it the potential to constrain a larger group of foreign charities, trade associations, professional societies, and overseas higher-education institutions. based associations will rethink their activities in China. As of today, the process has not been finalized.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas. The Sharing Economy.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

We are preparing for fewer European attendees as a result of new European regulations restricting the sponsorship of physicians to attend conferences in the U.S. Forty-four percent comes from conventions, exhibits, and meetings (up from 36 percent in the 2016 survey). We’re lowering guarantees and budgets to account for the decrease.”.

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The Future Will See You Now

PCMA Convene

based 360 Live Media, whose clients include medical associations. You don’t have to go to a live conference anymore to get CME [continuing medical education], which has been the principal reason to come to many medical meetings. Such tech-driven innovation isn’t the only driver of change in medical meetings.

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Convene’s 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

Respondents indicate that, on average, 26 percent of their organization’s revenue is derived from dues, 13 percent from sales, and 12 percent from publications/advertising/sponsorships. Thirty-six percent comes from conventions, exhibits, and meetings (about the same as the 2015 survey). 16% Sponsorship/grants. 48% Registration.

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