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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. As part of her work at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Pendergrass organizes about 30 meetings a year.

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Not-Your-Average Medical Conferences

PCMA Convene

As health care and technology converges, how can medical meetings stay relevant? Spotlight Health , Aspen Ideas Festival, June 21–24, Aspen, Colorado, aspenideas.org/content/spotlight-health — For five years, a multidisciplinary program dedicated to health and health-care innovations has preceded the Aspen Ideas Festival.

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Guest View: Image Audiovisuals Pivots During COVID-19 by Dave Mueller, President and Founder

Event Industry News

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. It was most prominent for medical meetings or events that had many concurrent sessions attendees would have to miss.

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PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

But I do live and breathe the meetings industry, and I cannot see myself anywhere else. Senior Meeting Manager, National Conference of State Legislatures Denver, Colorado, USA. My favorite part of my job is being on site at our Annual Meeting. EMORGAN MARTIN, CMP. What do you like most about your job?

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