PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

“Our audience is at least 90-percent physician,” said Joyce Paschall, CAE, CMP-HC, CMM, director of education and meetings for the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), “so if we didn’t offer MOC [programs], we would be rather foolish.”. But what exactly is MOC, and where did it come from? CASE HISTORY.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Partnering with top medical communications companies is an important step toward ensuring that your next medical conference or event is a success. Key services medical communications companies offer When it comes to medical event planning, you want to ensure you’re selecting the best MedComms agency for the job.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 12, 2020

According to results from a recent Kenes Group study, health-care professionals value high-quality speakers and discussions, but they also want a virtual platform that affords them flexibility, time, and opportunity to fully absorb them. Engaging content with a range of speakers and live discussions. So what did come as a surprise?

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2019

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. Inclusive Meetings: Where to Start’. Adobe Stock/Good Studio). We are always looking for ideas.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

However, before you jump on the mobile conference app bandwagon, think about what you really need. Here’s a quick rundown on 26 of the most popular and best mobile conference apps, in alphabetical order. Perfect for: Conferences that involve lots of networking and matchmaking among attendees. CrowdCompass from Cvent.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 27, 2020

Book your medical meeting at the heart of healthcare innovation and biomedical advancement. Brought to you by: In Phoenix, meetings are our specialty. Providing a top-tier education, this hands-on learning environment fosters critical thinking and innovative solutions. A Community of Innovation.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The impact and importance of meetings for medical and pharmaceutical industry attendees is not only increasing, but the complexity of the events and what is expected of planners is more demanding as well, according to a new report from American Express Meetings & Events and a survey conducted by Smart Meetings.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2020

In March, despite the fact that the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) had never before offered an online education component to their annual meeting, the association converted a face-to-face meeting to a virtual one in just seven days. Illustrations by Celyn Brazier). Cassandra Strupp.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 28, 2016

The fifth annual Global Pharmaceutical Medical Meetings Summit will take place at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Jan. The boutique conference has built quite the following , drawing the most influential managers in the medical meetings market. Dominguez’s presentation on Feb.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Especially in medicine and health care, maybe the most incremental yet desperate-to-change-the-world field of all — how would you build a conference specifically dedicated to groundbreaking, trailblazing, lifesaving innovations? 2017 Breakthrough Thinking Conference. Wellness Panel at the Breakthrough Thinking Conference.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

“It’s true of Omaha, but also the rest of the Midwest, that we tend to get really heads-down and focused on our work, so we’re not as PR- or marketing-driven as some of the other areas around the country,” said Caleb Ulffers, who joined SPN as a speaker manager in 2013. This year’s conference was held at KANEKO on May 4–6.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 12, 2016

With an astounding 85,300 Twitter followers, Issa shares tourism, events/meetings industry, and American Express Meetings & Events updates. Jouaneh, is a meetings expert who regularly contributes to Smart Meetings news. More resources on Suckow: MPI Recap: Engaging Every Type of Meeting Attendee. Dahlia Gazzar.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What’s most important to physicians when they consider whether or not to attend a medical meeting? In November, American Express Meetings & Events published research based on interviews with 12 physicians who practice in specialties across North America and Europe. I would say that this is absolutely true.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Is there a solution for putting an end to fake and predatory conferences? Be a speaker. Sounds like traditional association conferences’ calls for subject matter experts. Fake meetings are not fake news,” he writes. These dodgy meetings are a real danger to our industry’s hard-won reputation.”. What can be done?

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 30, 2016

It’s a fundamental technique of microbiology, and also the animating principle behind ASM Microbe, the brand-new annual conference that the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) built from strands of two other annual conferences: its General Meeting and its Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC).

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2017

At Convene , we’ve made it a year-end tradition to ask ourselves this question: What’s the one meeting trend we’ll be keeping an eye on next year? . 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.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

I love a little bit of everything — the planning, the communication with vendors, speakers and sponsors, the creative aspects, the cyclical nature of the job, and my co-workers. Building and coaching my team, producing live educational and interactive experiences. Building relationships with sponsors to help them meet their objectives.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

20 in Their Twenties is supported by the PCMA Education Foundation and Visit Seattle. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Opening morning (and the follow-ing days, too) of a conference in Las Vegas for 10,000 super-excited hair-dressers.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

may be spilling into the events industry, including attendance to medical meetings. From the Trump administration’s “America First” agenda to new medical meeting regulations, a number of issues are being blamed for keeping international doctors from attending medical meetings in the United States.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine. Not only that, but “we were still a decade removed from the delivery of online education.”

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