PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

attended his first medical conference more than 20 years ago, when he was a neurology resident at the University of California, San Francisco. Medicine Man Clay Johnston thinks that health care in the United States has ‘gone off the rails’ — and that fixing it means changing the medical- education model. The prognosis?

Medical Meetings 75

Medical Meetings Meetings Education 2017 75

PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2017

“If our conferences become more problem-focused as opposed to more traditional discipline-focused, you’ll see these diverse groups coming together. ” – Clay Johnston, dean of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. AM-T: Clay Johnston has been dean of UT Austin’s medical school for three years.

Healthcare 55

Healthcare Medical Meetings Meetings Education 55

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

If some conferences pure scams, why can’t their organizers be prosecuted or sued? There is a big difference between predatory and fake, he noted, and that distinction plays a major role in the conference industry’s ability to pursue legal action. based medical meeting organizer who requested anonymity. No venue known.

Conference 85

Conference Medical Meetings Advertising Meetings 85

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.

Meetings 89

Meetings Medical Meetings Hotels Wireless 89

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Read More : Medical Meetings: Temperature Check Ferguson says it’s something her team has wanted to do for years, as it’s important to bring in new and emerging talent. “We Read More : Event Case Theory: MGMA’s Leaders Conference “I learn something new every year, especially from our conference program,” Ferguson says.

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Medical Meetings Hospitality Education 105

Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 26, 2017

Impact on Healthcare Conferences? If these waves of change haven’t impacted your medical meeting’s business model, it’s just a matter of time. Here are four questions (and tips) for your conference committee to consider as they navigate this changing landscape: 1. Fill any content holes with curated/invited presenters.

Conference 150

Conference Healthcare 2016 Education 150

PCMA Convene

APRIL 1, 2020

An AGU grand prize winners presents his data visualization on NASA’s “hyperwall” at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. This case study is part of Convene ‘s April CMP Series story looking at innovations in scientific and medical meetings. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Epnac Photography).

Meetings 52

Meetings Medical Meetings 2019 2016 52

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 2, 2018

As health care and technology converges, how can medical meetings stay relevant? The number of medicine-focused conferences that bring in a wide range of disciplines and diverse audiences is growing. The post Not-Your-Average Medical Conferences appeared first on PCMA Convene. CES Digital Health Summit , Jan.

Conference 58

Conference Medical Meetings Education Government 58

PCMA Convene

APRIL 6, 2020

Several scientific and medical conferences are changing to meet the demand. has been to many conferences. who conducts research in vector biology and mycology, is also a regular conference-goer. He’s taken home awards for his presentations at events like the European Congress of Entomology.

Meetings 76

Meetings Conference Conference Design 2019 76

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.

Event Apps 78

Event Apps Conference Social Media Trade Shows 78

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 8, 2022

How to creatively overcome post-pandemic staffing and supply shortages at medical meetings. or options don’t exist—those linens or new conference tables may just not be available. Top Tips for Navigating the Healthcare Meeting Landscape. Good news: corporate travel and events are back! Bad news: the supply chain isn’t.

Healthcare 107

Healthcare Hospitality Negotiating Medical Meetings 107

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 2, 2021

How could you replace a printed conference booklet? Medical meetings? I remember well how people’s minds were blown when the likes of DoubleDutch got more than $50 million from players outside the usual meetings and events suspects. See also: Tech Mergers Could Simplify Virtual Meeting Management. Scientific?

Event Apps 105

Event Apps Medical Meetings Contracts Financial 105

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. Novartis and Pfizer.

Medical Meetings 40

Medical Meetings Healthcare Education Travel 40

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.

Healthcare 246

Healthcare 2002 Education Consulting 246

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.

Conference 40

Conference 2017 2016 Technology 40

PCMA Convene

MARCH 28, 2019

The 5th Systemic Sclerosis World Congress drew health-care professionals and patients to Bordeaux for parallel conferences in 2018. Fast forward some 70 years, and the disease still remains rare, addressed only on the fringes of larger rheumatology conference programs. All photos courtesy AIM Group International). Public Domain).

Medical Meetings 81

Medical Meetings 2018 2010 Social Media 81

PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2018

When Dr. Leslie Kernisan, a geriatrician who practices in San Francisco, first attended the Stanford Medicine X conference at Stanford University in 2013, the most remarkable innovations she encountered, she later recalled, weren’t in tech advances or brilliant breakthroughs in research. on Sunday, Sept. All photos courtesy of Medicine X.

Medical Meetings 72

Medical Meetings Meetings 2001 Conference 72

PCMA Convene

MARCH 28, 2019

The 5th Systemic Sclerosis World Congress drew health-care professionals and patients to Bordeaux for parallel conferences in 2018. Fast forward some 70 years, and the disease still remains rare, addressed only on the fringes of larger rheumatology conference programs. All photos courtesy AIM Group International). Public Domain).

Medical Meetings 40

Medical Meetings 2018 2010 Social Media 40

PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Health-care providers have high standards for the meetings they attend, according to a recent report by American Express Meetings & Events. What’s most important to physicians when they consider whether or not to attend a medical meeting? Erickson Stock/Adobe Stock). The extra stuff is almost immaterial. TAKEAWAY 2.

Medical Meetings 45

Medical Meetings Meetings Education Speakers 45

PCMA Convene

MAY 23, 2017

Sometimes conference themes are so aspirational that there’s no direct correlation between the message and the event programming. Not so with the 10th World Congress for Oral Implantology & AAID Global Conference, held last Nov. Live demonstrations at such kinds of conferences always win.”.

Conference 45

Conference Hotels Event Management Medical Meetings 45

SmartMeetings

JULY 12, 2016

Bizzabo recently published a list of the top 60 event professionals to follow on Twitter based on their event coverage and overall digital presence—and we’re happy to see that lots of familiar faces within the Smart Meetings family made the list. Jouaneh, is a meetings expert who regularly contributes to Smart Meetings news.

Trade Shows 40

Trade Shows Social Media Medical Meetings Tech 40

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Is there a solution for putting an end to fake and predatory conferences? Present your abstract. 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.”.

Conference 94

Conference Medical Meetings Education 2017 94

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).

2016 73

2016 2017 Conference Speakers 73

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. Compton said.

2013 40

2013 Sustainability Conference Education 40

PCMA Convene

MARCH 23, 2017

We’re middle of the pack… How can we create a medical school that’s really designed around society’s interests in health — not in health care, but in health — and also be a real engine for innovation and move the whole system forward? Those are questions facing people who plan medical conferences as well.

Education 45

Education 2017 2016 Meetings 45

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The world’s largest emergency medicine conference, the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Annual Scientific Assembly, convened Oct. What I’ve just noticed is, in terms of starting live, face-to-face meetings … medical meetings have been the most skittish,” Heard said.

Meetings 98

Meetings 2021 Medical Meetings 2020 98

SmartMeetings

APRIL 11, 2022

Event Tech for Medical and Financial Meetings. Nowhere is that more evident than in the world of medical and financial meeting and event planning. Didn’t See That Coming… Recently I had the opportunity to speak at the Winter Symposium for FICP , Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals.

Tech 83

Tech Financial Medical Meetings Event Apps 83

PCMA Convene

APRIL 1, 2020

Students are a key part of the AAAS Annual Meeting — and all attendees are encouraged to have fun with badge ribbons. This case study is part of Convene ‘s April CMP Series story looking at innovations in scientific and medical meetings. American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting.

Meetings 52

Meetings Medical Meetings 2020 Education 52

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

Medical Meetings 119

Medical Meetings Fashion Technology 2019 119

PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2017

How does that play out at meetings — and what can you do to minimize it? Late one Thursday night last March, attendees at Microsoft’s 2016 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco looked forward to unwinding after a full program. history, the inability to stay open-minded presents a significant challenge. “If

Meetings 56

Meetings Social Media Conference 2016 56

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 3, 2023

Rules, regulations and innovations in the design of medical meetings In 2019, Radiological Society of North America drew 51,800 people to McCormick Place in Chicago. An estimated 25,000 were medical professional attendees from 116 countries. Costs for everything else must fall under the category of “fair and reasonable.” “You

Medical Meetings 74

Medical Meetings Food and Beverage Education Technology 74

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.

Medical Meetings 76

Medical Meetings Meetings Travel Hotels 76

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 2, 2018

and a specialist in the future of medicine, Bertalan Meskó has attended hundreds of conferences and events devoted to medicine and health care. But if medical conferences have tended to stay the same, the ground around them is beginning to shake. in genomics and writes and speaks as “The Medical Futurist.” . &

Medical Meetings 72

Medical Meetings Trade Shows Healthcare Conference 72

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. 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.

2012 56

2012 Food and Beverage 2013 Hotels 56