PCMA Convene

JANUARY 2, 2018

As health care and technology converges, how can medical meetings stay relevant? Sample session: “Fighting the Cesarean Epidemic With Phones & Data.”. HLTH is expected to launch with 2,000 attendees, 200-plus CEOs and company founders, and 300-plus speakers.

Conference 58

Conference Medical Meetings Education Government 58

SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As director of professional development for the Meeting Professionals International health care sector, she founded its Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate (HMCC) program, which helps med/pharma meetings planners understand basic compliance principles.

Healthcare 40

Healthcare Medical Meetings Meetings 2015 40

PCMA Convene

MAY 29, 2021

We learned that everyone wants different data. What kinds of data did you collect? In 2020 and it’s likely to be the same in 2021 — and this could be specific to medical events — we found that the opportunity for these companies. I’m watching it closely with other medical meetings. That was an interesting learning.

2020 98

2020 2021 Medical Meetings Education 98

Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The best mobile event app for you should also enhance your brand, cut back on paper waste and collect valuable metrics and data for you to measure your event’s success as well as see how your attendees are interacting and experiencing what you have created. Comprehensive event app builder for larger conferences and meetings.

Event Apps 78

Event Apps Conference Social Media Trade Shows 78

MeetingsNet

JUNE 24, 2020

Through a partnership formalized in late 2019 with Haymarket Medical Education, the mission was to sharpen member-data analysis and then leverage opportunities for additional content creation, speaker and presenter acquisition, and learner recruitment.

2020 91

2020 Education Medical Meetings 2019 91

PCMA Convene

APRIL 6, 2020

There are those medical and scientific events whose programs are rooted in the standard practice of one-way presentations — solo speakers who rely on poorly designed PowerPoint slides with large copy blocks in tiny fonts to drive home their points. Certainly, some scientific conferences are guilty as charged. Storytellers Need Apply.

Meetings 76

Meetings Conference Conference Design 2019 76

PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2018

Over the last decade, there has been a slow-moving revolution toward leveraging the advantages that accrue to both health-care professionals and patients when they can play a meaningful role at medical meetings. Though their numbers are small, she said, there are sessions where patient speakers “really set the tone.”.

Medical Meetings 72

Medical Meetings Meetings 2001 Conference 72

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

They value experiences like food and beverage, speakers/entertainment, and learning environments with good audiovisual. Leadership often thinks the answer to their attendance problems is to earmark even more spend for attendance marketing. Spend in this category doesn’t contribute to the value proposition for attendees.

Marketing 51

Marketing Meetings Food and Beverage Advertising 51

SmartMeetings

APRIL 11, 2022

Even if you don’t do business in the EU, apps that are compliant with laws like the General Data Protection Regulation are going to generally be more attuned to data security, so it’s a great starting point. Find out what the provider’s data retention policy is, who has access to it, and how long it’s kept. Enhanced Networking.

Tech 83

Tech Financial Medical Meetings Event Apps 83

Cvent: Event Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

When choosing the events to attend, HCPs are looking to stay up to date on the latest trends for their specialties, meet with experts or key opinion leaders, and network with colleagues. A majority of HCPs want to contribute to the meeting agenda; 39% have never been asked to contribute and only 15% do so currently. HCP Expectations.

Medical Meetings 28

Medical Meetings Meetings 2016 Healthcare 28

Endless Events

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Or, ‘We’re going to market toward medical meetings.’ Let’s say you have a guest ticket, VIP ticket, presenter/speaker ticket, and sponsor ticket. Two, other than getting data passively, registration is one time you have someone so focused that they will give you so much data. That’s a big technological change.

2022 106

2022 Medical Meetings Tech Event Tech 106

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.

2018 101

2018 2001 Tourism 2017 101

Endless Events

OCTOBER 21, 2019

“As we ‘re using more of the event technology that has these data points and things like that, so your registration system portal, your audience engagement technology, being able to add polling and add stuff on the fly quickly and easily while you’re running around … I was working an event for an audience engagement company.

Tech 86

Tech Event Tech Events Medical Meetings 86

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

For decades, membership in PCMA had been a closed circle, limited to medical-meeting professionals. Outside of medical meetings, “those [organizations] that were going to have a meeting, instead of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland [putting on a show], it was the new secretary in the department.

2012 56

2012 Food and Beverage 2013 Hotels 56