PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2022

The changes brought about by the pandemic have created “the best period” in his long career in the business events industry, said Bill Reed, FASAE, CMP. I’m a firm advocate that hybrid events are here to stay,” Reed said. Our audience really has grown to expect choices and the hybrid event is the ultimate choice.”.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 11, 2023

On the hunt for the top medical communications companies to help you run better life science events? Planning and running successful events in the pharma industry involves managing multiple vendors, overseeing details, and executing a plan that’s cost-efficient and produces tangible results.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 6, 2020

Global DMC Partners (GDP) , a global network of independently owned DMCs and creative event experts, held a virtual open forum , “The Meeting Planner’s New Reality in the ‘New Normal,’” on June 24. More than 700 meeting and event professionals from around the world registered. Catherine Chaulet. 64 percent), the U.K. (10

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2021

Anderson serves on the board of directors for United States Travel Association (USTA), is an executive committee member of Meetings Mean Business Coalition, co-chair of USTA CEO Roundtable and is a member on Destination International’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. has named Diamond senior meeting manager.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 26, 2021

A LinkedIn post asked healthcare professionals if they feel safe traveling to in-person conferences in the fall. Physicians need to complete a certain number of continuing medical education hours each year, and that drives a lot of conferences. But do you feel safe traveling again?

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 8, 2022

How to creatively overcome post-pandemic staffing and supply shortages at medical meetings. Good news: corporate travel and events are back! In the hospitality/events industry, a weak supply chain means limited product quantities unless you order significantly in advance (and who can predict volume right now?)

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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).

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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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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 27, 2018

This program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review. While it’s critical to prepare for once-a-career issues like hurricanes or terrorism, it’s the “everyday disasters” that meeting professionals have to manage wisely onsite that can make or break a meeting. Sponsored by: .

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2021

Those stressful last-minute gyrations were just one of the issues addressed in Smart Meetings ’ latest webinar, “ Vital Lessons from Covid-era Medical Meetings ,” led by Kara Ferguson, meeting planner for American Society of Anesthesiologists , and Katie Bohrer, CEO of event design company Onwardly. Katie Bohrer.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The $22 billion contributed by the meetings industry to local, state and federal taxes each year is dependent on the free flow of travel. Travel Association and the CEOs of 13 hospitality companies met Tuesday at the White House with President Donald Trump and senior administration officials. Travel Association.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The new code — which Associate Editor Casey Gale wrote about a few months ago — prohibits MedTech Europe’s member companies from directly sponsoring a health-care provider’s attendance at a medical conference or other event. based medical meetings. 1 — conflicts with the U.S. Where do things stand as of now?

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MeetingsNet

MAY 13, 2019

Top 5 reasons to book medical meetings in the heart of healthcare innovation, biomedical advancement. And, with a diverse portfolio of conference-friendly resorts and access to medical innovation campuses, Phoenix emerging as a cutting-edge destination for medical meetings.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Maritz Travel continues to expand its offerings in the med/pharma meetings arena by launching Maritz Travel Healthcare Solutions this week. I’ve trained more than a thousand medical meetings professionals through the HMCC program, and heard first-hand about the challenges these companies face,” Schaumann says.

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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. To register, go to smartmeetings.com/webinars.

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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 most events were chock full of boring speeches delivered in front of bullet-point-filled PowerPoints, sounding and feeling the same as talks 20 years ago.”. . &

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

25-28, 2021 in Boston — the first time the annual event was held in person in nearly two years. Who: About 4,000 emergency physicians, emergency medicine residents, and medical students in person. In the end, the event was a success. Now that the event has concluded, where did Heard see opportunities for improvement?

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2018

In her role as the executive director of the Impact Travel Alliance (ITA), a nonprofit organization linking global travel professionals with world-changing ambitions, Kelley Louise oversees a network that hosts approximately 20 educational events around the world each year, including ITA’s flagship Travel + SocialGood Summit.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 9, 2020

Why should meeting professionals address risk? When I work with corporate clients, I tell them that if they’re working with a meeting planner that doesn’t address risk, they need to work with somebody else,” Coffey said. Meeting Risk Checklist. A million issues can impact any meeting or event.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic forced business event planners to swiftly move canceled face-to-face events online, changing the digital event landscape forever. The event’s success was a revelation to Strupp. Illustrations by Celyn Brazier). In all honesty,” she added, “canceling wasn’t an option.”. Cassandra Strupp.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 10, 2020

Yet, once the dust settles, everyone will be looking for language that will cover extreme black-swan events. Smart Meetings asked veteran attorney John Foster, Esq., from Foster, Jensen & Gulley, for tips on crafting force majeure clauses to protect meeting planners if there’s another coronavirus-type situation. John Foster.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Many mentioned the same things: autonomy, creativity, challenge, the opportunity to travel, and to see a project through from beginning to end. What makes one meeting professional happy may not be another’s cup of tea. Which is pretty good news: There are a different ways to find fulfillment in the business-events industry. .

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

This year’s Super Bowl was one of the most thrilling events in recent years—both on and off the field. Take a few ideas from the Super Bowl, and you will have attendees buzzing about your event as well. Take a few ideas from the Super Bowl, and you will have attendees buzzing about your event as well.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 22, 2019

We hope that everything goes to plan at all your events but sometimes it doesn’t. A glitchy AV system or a sick keynote speaker may seem like disasters on event day, but are you ready if a real emergency hits? What is the most important thing in emergency planning for an event? Fail to act and fail to follow-up.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

But it’s also how fake and predatory events reach out to students, academics, and professionals across a swath of industries. Providing little or no substance, these events — if they even take place at all — not only create confusion in the market, they siphon off the very same audiences legitimate events work so hard to attract and educate.

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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.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Read on to find out why we expect more diversity in business-event speakers, why we think relationships will be key to improved event security, and why we are following the rise of artificial intelligence and cognitive-enhancing drugs. Diversifying the Stage. David McMillin, Editor . David McMillin, Editor . From Congrats!

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MeetingsNet

JULY 29, 2016

Duty of care practices are well established for individual employees traveling the world for their companies. Two presenters at the recent Global Business Travel Association Convention say the same focus has not been turned on meeting attendees. read more.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

For decades, membership in PCMA had been a closed circle, limited to medical-meeting professionals. Nichols’ pioneering writing in the field — she edited the first version of Professional Meeting Management , published in 1985 — turned her into a teacher, she said. PCMA staffer John Oliver was the first editor.)

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

When Conde Nast Traveler released its latest list of The Best Big Cities in the United States, it could have just as easily been writing about The Best Meeting Cities in the United States. Best Big Cities That Are Also Best Meeting Cities. There will be five times more meeting space and 27 new loading docks. In 2015, 5.8

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Cvent: Event Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

For life sciences companies, attracting Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) to their events is a key to success. 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. Gather Pre-Event Suggestions.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Bright Ideas Events in Vancouver, British Columbia What I love about my job: There are so many that the list is endless. I love producing a variety of different events with different themes. I love creating an actual event out of one of my ideas. Job title: CEO and president. in Vancouver, Washington.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The annual conference was a good solid performer, but a pretty conventional show — mostly male, mostly white, mostly older, with many exclusive events,” said Kathron Compton, AIA’s senior vice president for brand and engagement. “It Within the structure of any event, there are four dimensions, according to Neal. Compton said.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Because the meeting and event professionals who are honored are rather young and already quite accomplished. This is our fourth class,” said PCMA President and CEO Deborah Sexton, “and with each one, we are struck by the passion and insights these individuals bring to the business-events community. HOLLY LAMMERT. The people!

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Bright Ideas Events in Vancouver, British Columbia What I love about my job: There are so many that the list is endless. I love producing a variety of different events with different themes. I love creating an actual event out of one of my ideas. Job title: CEO and president. in Vancouver, Washington.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Let these four events show you. ORGANIZER The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), which uses the conference as part of its strategic-planning cycle. 2016 Medical Innovation Summit at Cleveland Convention Center for Susan Bernat of Innovations. 2017 Breakthrough Thinking Conference. April 19, Hilton Omaha.

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