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MANOVA Global Health Care Summit Redefines the Medical Meeting

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Addicks found a cast of government officials, business owners, and media leaders who also were ready to take a leap. The program was designed to more broadly define health care, bringing together companies not typically associated with a medical conference: Facebook, Verizon, and CNBC, to name a few.

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Not-Your-Average Medical Conferences

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As health care and technology converges, how can medical meetings stay relevant? HLTH is expected to launch with 2,000 attendees, 200-plus CEOs and company founders, and 300-plus speakers. The post Not-Your-Average Medical Conferences appeared first on PCMA Convene. CES Digital Health Summit , Jan.

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Maritz Expands Solutions for Med/Pharma Meetings

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She served on the Convention Industry Council Healthcare Certification Governance Committee, helping develop the rigid CMP-HC certification. 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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How to Host a Safe Event: Advice from Emergency Management Experts

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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? Veneman also suggests contacting local government or non-emergency police if you have specific questions or concerns about an event. Hope for the best but plan for the worst.

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Canada’s Nurses Meet, Speak Out in Calgary

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CFNU’s mission expands far beyond that particular legislative issue and speakers from all over the globe came to Calgary to address topics related to patient safety, safe staffing, and building up public healthcare systems, Silas said.

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

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“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. About 400 attendees showed up. “[The Hutton said. “No,

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ASM Microbe Makes Its Debut

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Everything Olean was trying to do with ASM Microbe could be summed up in the program’s opening keynote speaker: Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing health care and eliminating poverty around the world.

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