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Ms. B’s Book Club: Planning for Medical Meetings

SmartMeetings

Smart Meetings has started a book club to circulate literature with ideas that can connect and inspire meeting professionals and others in the industry. This Month’s Reads: Planning for Medical Meetings Every industry has its own cultural norms and professional values that are expected to be reflected at a company’s event.

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Scottish Event Campus welcomes return of European medical meetings

Event Industry News

The Scottish Event Campus has welcomed the return of European medical meetings with the arrival of the 14 th European Paediatric Neurology Society Congress (EPNS) at the venue this weekend. Medical meetings are number one in Glasgow, in part due to the strong links with the city’s innovative academic and healthcare sector.

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Quiet Quitting: Recognizing and Preventing Silent Departures in Medical Meeting Planners

MPI

what is quiet quitting? It isn't a new phenomenon, but it is gathering much more steam and followers. In essence, it is when disengaged employees will stick around long after they're finding their work challenging and fulfilling, and so they stay but do the bare minimum.

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6 Ways Medical Meetings Are Proving Their Value To Exhibitors

PCMA Convene

As a result, medical meetings are finding other ways to demonstrate their value to current and prospective exhibitors. From beacon-collected data to lead scanners to third-party evaluations, here’s how two medical meetings are tackling the exhibitor ROI challenge. That’s a difficult thing to put an ROI on.”.

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Medical Meetings Propel Philadelphia Tourism

SmartMeetings

According to the Drexel University College of Medicine, more than one in six doctors in the United States has received training in Philadelphia; one in six jobs and 15 percent of the region’s economic activity are directly attributed to the industry; and Greater Philadelphia is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 life sciences clusters.

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How Will The EFPIA Disclosure Code Change Medical Meetings?

PCMA Convene

In 2015, many European Union–based pharmaceutical companies took steps to voluntarily comply with the then–newly introduced European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) Disclosure Code. At the time, meeting planners prepared for the worst, fearing that physicians would shy away from attending meetings altogether.

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How the Sunshine Act Affected Medical Meetings

PCMA Convene

Seven years after the Sunshine Act first lit up the health-care industry, the legislation is having a widespread impact on medical meetings. The number of dinners and in-person meetings may be shrinking, but the need for learning opportunities isn’t. The industry has to create options for physicians.”.