Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Meeting planners will find over 300 unique event spaces and venues in Los Angeles, such as the Griffith Observatory—a premier draw for science-minded meeting-goers. the ideal destination for anyone attending a medical meeting. Here’s a tally of the many reasons that make L.A.

Medical Meetings 98

Medical Meetings Meeting Planner Venue 98

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is hosting its annual 2023 conference at Nashville’s Music City Center with a change in how it approaches the in-person event. Swanson says it was heard around the medical practice business that employers were no longer funding line staff to go to face-to-face conferences.

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Conference Healthcare Medical Meetings Events 246

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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Meeting Medical Meetings Regulations Seminar 245

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 6, 2024

Long wait times and inflationary pressure linger at in-person-only medical meeting The arrival in Seattle of 11,631 attendees for the 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ( ARVO ) conference in May was the culmination of a logistical struggle to return to bringing the world of eye doctors together at 2019 levels.

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Conference Travel Travel Medical Meetings 245

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In addition to technological enhancements such as amplified Wi-Fi capabilities and keyless locks, the renovation transforms the lobby, meeting and event spaces, bar and lounge and restaurant in addition to bringing a new fitness center. of outdoor space for exciting private events. The 1,662 sq. of indoor space and 3,066 sq.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2021

has named Diamond senior meeting manager. Before joining TMG, Diamond worked as medical meetings project manager for MedStar Health in Washington, D.C. He’s also owner of and worked as CEO for Big White Dog Events in Washington, D.C. Talley Management Group (TMG), Inc., Elizabeth Burks.

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Medical Meetings Certification Tourism Tourism 246

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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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

IMEX is one of the most significant events for the events industry, not just in the States but globally. And after a long few years, a massive return to in-person events in 2022, and a looming recession, the IMEX America 2022 event has been long awaited. . We covered the IMEX Frankfurt 2022 event back in July.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2024

To her, event management is “a far-reaching, integrated field.” Events are everywhere; and event planners play an integral role in any and every industry. Every business is affected by events and the management of those gatherings,” she says. I think it taught me to learn on the job and grow. And she passed. “I

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Affiliate Human Resources Medical Meetings Advertising 264

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. The solution?

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Prepare to have your mind blown by this week’s discussion of tablets and events! Just recently, we launched an episode about hardware in the world of events. The Event Tech Podcast strives to make your life as an event planner easier, so we’re back at it! The Event Lifecycle. And you can too!

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Events Rehearsal Medical Meetings Planner 217

Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 13, 2024

For many international doctors, attending a medical meeting in the U.S. For international attendees, however, getting to a meeting isnt easy and its not simply about travel headaches or high costs. 13 at Convening Leaders 2025 recognizes the challenge that the restriction creates between an event and a host city.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Los Angeles welcomes medical meetings of all sizes with an acclaimed health sciences community, top-tier venues, and creative spaces for discovery. This preeminent health sciences community sets the stage for planners looking to host medical meetings and events, but it’s not the only reason that groups gravitate towards LA.

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Medical Meetings Meeting Hospitality Planner 52

Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 27, 2024

The waterfront Tampa Convention Center is at the heart of a vibrant, growing, and walkable medical research community. For a successful medical program, you want a destination that has state-of-the-art events facilities and strong attendee appeal—plus a world class medical research community.

Medical Meetings 98

Medical Meetings Affiliate Healthcare Hospitality 98

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

There’s a lot of information out there about how to better your career as a meeting professional. Throughout the year, Smart Meetings has invited professionals from different corners of the event planning world to impart their knowledge. One Step Ahead, Predicting the Future of Event Technology.

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Medical Meetings Contracts Contracts Event Technology 130

Convene by PCMA

APRIL 4, 2024

My point in writing about that was to underscore the significant role events play in disseminating helpful knowledge — often in the category of breakthrough information — among their audiences and the larger universe. One of those prongs is events.

Medical Meetings 111

Medical Meetings Trade Show Proposal Social Media 111

Convene by PCMA

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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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2023

Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC President, Schaumann Consulting Group, LLC For launching a certification for newcomers in the medical-meetings field Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC, has had an outsized influence on the medical-meetings industry over the years, and she’s at it again.

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Medical Meetings Education Certification Healthcare 40

Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

life sciences and medical meeting destinations, Philadelphia is continuously focused on helping planners host memorable and safe business events. For more on planning your Philadelphia event, visit www.discoverphl.com/meet. As one of the top U.S.

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Planner Medical Meetings Events Location 98

Convene by PCMA

MAY 23, 2024

ABTS is the only provider of white glove travel, lodging, concierge, and compliance services for international attendees of major medical association events, ABTS is right where you need them to be. Building on on-going relationships with cities, CVBs, travel agencies, and sponsors, ABTS meets your needs where you are.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Chris Wehking, executive, business event strategy, for the American Society of Anesthesiologists, passed away on Nov. As an executive in the medical meetings sector, Chris also helped PCMA remain in the forefront of medical events, sharing his knowledge of the latest regulations and codes that have had an impact on those events.”.

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Medical Meetings Manufacturing Regulations Organization 105

Convene by PCMA

MAY 20, 2024

Phoenix Convention Center, in the heart of downtown, is the place to be for hi-tech meetings and events. With its year-round good weather, abundance of outdoor activities, and investment in a revitalized, walkable downtown corridor, Phoenix has already made itself known as a premier events destination.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review. Using research results from a recent white paper by Ashfield Meetings & Events, three medical-meeting specialists will discuss how physician preferences at meetings and congresses are evolving, and why.

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Healthcare Medical Meetings Panel Sponsors 58

Smart Meetings

JULY 1, 2021

Travel Association believes professional meetings and events (PME) suffer from being lumped in with other gatherings—and is working to change that. Travel Association has kicked off its “ Let’s Meet There ” campaign, unveiled at MPI’s WEC 2021 , to further propel the comeback of PMEs. 001 percent, to be precise.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 9, 2024

For meeting planners, that unique knowledge center of leaders and speakers—plus state-of-the-art bioscience facilities conveniently located within walking distance of 4,000 hotels rooms—makes Phoenix an ideal location for medical meetings. The PBC could only exist in Phoenix, making for a one-of-a-kind experience.

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Medical Meetings Healthcare Education Speakers 98

Skift Meetings

JUNE 2, 2022

While the pandemic wreaked havoc on the event industry, companies that provide childcare at meetings are among those who suffered the most from the lack of live events. How has childcare at events changed since pre-pandemic days? We are telling clients this is the new reality. It gives them an investment in the program.”.

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Medical Meetings Events Contracts Contracts 71

Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 26, 2021

Healthcare too has seen some larger meetings, like HIMSS , return to Vegas; the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) is also still planning to hold its conference later this month in San Diego. Other specialties, however, like the American Academy of Neurology and the American College of Cardiology, opted for virtual meetings.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Some respondents said they relished the changes the pandemic brought to their roles, but for others, working in a business events environment that continues to have a lot of uncertainties is more stressful than ever. In late July, nearly 350 event planners participated in our survey. Illustration by Leandro Castelao).

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 6, 2024

The good news: No large events were at the riverfront Tampa Convention Center ( below, with hotels at back right ) at that time. found themselves in Debby’s crosshairs, as did a few event groups in those cities. However, Tampa International Airport saw more than 150 flights cancelled on Sunday. and Savannah, Ga.,

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 11, 2022

Marina Bay Sands has become a Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certified Verified Venue (HMCC-VV), the first MICE venue globally to be accredited by Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the world’s largest industry association for meeting and event professionals. event design and execution that much harder.

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Healthcare Certification Medical Meetings Meeting 52

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.

Medical Meetings 54

Medical Meetings Trade Show Healthcare Meeting 54

Convene by PCMA

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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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The American Society of Hematology has an extensive media approach during its annual meeting that includes access to experts and facilitated media briefings. He wrote: Bill Reed, FASAE, CMP “I think this article is interesting from [the] perspective [of] what journalists want from conferences….

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Media Conference Publishing Medical Meetings 64

Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 20, 2024

In the July-August Convene issue, editors asked event professionals from around the world to share their sacred cows — those event practices or traditions that they think are out-of-date and need to be overhauled or replaced — and their solutions. Here we share their ideas that focus on exhibits.

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Conference Medical Meetings Trade Show Certification 52

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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Medical Meetings Healthcare Transportation Hospitality 50

Convene by PCMA

APRIL 26, 2023

Get to know PCMA Member Kimberly Stanséll, CMP, Event Management & Strategy Consultant, Strategic Planning Partners. The monthly virtual Community Conversations with the Independent Event Organizers (IEO) and Medical Meetings Organizers (MMO) have been quite helpful to me. Keeping me in the know!

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Medical Meetings Registration Consulting Networking 52

MeetingsNet

JUNE 24, 2020

We host a dozen or more in-person events each year but the feedback from many members in rural areas that they couldn’t take time away from their practices to attend an in-person event. The May online event exceeded our expectations and provided crucial feedback for future virtual offerings.

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