Pfizer Cuts Off Funding for Medical Education Companies
In a move certain to spark great controversy in the continuing medical education community, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced on July 2 that it will no longer award grants to medical education companies...
Welsh Named President and CEO of the Indianapolis CVA
The Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Authority has tapped Donald Welsh to become its new president and CEO, effective August 1. Welsh, who most recently served as president and CEO of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau, was selected after a nationwide search of more than 100 applicants. ...
New Electronic Travel Authorization Rule
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced its interim final rule on a system that requires travelers from countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program to provide biographical information electronically before boarding a U.S.-bound airplane or cruise ship...
Message for Exhibition and Convention Executives: “Get Deviant”
Greg Reid, chief marketing officer of YRC Worldwide, had an interesting message for the 170 people who gathered last week at the Washington (D.C.) Convention Center for the Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum: Get deviant. ...
Unite Here Workers Strike in Boston
About 350 food service union workers with Unite Here Local 26 went on strike this weekend in Boston, picketing out in front of both the Hynes Convention Center and the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. ...
AMA Tables Proposal by CEJA to Ban Commercial Support
A recommendation by the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs to eliminate industry funding from medical education wasn’t approved by the AMA’s Reference Committee on Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws this week, but it could return in another form next year....
ACCME Proposes Stricter Rules
The Accreditation Council for CME has issued a call for comment on a proposal to further limit interactions between accredited providers and commercial supporters....
Hot Issues for Independents
The top challenges facing independent meeting planners in the pharmaceutical industry today are proving their value to clients and protecting intellectual property, said participants at an exclusive summit for senior-level independent planners. ...
Career Clinic
An hour-long webinar, “How to Write a Mission Statement and Stick to It,” held April 16 and sponsored by the Alliance for CME, focused on how to write a mission statement that meets the Accreditation Council for CME's updated accreditation criteria. ...
Finalists for World’s Best Congress Centre
AIPC, the International Association of Congress Centres, has announced 18 finalists in this year’s AIPC Apex Award competition for World’s Best Congress Centre. ...
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