Jan 12, 2015

Now in its 11th year, the Pharma Forum has become the place where life sciences meeting managers discuss topics that at any other planner conference would be, as one past participant put it, the “elephants in the room.” This year marks...

Northern Light Partners with Xstracta to Beef Up Medical Conference Content Portal

Dec 30, 2014

The Discovery portal, which offers search and automated analysis of life sciences conference abstracts and posters, may soon get a big boost from a partnership between its owner, Northern Light, and Xstracta, a company that helps associations man...

CME Trend Watch: The Rise of Interprofessional Education

Dec 29, 2014

A panel at the Fall CMEpalooza said continuing healthcare professional education that brings together nurses, physicians, pharmacists—and even patients—is an idea gaining momentum

Inside the Biodome: Planning the Western Veterinary Conference’s Future

Dec 23, 2014

This year, almost 15,000 veterinary professionals swarmed the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for one of the nation’s oldest vet conferences. But that’s just the start of WVC’s efforts to reach—and teach&mdash...

Coming In 2015: North American Meetings Industry Day

Dec 22, 2014

Meetings industry professionals from three North American countries are dedicating April 16, 2015, as a day to showcase the value of meetings, conferences, conventions, incentive travel, tradeshows, and exhibitions. Meetings professionals in Cana...

NC-CME Is Changing Up Almost Everything

Dec 17, 2014

The National Commission for Certification of CME Professionals will be ringing in some significant changes along with the new year. Taking its lead from the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions—which in recent years expande...

CME Plays Key Role in Improving Patient Outcomes

Dec 17, 2014

Studies have repeatedly shown that physicians who are educated about the latest medical advances make more informed treatment decisions, resulting in improved patient outcomes. For example, physicians who attended an industry-supported educationa...

Johnson Sells Rx Worldwide Meetings

Dec 16, 2014

Judy JohnsonJudy Johnson, CMP, president, CEO, and co-owner of Plano, Texas–based Rx Worldwide Meetings Inc. since 2000, has sold her medical meeting planning company to Sally and Mike Roberts, both of whom come from the pharmaceutical industry...

New Medical Meetings Database Debuts

Dec 16, 2014

A recently launched search-based Web site from startup eMedEvents wants to make it as easy for docs and other healthcare professionals to find the meetings—and the continuing medical education credits they need—as Orbitz or Travelocity have made ...

Top 11 Female Speakers for 2014

Dec 13, 2014

Ruth Levine, founder of SpeakInc. Speakers bureau, released her list of the most popular female speakers for 2014 in July 2013. That prompted us to get in touch and ask her more about gender and the corporate speaker circuit. MeetingsNet: Do y...