IMEX 2010, the Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings & Events, opened in Frankfurt, Germany, May 25, with an optimistic tone, based on an outlook for a slowly improving economy. Ray Bloom, chairman, IMEX Group, announced at the...
The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is starting to have a significant impact on meetings in the area, according a new report by The Knowland Group, a McLean, Va.–based meetings and hospitality industry research company. A May 18 survey of...
Earlier in May, Connecticut became the latest state to pass a bill requiring pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers doing business in the state to adopt a compliance program that is at least as stringent as the Pharmaceutical Research and...
Here's an interesting post from the Crikey Health Blog: Evidence-based medicine or marketing-based medicine? It's well worth a read, particularly since CME is so focused on teaching EBM nowadays.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons’ 78th Annual Meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center was the first medical meeting in North America to deliver its content via the iPod touch.
New and renovated hotels are opening and the high-tech convention center is celebrating its fifth anniversary.
ICCA releases its rankings based on more than 8,200 international association meetings in 2009.
I got this press release this morning and, while acknowledging that in fact I would rank things pretty similarly, still found it a bit shocking for some reason: ...
When President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at Virginia’s Hampton University May 9, he raised questions about technology, communication, and thoughtful deliberation that could have profound implications for your next meeting...
