When the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education announced plans to simplify its accreditation process last summer, the reaction was overwhelmingly positive.
So it’s not too surprising that the ACCME’s board of directors has adopt...
To help Maritz Travel Co. expand its presence around the world, three well-known industry figures have signed on as global general managers. Their task: to build a Maritz Travel Co. Global Meetings Network in Latin America, Mexico, Europe, the...
Up to now, Meeting Professionals International’s CMM program has been the gold standard of education in the meetings industry. When I went through the course, I had about 12 years of hospitality industry experience and was fairly new to the...
Since it was created in 2009, the Industry Alliance for Continuing Education and Medical Specialty Society Collaborative Workgroup of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Healthcare Professions was created to improve communications between...
At a session at the 2013 Pharma Forum, life sciences meetings managers explored how planners can add value by creating more meaningful experiences, gaining a better understanding how their attendees learn, and encouraging more attendee engagement...
To comply with ACCME's Criterion 21, which requires that a CME provider participate in an institutional or system framework, providers must bake a commitment to that framework into everything from your organization’s mission statement to...
If you have been in the healthcare convention marketing and exhibitions industry for at least 10 years, or know someone who has, consider a nomination for the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association Distinguished Service Award, which recog...
As part of a consolidation of its sales, marketing, and medical services areas, Healthcare services provider UDG Healthcare PLC has combined eight services areas—including meetings and events—into its Ashfield division. As part of the transition...
Mike Dominguez is in about the third year of his quest to “elevate the dialogue” between planners and hoteliers, advocating a fuller understanding of each side, by each side, in booking meetings.
At the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners ...
In 2009 my wife, Nicole, and I started 360iDev, the first iOS developer conference. We designed it to be a community where creativity and innovation would thrive. Currently, the annual event, held in September under the umbrella of 360|Conference...
