What medical and pharmaceutical/bioscience/medical device meeting planners and continuing medical education professionals need to know to plan meetings and CME activities for healthcare professionals.
Ever since The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, issued its final guidelines in February 2013 for how life sciences companies need to comply with the U.S. Sunshine Act provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act go...
Fitness bands, the wearable monitors that capture movement, heart rate, sleep data, and more, were among the fastest growing product categories at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. And they are catching on at meetings, too, along with other...
The world of destination management companies was rocked last fall when the Washington, D.C.–based DMC consortium Global Events Partners first announced the closing of seven company-owned DMCs and then the bankruptcy of the entire company (and it...
The Convention Industry Council is turning its gaze on poachers—companies that exist to divert attendees away from the official conference hotel room block and into other area properties. The poachers’ tactics range from annoying to unethical, an...
At the IHG reception held after the close of the first day of the 2014 Pharma Forum, Danielle Baruch, key account director, pharmaceutical market, IHG, helped deliver the Forum’s first-ever awards...
The 2014 Pharma Forum, held March 23-26 at the Orlando World Center Marriott, was all about learning, sharing, and networking. Here are some of the people who made it all happen in the sessions, on the trade show floor, and at the networking...
The Site International Foundation is offering anyone with an Internet connection the chance to score an incentive-level travel experience to one of 14 destinations as part of its Around the World online auction. A nonprofit organization, the Site...
Murray Kopelow, MDThe Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education announced March 20 that its longstanding president and chief executive, Murray Kopelow, MD, will step down on July 31, 2015. He will continue to lead the organization...
