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.
St. Louis–based International Medical Meeting Professionals Association, whose formation was announced earlier this fall, officially launched last month with the creation of a board of directors, an advisory board, and introductory educational...
The continuing medical education community lost one of its leaders with the passing in October of Frederic S. Wilson. Wilson, who was 65, died of complications from stem cell transplant surgery for leukemia and multiple sclerosis.
Wilson was a f...
If you’re looking down the barrel of a big cancellation penalty, a new online service could help save your budget. MeetingTrader, a clearinghouse for canceled meeting space, expects to come out of its beta-test phase in the first quarter of 2010...
With nearly 400,000 travel industry jobs lost in 2008 and 2009 as a result of the economic downturn, both the U.S. Travel Association and the American Hotel and Lodging Association are urging President Barack Obama to enact legislation that...
Carina Bauer, formerly marketing and operations director for IMEX Frankfurt, has been promoted to CEO, IMEX Group, based in East Sussex, U.K. “It’s a recognition of the fact that I and other members of the team are working across both shows now...
I had to cut this from the December Medical Meetings cover story on continuous performance improvement, but I think it's important to talk about. Because I was pretty sure it wasn't going to make it into the issue, I didn't call any medical...
