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.
The board of directors of the Convention Industry Council has appointed Colin C. Rorrie Jr., PhD, CAE, interim president and CEO of the CIC, effective immediately. Rorrie fills a position left vacant when Mary Power, CAE, resigned in May. Rorrie...
Torum, a city on the Vistula River in north central Poland, and the Republic of Armenia, a landlocked country in eastern Europe bordering Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Iran, will be the guests of IMEX, the worldwide exhibition for incentive...
The Travel Industry Association launched its “Change the Debate” campaign in South Carolina, where travel industry leaders were on the ground at the Republican debate on January 9, looking to inject travel-related issues into the Fox-televised...
The Radiological Society of North America drew 62,501 attendees to its Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting held at McCormick Place in Chicago in November—a record for the association...
Medical meeting planning company Professional Meeting Planners Network, Durham, N.C., has launched a “green” meeting initiative that will incorporate environmentally friendly practices into its operations...
Healthcare educators and academics from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation say that one of the keys to fixing what they see as the problems in continuing medical education is to eliminate commercial support...
The CME and pharmaceutical industries received a reprieve when the U.S. Senate failed to take up the Physician Payments Sunshine Act in 2007. But it is likely to be up for a vote in 2008, cautions Thomas P. Sullivan, president, Rockpointe Corp....
While the weather was a bit overcast yesterday, the mood at the Professional Convention Management Association’s Annual Meeting, going on now at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, is upbeat. This is especially true for...
Destination management companies have been a critical component of corporate meetings for over four decades, but the role of DMCs is changing, driven by an evolution of the needs, expectations, and requirements of meeting planners. Here’s our list...
