MTGS_MEDICAL MEETINGS EXTRA_ Penton Media November 19, 2009 Volume 5, Number 11 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/meetingsnet/v/694 LATEST NEWS --ACCME Pondering New Complaints and Inquiries Policies While Murray Kopelow, MD, chief executive of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (http://accme.org), declined to answer specific questions about his announcement in an article recently published in The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/business/21medic.html?_r=3) that ACCME would "make public 'within weeks' a previously confidential listing of classes and companies that violated rules against commercial bias," ACCME did release a statement last week saying it is continuing to deliberate the issue as part of its mission to increase transparency (http://meetingsnet.com/medicalmeetings/cme_rules_regs/0914-accme-greater-transparency/) around the accreditor's actions and policies. While it's keeping its cards close to the vest, here's what we know so far about ACCME's plans (http://meetingsnet.com/medicalmeetings/news/accme_complaints1118/). ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT Planners Walk Away With Awards Rediscover the Los Angeles Marriott Airport hotel located across from Burbank Airport. Newly renovated and designed for the future. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;217568609;40746137;p ---------------------------------------- --CEJA Report: Rejected Again The third time may be the charm for some things, but not for the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, whose report on commercial support was yet again sent back to the drawing board after a third request for AMA to adopt the Council's funding recommendations was turned down at a House of Delegates meeting earlier this month. 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For more information please visit http://www.pharmameetingplanners.com or call 800.817.8601. ---------------------------------------- --Las Vegas, Chicago Score Big Medical Meetings By Dave Kovaleski (mailto:dkovaleski@meetingsnet.com) One of the largest medical meetings in the country has selected Las Vegas as the site of its 2012 annual conference, with officials citing the economy as a critical factor in the decision. While it may have beat out Chicago for this one, the Windy City is crowing about a big score of its own: a 10-year contract for the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 30,000-attendee annual meeting. Here's the rest of the story. (http://meetingsnet.com/medicalmeetings/news/vegas_himss_chicago_asco1118/) --PCMA Offers Menu of Medical Meetings Sessions Find out the latest trends in medical association meetings management at the 2010 Professional Convention Management Association Annual Meeting, January 10-13, in Dallas. Special sessions focusing on the medical sector include Medical Meeting Roundtables: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment; Medical Meetings: The Truth About Industry Funding; Compliance in Any Language; and Reinventing Your Medical Meeting with Digital Solutions. The four-day PCMA meeting, which is expected to attract about 3,000 attendees, offers more than 70 educational sessions on legal issues, event management, building attendance, professional development, and other topics of interest. For more information, visit pcma2010.org (http://www.pcma2009.org). 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