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Seattle. Meet you there.
Seattle's eye-opening blend of city and nature inspires new ideas and
gives any event a flavor all its own. Our goal at the Seattle's CVB is
to make booking and managing your Seattle event as easy for you as
possible.
Schedule your event in Seattle and see for yourself. For more
information, click
here.
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CME Watch
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Stanford Restricts Commercial Support
The Stanford University School of Medicine adopted a
new policy that says it will no longer accept commercial support for
specific activities in continuing medical education. The policy went
into effect September 1.
It’s not a complete ban of commercial support. The school may still
accept grants from pharmaceutical and medical device companies as long
as they are for broad areas, such as medical, pediatric, and surgical
specialties; diagnostic and imaging technologies; or health policy and
disease prevention. If a grant were for something specific, like COPD
for example, that would not be permissible.
Read about the school's
new process for accepting CME funds.
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Beaches, golf, and Southern hospitality are among the most
celebrated attractions in Jacksonville. But we offer something else: one
of the most comprehensive healthcare networks in America. Few cities of
any size are home to so many high-profile health care facilities,
programs and medical professionals. See for yourself at www.visitjacksonville.com/medical.
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Medical Meeting Management
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List Your Meeting!
We are now accepting listings for Medical
Meetings’ November 2008 Medical Association Annual Meetings Guide.
Send us your information and gain visibility for your annual meeting.
Listings are free to medical association meeting managers, and the
deadline has been extended until September 23. For information, e-mail
Heather Johnson or call
her at (216) 931-9125.
The deadline has also been extended until September 23 to purchase
listings in our MECCs directory and CME/Medical Meeting Services Guide.
If you are a medical education and communication company, or provide
meeting management or other services to pharmaceutical companies or
medical societies, consider showcasing your company in our print and
online directories. For information, e-mail Sara Hellon or call (866)
353-9735.
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No other city brings more to the meeting table
than New Orleans. Here, convenience, experience and value come together
to create one-of-a-kind events that won’t soon be forgotten. From
rooms to restaurants, facilities to fun, no other city makes successful
meetings easier. For more information, please call 877.393.5828 or visit
www.neworleanscvb.com/return.
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Reports from the Field
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ASAE Plans Study Trips for Medical
Associations
For the first time, the American Society of Association
Executives & The Center for Association Leadership will host an
international study mission specifically for executives and meeting
professionals at medical associations.
The study mission, which will take place in April 2009, will head to
Singapore and Dubai/Abu Dhabi. ASAE has done study missions the past two
years to China and India for association professionals in general.
Read more about the ASAE study
trips.
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Opening August 2008, the Hilton Baltimore is the ideal hotel for groups
and meetings. Located at Baltimore's picturesque Inner Harbor, this
hotel offers 757 well-appointed guest rooms, over 60,000 sq. ft. of
flexible meeting/event space and a fully enclosed pedestrian sky bridge
to the Baltimore Convention Center. Make your group reservations today.
Click
here for more information.
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Pharma Alert
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Strategic Meetings Management: Putting It Into
Practice
In today's highly regulated medical meetings world,
it's more important than ever for meeting managers to demonstrate their
value to their companies. But how exactly do you quantify the
cost-savings and other benefits your department brings?
During an intensive workshop at the Second Annual Medical Device and
Bio/Pharmaceutical Meeting Managers Forum, participants will map out
practical steps for creating a strategic meetings management program,
learn about data management and regulatory compliance processes that
showcase meeting department results, and share best practices with their
colleagues.
Organized by Medical Meetings magazine and the Center for
Business Intelligence, the Forum will be held December 8-9, 2008, at the
Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego.
Additional sessions will focus on tracking aggregate spend, managing
hotel negotiations in a tough economy, and complying with new
regulations.
Visit CBI for
more information about the conference agenda and to request a brochure.
To learn about the challenges facing medical device meeting managers,
check out our on-the-scene report
from the first annual event.
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Coming November 2008
The 2009 MECCs Directory & CME/Medical Meetings Services Guide
Don't miss your spot in this comprehensive directory that includes
medical education and communication companies, CME consultants, online
CME/archiving services and meeting management companies. For more
information about purchasing your listing, please contact Sara Hellon at
(866) 353-9735 or sara.hellon@penton.com .
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Newsmakers
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Fellers Leaves RSNA
Dave Fellers, CAE, executive director of the
Radiological Society of North America since 2001, has left the
Chicago-based association. Fellers has had a distinguished career in
association management, holding executive positions with the American
Nurses Association, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and he is active in the
American Society of Association Executives & The Center for Association
Leadership as well as the Professional Convention Management
Association.
Read about an award that ASAE bestowed upon Fellers.
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The agenda for the 2nd Annual Medical Device and Bio/Pharmaceutical
Meeting Management Forum is now available. The program will be held
December 8-9 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA.
Attend this program and learn to navigate the federal and state
regulatory environment for medical meetings, save money through sourcing
and meeting consolidation initiatives, hear how your peers are revising
their business models in today’s uncertain economy and participate in
enhanced networking sessions including a speed networking business card
exchange. Register by October 17, 2008 and Save $300!
Call: (800) 817-8601, email cbireg@cbinet.com or visit us online.
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