The National Institute for Quality Improvement and Education’s second annual conference, scheduled for September 9–11 at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill., is offering a jam-packed lineup of experts to help those interested in...

The Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association named Nancy Hoppe, CME/H, as its president for 2009-2010. Hoppe is associate director, global congress and convention management at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Madison, N.J. Hoppe was officially...

Speakers set a more subdued tone than in past years at the opening general session of Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference on Sunday. MPI officials and keynoters alike took the stage at Salt Lake City’s Salt Palace...

The Green Meeting Industry Council has launched an online directory to help planners search for suppliers that are focused on environmentally responsible business practices...

The Green Meeting Industry Council is growing. The nonprofit organization has launched its first official affiliate organization, the GMIC Oregon Chapter, led by Megan Rooksby, American Express Corporate Meeting Solutions. Chapters are also being...

Glen C. Ramsborg, PhD, CMP, senior director, education, Professional Convention Management Association, and longtime medical meeting planner, is leaving PCMA at the end of the month to take a position as professor, Les Roches School of Hospitality...

Last week, with less than two weeks to go before its World Education Conference, Meeting Professionals International rolled out a Virtual Access Pass,” which allows members and nonmembers to sign up for a parallel online conference...

In a move lauded by the U.S. Travel Association as making it easier for international travelers — including medical meeting attendees — to come to the United States, the House of Representatives in June passed H.R. 2410, the “Foreign Relations...

When the ACCME asks, people tend to answer. Here’s a sampling of public responses to four ACCME proposals