PCMA Plans Global Medical Meetings Summit

The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) has announced a new, invitation-only event for senior medical meeting professionals and medical association CEOs, it announced today. Called the PCMA Global Medical Meetings Summit, the inaugural event will take place July 17-20 in London.

“PCMA was founded as a medical meetings organization,” PCMA President and CEO Deborah Sexton said in a statement. “While our membership has greatly diversified since our first annual meeting in 1956, we have continued throughout the years to provide robust education and resources to the medical meetings sub-specialty. This PCMA Summit will bring together global leaders who are innovators in the medical meetings industry that can critically analyze and openly discuss possible solutions that would position organizations for success.”

The inaugural Summit will be keynoted by Magnus Lindkvist, a trendspotter and futurist with expertise in the health care industry. Additionally, the meeting will include facilitated discussions on topics such as revenue streams, sponsorships, government regulation and CMEs.

According to PCMA, invitations to leading global medical meeting professionals and association CEOs already have been extended.

“We are delighted to be working with PCMA to host and facilitate such an important Summit which will help to define a future vision for international medical meetings,” said David Pegler, CEO of ExCeL London, the meeting’s host venue. “A Summit such as this is vital for the future development of the industry and how medical meetings evolve to meet the economic and regulatory challenges they face. We look forward to working with PCMA to create the perfect environment for this senior delegation and we know London will deliver on this promise.”