Medical Conference

Many people ask the question, what is a PCO? Basically, PCO is just an acronym for Professional Conference Organiser. This is a company that mainly specialises in the planning of conferences, events and meetings. It is about conferences and events management which serve as their core business activity, not for a secondary service. Because of […]

This week’s blog post comes from our team members Judith Bärfuss (Meeting Planning Manager) and Carolin Steiner (Industry Relations Manager) who participated in the IPCAA 5th Annual Seminar on Compliance 2016, March 7 – 9 in Copenhagen. For a Professional Conference Organiser, knowledge of healthcare compliance in medical education is a must in order to organise conferences in the […]

Any conference or event is punctuated by speakers who are able to engage an audience, highlight scientific content and research or promote a specific topic, product or service. Although this is altogether apparent, the fact of the matter is that discovering such a qualified professional can be a bit challenging. This is even more relevant […]

Conference sponsorship is one of the most widely used strategies to drive engagement and increase membership levels. A 2017 report revealed that global sponsorship spending is growing at average annual rates of 4 percent and is only expected to keep rising. However, sponsorship in the associations and membership organisations sector is not always used to […]

Conferences and meetings are usually thought of as sedentary events, as they require attendees to spend hours sitting down in enclosed spaces. Professionals in the events industry make significant efforts to create memorable events, but the health and well-being perspective often gets overlooked. In this post, we suggest five ways to ensure your next event […]

Conferences offer invaluable opportunities for the scientific community to explore new areas of learning, share their research findings and network with their peers. It is not unusual for researchers to be called upon to organise a science conference or medical symposium and while the chance to engage with others working in their field can be […]

A solid and engaged membership base is essential to every association, but attracting and retaining members continues to be one of the main challenges faced by organisations all over the world. Medical associations are not immune to the membership challenges of the 21st century, so this post will cover how they can recruit new members […]

Infographic The future of meetings is here: from new benchmarks for user experiences to technological upgrades. We take a look at the forces redefining the meetings industry. According to the latest research the number of real-time meetings and events — such as medical conferences, trade shows or sales and marketing meetings — is still on […]

Our Director of Business Development and Key Accounts, Sabine Adam, was interviewed by CIM, a European Magazine for the Meetings Industry. Find the original interview here. “One of the biggest challenges in the field of medical congresses are the constant amendments to the Pharmaceutical and MedTech Codes. In addition, there is the new stricter data […]