DAY 1 ✦ 2 Nov 2026Monday, 2 November 2026 - Europe/Lisbon

Today’s medical meetings environment is more complex, regulated, and scrutinized than ever before. Shifting healthcare regulations, evolving compliance expectations, hybrid delivery models, increased cost pressures, and a new generation of planners entering the workforce have raised the bar for how medical meetings must be designed, managed, and measured. The Medical Meeting Planners (MMP) Certificate is designed to prepare meeting and event professionals to confidently plan, execute, and manage compliant medical meetings across pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and healthcare organizations. Whether you are new to healthcare meetings or an experienced planner looking to strengthen your compliance fluency and operational expertise, this program builds the foundational knowledge and applied skills required to reduce risk and deliver effective medical meetings. Participants who earn the MMP Certificate demonstrate a working understanding of medical meeting terminology, regulatory considerations, planning workflows, and industry best practices—enabling them to support stakeholders, vendors, and healthcare professionals with confidence.

By completing the MMP Certificate, you will be able to:

• Define what qualifies as a medical meeting and distinguish between promotional, non-promotional, educational, and advisory formats

• Apply the end-to-end planning process for medical meetings, from strategy through execution and reporting

• Execute key planning functions including sourcing, contracting, transportation, food and beverage, speaker management, exhibits, and production

• Build, manage, and reconcile medical meeting budgets, billing structures, and performance analytics

• Plan and deliver compliant in-person, virtual, and hybrid medical meetings

• Integrate sustainability, safety, and duty-of-care considerations into medical meeting design

• Understand the role of compliance, transparency, and ethics in healthcare meetings, including interactions with healthcare professionals (HCPs)

This summit is designed for senior meeting management professionals who are currently employed by a third-party/events management agency, or independently employed. Eligible attendees must have at least 10 years of meeting management experience and at least 5 years working with clients from the pharma/biotech, life sciences or medical device industry. Please submit any questions for consideration to lily.nagy@informa.com *Final eligibility approval is at the discretion of Informa.

Key discussion topics may include:

• Optimize internal and external resourcing models to drive efficiency without sacrificing effectiveness

• Design meetings that are safe, compliant, and risk‑aware across global environments

• Deliver high‑impact meetings within constrained budgets while maintaining quality and outcomes

• Demonstrate strategic value across pharma organization sizes through measurable outcomes and ROI

If this is your first Pharma Forum experience, you haven’t joined us in a few years, or you’re interested in some much-needed peer networking - this orientation is a must-attend! Gain tips on how to make the most out of your Pharma Forum experience, network and meet plenty of your peers across the industry!

• Navigate the agenda: Selecting the right sessions for your goals

• Overview of the appointment scheduling process

• Exhibit hall overview and floor plan guide

• Overview of onsite CSR initiatives and sustainability efforts

• Walkthrough of the conference mobile app