Prelude Activities ✦ Sunday, March 22Sunday, 22 March 2026 - ET (Eastern Time, GMT-05:00)

Hosted by Meeting Professionals International

As a result of COVID, the great resignation, talent loss, talent shifts, inflation, emotional and physical burnout, customer behavior change and other factors, there are many new planners who need to be professionally trained on the science of planning medical meetings. Experienced planners may also need to upskill their education. The healthcare world can be complex and confusing, and having the Medical Meeting Planning (MMP) Certificate can mitigate risks and consequences.

An individual who obtains their MMP certificate is someone with knowledge of relevant planning, terminologies, processes, and compliance regulations for healthcare meetings. Knowledge and expertise in basic medical meeting planning will assist in understanding and practical operations sufficient to assist the meeting professional in understanding and addressing obligations and skills.

You’ll Be Able To:

• Understand what qualifies as a medical meeting

• Learn the steps of planning medical meetings

• Execute areas of planning medical meetings, including sourcing, transportation, food and beverage, speakers, tradeshows and exhibits and production

• Develop budgets, billing and analytics associated with planning medical meetings

• Discuss producing virtual and hybrid medical meetings

• Determine how sustainability, safety procedures and best practices play a role in planning medical meetings

• Learn the role of compliance and ethics in planning medical meetings

Course Preparation:

• Registrants must purchase "How to Plan Medical Meetings and Events" in order to attend the course. Pre-reading this book prior to the course is recommended. Books must be purchased here. Print book costs $85 and eBook costs $80. *Additional fee to participate in this program

Hosted by Meeting Professionals International

Your HMCC certificate is valid for two years, requiring a refresher course to maintain. MPI requires all current HMCC holders to attend a refresh course at the two-year anniversary of their class date. The HMCC Refresher course was developed to keep our Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate recipients abreast of constantly changing healthcare meeting compliance regulations, cross-border compliance, CMS Open Payments changes and updates, the EFPIA Disclosure Code, and other healthcare trends. Prerequisites for certificate extension are:

• Must validate current contact information

• Must register and make payment fees to MPI

This summit is tailored for senior corporate meeting professionals in the life sciences sector. Attendees must have a minimum of 10 years in meeting management and at least 8 years of experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical device industries. Final eligibility is subject to approval by Informa.

Kick off Pharma Forum with this exclusive summit designed for senior planners in life sciences. Collaborate, benchmark, and shape the future of corporate meeting strategy through focused discussions on:

• Managing global safety and compliance risks

• Outsourcing vs. insourcing for team optimization

• Cutting costs without compromising quality

• Evolving planners into strategic leaders

• Comparing planning models across company sizes

• Measuring and communicating meeting ROI