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May 2021
Methodology To Validate Meeting Tourism Events In Argentina Updated he Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Tourism Promotion (INPROTUR), Ricardo Sosa, met with representatives of the Economic Observatory for Meetings Tourism that make up INPROTUR, the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and the Argentine Association of Organizers and Suppliers of Exhibitions, Congresses, Events and Convention Bureaus (AOCA) to determine interesting methodological changes in the statistical validation of meeting tourism events throughout the country, which will benefit the provinces that make up the so-called “Country Team” and that frequently collaborate measurement and economic impact of congresses,
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conventions and fairs. During the meeting, a series of proposals for methodological changes were presented based on the analysis of the work carried out during the last time with suggestions, contributions made by the provinces and the ordering based on international trends regarding the measurement and validation of events of meetings. Improvements were established in the classification of meetings according to category, in the characterization according to the type of meeting and type of rotation, new definition of meetings under the scope of the Observatory in
terms of duration, number of attendees and percentage of visitors, new methodology of load and requirements for the validation of events, the training calendar on these topics was established starting in May 2021 in virtual format and then the start of face-to-face Regional Meetings in all regions of the country.
Innovabiomed 2021 Returns To Verona On July 2-3 he second edition of Innovabiomed, the network place for biomedical innovation that will take place at the Palaexpo Congress Center, has been rescheduled for 2-3 July. The aim of the event is to create opportunities for meetings and discussions between experts in the production of medical devices, professionals and researchers in the sector, connecting different disciplines, skills and professionalisms. The new dates will allow the event to be held entirely in person, in conditions of safety that will encourage networking activities between operators in the sector.
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Innovabiomed is organized by Veronafiere in collaboration with distrettobiomedicale.it, the reference portal of the Mirandolese District, the most important biomedical center in Europe. The program includes conferences, round tables, workshops
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and a business area with the presence of highly innovative companies . Digital health, robotics, 3D printing, regenerative medicine, artificial intelligence and precision oncology are just some of the topics that will be addressed during the two days with the contribution of over 50 speakers, among the top experts in the sector , selected by the scientific committee of the ‘event. “Innovabiomed is the first event dedicated to the biomedical sector to take place in the presence of the beginning of the pandemic: this testifies to the great attention we pay to the medical-scientific community and to companies in the sector, fundamental for its social value and of which Italy it is the European leader », observes Maurizio Danese , president of Veronafiere. “However, this record requires continuous investments in research and innovation: Innovabiomed looks
precisely in this direction, a moment of promotion for the business of companies but also of comparison, thanks to meetings and conferences of the highest profile”. The health emergency linked to Covid19 has highlighted how the transversal knowledge underlying the development of biomedical devices and, in general, innovation in the medical field – from biology to electronics, from information technology to materials engineering – are important for saving lives. L ‘ technological innovation contributes fact significantly to improve the health of patients and medical devices represent one of the sectors with the highest unemployment rate. The sector in Italy generates a market worth 16.7 billion euros between exports and the domestic market and has 4,323 companies, which employ 94,153 employees (Confindustria Medical Devices data).
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