Are Your Meetings
     Accessible for
     Persons with
     Disabilities?

  Improve EDC
      Training by
      Providing eLearning
      at Meetings

  WHTI Update

  What Our Clients
     Are Saying

  About DE

September 6, 2006

Are Your Meetings Accessible for Persons with Disabilities? 10 Ways to Make Sure They Are.
By 2030, it is estimated that 24 percent of the U.S. population will be disabled; this is an increase of more than 30 million in 1997. Chances are that in the coming years some attendees of your meetings will have disabilities – do you know how to ensure that your meetings are accessible? Below are some steps you can take to ensure that this growing segment of the populations is not excluded from your next meeting.  more...

Improve EDC Training by Providing eLearning at Meetings
The accurate and standardized collection of data plays a vital role in the success of a clinical trial. An important step in electronic clinical data management (eCDM) is electronic data capture (EDC). However, the success of EDC is dependent on how well-trained and knowledgeable the clinical research coordinators and associates are in the use of EDC. There are many options for training on an EDC solution – printed materials, but these can quickly become out of date and the success is dependent on how the individual uses the material, classroom training, but this can be expensive to conduct or webcasts, which can be more cost effective to conduct, but participants can get lost in the large number of participants that webcast can have. more...

WHTI Update
In July we examined the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (or WHTI referred to as “Wheaty”) in the article, Will New Federal Regulations Restrict Your Site Choices? – a new effort that requires all travelers entering or exiting the U.S. from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada to have a valid passport or other secure travel documentation. According to a press release issued by the Department of Homeland Security on August 11th, 2006 the date of implementation has been pushed back to January 8, 2007. Click here to view the press release for more information.

What Our Clients Are Saying

“Thank you again for organizing such a successful meeting – all of the arrangements were just wonderful. Our guests and speakers really loved it. We received very good feedback from the participants and you deserve a share of the praise!”

-- Peter Langecker, MD, PhD
Vice President Clinical Research, Chief Medical Officer
Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. formerly BioMedicines, Inc.

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About DE

Designing Events is a premier global provider of planning, management and marketing services for events, meetings and conferences. Visit  designingevents.com for more information or contact us at info@designingevents.com or 866-867-1933.