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The Future of Healthcare Meetings

One of the biggest health challenges for healthcare meetings in 2025 will likely be navigating the ongoing impact of digital health transformation and ensuring equitable access to healthcare knowledge and resources. As healthcare continues to embrace technology—such as telemedicine, AI-driven diagnostics, and virtual health platforms—meetings will need to address the digital divide, ensuring that professionals from all regions and backgrounds can access the latest innovations, knowledge, and collaboration opportunities.  

In addition, there will be a growing need to focus on mental health and well-being. The pandemic highlighted the significant impact of stress, burnout, and mental health challenges within the healthcare sector. In 2025, healthcare meetings will need to prioritise mental health initiatives, offering support resources for healthcare workers while also fostering environments that address the emotional well-being of attendees.  

Finally, sustainability in healthcare events will continue to be a challenge. With a rising emphasis on eco-friendly practices, organising large-scale events that minimise environmental impact while delivering value will require innovative solutions to reduce waste, carbon footprints, and other ecological concerns. Balancing sustainability with the growing demand for hybrid and virtual event models will be a crucial consideration for the future of healthcare meetings.  

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The future of subvention, facilitating engagement with the medical eco-system in destinations, compliance challenges/solutions/case studies, CME challenges/solutions/case studies, how venues can meet the needs of medical meetings, innovations in the set-up of medical meetings, engaging session and poster formats  

Some issues that are particularly relevant to medical meetings e.g. allergies and pollution, labs and waste.  

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Submission Guidelines  

Terms and Conditions  

• This call for speakers/moderators is open to anyone, from anywhere in the world, you do not need to be an ICCA member to submit a proposal.   
• Any ICCA members submitting a proposal participating must be in good standing.   
• We welcome proposals from professionals outside of the events industry. 
• Applications must be submitted in English. 
• In the name of remaining impartial, an independent Education Committee will be responsible for deciding which speakers/moderators form part of the final programme. The ICCA Team will not be responsible for making the final decision.   
• Only those speakers/moderators selected will be contacted after submission of your application.  
• Upon selection, ICCA staff will communicate the specific terms and conditions that will apply for your participation. These differ for each event.  
• Please indicate the session format and time indication needed for your proposal.  

Priority will be given to proposals that fulfil the following criteria:  

• Consider gender balance and DEI. We will prioritise session / speaker proposals that demonstrate diversity in people's backgrounds, age, religion, cultural background, perspectives, and experiences, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and heard.  
• Include diverse perspectives (geographical, industry sector, association viewpoint etc.).  
• Accessibility: Prioritize making the event as accessible as possible for all attendees.  
• Sustainability: Incorporate sustainable practices and promote eco-friendly initiatives throughout the event.  
• Multi-Stakeholder Engagement: Highlight the importance of involving diverse stakeholders in business events for broader perspectives and collaboration.  
• Address a provocative topic, trending for the meetings and events industry and with clear learning outcomes, however, keep the 4 key areas in mind.   
• New formats: Any format is acceptable, as long as it effectively supports the objectives of the session.  

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