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[news Industry]Online learning portalrelaunchedn PCMA365. The Professional ConventionManagement Association (PCMA) relaunchestheir online learning portal, PC-MA 365. PCMA’s enhanced PCMA365.boasts a host of new features and ispacked with content to advance the careersof meeting professionals. PCMA365also includes: Over 245 archived sessionsfrom past PCMA education programs, 30+archived webinars and the schedule ofupcoming virtual events, bundled contentpackages by specialty ‒ medical meetings,global professionals, and more, the latestwhite papers and research from PCMA andStrategic Partners. “PCMA365 is a tremendousway for PCMA to showcase the depthof our education and continue to bringmore senior-level educational offerings tothe global meetings and events industry,”comments CEO and President DeborahSexton. Users can access the content onlineanywhere, anytime, allowing them toearn their CEUs or access resources whentheir schedule allows.www.pcma.org/attend-learn/topicsToo many industry eventsn Paris/London. UFI, the Global Associationof the Exhibition Industry, and tfconnecthave announced that the UFI CEOForum (UCF) and tfconnect’s Global EventSummit (GES) are to merge. 2014 will be atransition year for the redefined eventwith a fully combined CEO programmescheduled early in 2015. UFI and tfconnectare already working together on the UFICEO Forum scheduled in Paris in February,2014. Paul Woodward, UFI’s ManagingDirector, said “We have listened to themarket – senior players have been tellingus that there are too many industry eventsand that one CEO event would be the wayforward – we agree!”www.ufi.orgNew web portaln Events. The International SpecialEvents Society (ISES) has launched a newWeb Portal for the Global Creative EventsIndustry. It includes a host of new featuresdesigned to provide a go-to sourcewhere creative event professionals canfind answers, make connections and discusstoday’s critical issues in a formatthat delivers updates that matter specificallyto them. Some of the new featuresinclude; ISES Marketplace, ISES Communityand the Inspiration Central.www.ises.comCIM 6/201363