2024 AMWA Medical Writing & Communication Conference: Exploring Innovations in Medical Writing

Are you attending the upcoming AMWA conference in New Orleans?

Whether you’re planning your sessions or unable to attend, the 2024 AMWA Conference, as always, promises rich insights with its theme, “Innovate, Inform, and Inspire: Jazz Up Medical Communication.” This event offers a unique opportunity to explore the latest trends and learning opportunities in medical writing.

Even if you can't attend, follow the hashtag #AMWA2024 for updates and insights shared by attendees and speakers.

We are excited about exhibiting at the event for the first time and want to summarize the conference and agenda for you.

Conference Overview

Organized by the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), this year’s event runs from October 23-26, 2024, and will provide a structured learning environment designed to enhance participants’ expertise across various focus areas. These include regulatory writing, health communication, and freelancing, along with hands-on learning opportunities like workshops and interactive panels.

What to Expect

Diverse Learning Opportunities:

Whether you’re a newcomer or a seasoned professional, the conference offers something for everyone. Highlights include sessions on regulatory writing, health communication, freelancing, leadership, and scientific publications. Expect hands-on workshops, interactive panels, and keynotes from industry leaders.

Networking and Exhibitors:

Engage with peers, exhibitors, and sponsors during the many networking sessions and explore the latest technology solutions through product showcases from innovators like DACHS, Yseop, and Synterex. Dedicated events, such as the Executive Forum and the networking dinners, provide ample opportunities to connect with influential professionals in the field. There will be a speed networking session where attendees will be randomly paired up and have 4 minutes for introductions and discussion. Serial rotations will give an opportunity for interaction with at least 10 other attendees. Sounds interesting.

Workshops and Skills Development:

Enhance your career with deep-dive workshops on topics like copyediting, clinical study report writing, and inclusive health communication. These sessions, led by experts, give participants practical tools they can apply immediately in their work.

Career Development Focus:

The conference features sessions aimed at career progression, including freelancing strategies, regulatory writing leadership, and AI integration in medical communication. Freelancers and career changers can gain insights on growing their business, navigating client relationships, and building long-term success.

Professional focus areas include:

• Regulatory Writing
• Health Communications
• Core Knowledge and Skills
• Writing/Editing Mechanics
• Grantsmanship
• Scientific Publications
• Career Development
• Freelancing
• Education for Professionals
• Leadership/Management

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Here is a link to the official 2024 AMWA Medical Writing & Communication Conference event webpage: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/AMWA2024/home

?Key Learning Objectives:

• Master the integration of AI tools: Learn practical strategies for incorporating AI into medical writing workflows, ensuring accuracy and ethical use.
• Improve communication with diverse audiences: Gain insights on tailoring content to specific groups, including patients, clinicians, and regulatory bodies.
• Enhance regulatory writing skills: Develop expertise in preparing regulatory submissions, from clinical study reports to investigator brochures.
• Navigate freelancing and career growth: Discover strategies for scaling a freelance business or transitioning into leadership roles in medical writing.

Hot Topics:

• AI in Medical Writing: How large language models (LLMs) and AI-driven tools can accelerate content creation and regulatory submissions.
• Regulatory Submissions: Comparing and contrasting US and EU regulatory processes.
• Lean Authoring: How to get out of the way of the data and implement various lean authoring techniques to ensure that the target audience comes away with the intended key messages.
• Project Management: With the ever-evolving role of the medical writer shifting from “document writer” to “document leader,” knowing how to successfully lead a team-based deliverable is just as critical as the writing itself.

Poster Presentations:

Poster presentations will feature best practices and surveys, including a summary of recent guidelines, statements, or recommendations regarding topics such as the use of AI in scholarly publishing, nonclinical study report writing tips for regulatory submissions, practical tools to structure document comments, project management tips, using videos for patient education, tailoring quality control review by document type, real-world evidence in regulatory decision-making, and publications with Microsoft 365 SharePoint, Teams, and Copilot, new EU clinical trial regulations.

If you can't attend in person, be sure to follow the conference online via #AMWA2024 for live updates and key takeaways shared by attendees. We will also share highlights through the hashtag, so stay tuned!