And we’re off! I’m thrilled to announce that we have finalized our first two topics and moderators for CMEpalooza Fall. They are:

The Future of CME: What Will CME Look Like In 5-10 Years?
Moderator: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP, Senior Vice President, Educational Strategy, Prova Education

Tips and Tricks for Publishing Outcomes Data
Moderator: Karen Roy MSc, CCMEP, Principal, Ardgillan Group LLC

A big thanks to Karen and Lawrence for agreeing to moderate these two sessions and getting the planning process kicked-off with a bang! Stay tuned for additional details on content and panelists as the sessions start to round into shape. We plan to have at least four additional panel sessions and we’ll announce details regarding them once the moderators are finalized.  You will be able to read all this information on the Fall page.

Those of you who have been on this site are of course familiar with Derek, but who then is this “Scott” person he’s been speaking of? If Derek is the brains behind CMEpalooza, perhaps he is the brawn? I wish, but not quite.

I started using the Google Hangout On Air platform to broadcast and record CME activities beginning in the fall of 2013, so I was an interested observer of the first CMEpalooza in the spring and provided Derek with a few tips and pointers as he was prepping. Not long after Derek wrapped up the first event, I emailed him to see if he would be interested in teaming up to make this event even better and lighten his load as its sole organizer. I think his eloquent and well thought out response to my initial email was something along the lines of, “Sure.”

So while Derek will rightfully remain the primary face of CMEpalooza, I’ll be chiming in on the home page from time to time with some additional updates and perspectives as things begin to take shape.

Just be nice to Derek and I won’t have to get rough with you.

A rather boring update today, I’m afraid. The first thing is that the former cmepalooza.wordpress.com is now http://www.cmepalooza.com, so if you’re old school and like to type urls into your browser, it’s less work for you! (That was 25 bucks well spent…) All the old urls will still work, so no worries if you have already bookmarked it. I’m not exactly sure how that works – I’m guessing it’s either magic, fairies, or magic fairies.

The second item is that Scott and I will be making a few changes to the website over the next week or so as we adjust to the addition of CMEpalooza Fall. The archive from the original CMEpalooza will be moved, but still available and hopefully still with the same urls. Stay tuned for more info on that.

Lastly, we are hoping to solidify our list of topics for the panel sessions within the next week or two. If you have any topics you would like to suggest, please be sure to submit them using the form at the end of this blog post or by emailing me at dwarnick@theCMEguy.com. We would like to have all suggestions in by end of day Thursday.

Thank you!