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Small conferences can be run cheaply. In some cases, venue hire can be avoided by making use of university facilities which the organisers might be able to access at little or no cost between academic semesters, Catering costs can be minimised by providing limited tea and coffee services, providing basic sandwiches for lunch (or long lunch-breaks to allow participants to find and buy their own lunch), and leaving participants to arrange their own dinner. Printing costs can be avoided by providing only online abstract booklets. Editing and typesetting costs can be avoided by not publishing conference proceedings. Some small conferences are even able to organise subsidised accommodation by making university student accommodation available for a conference held between semesters. Conference organisation can be done by volunteers at the host institution.For large conferences, this becomes unworkable, as university facilities are not really designed to support conference activities. I once attended a mid-sized conference hosted by a university, and was disappointed to be limited to a single session as the available classrooms were arranged too far apart to allow switching between sessions to see the most interesting talks, except during tea and lunch breaks. For larger conferences, universities are also likely to charge a fee if they agree to host the conference, as they do incur costs for keeping buildings open and running.Usually, hire of convention centres is required. This does not come cheaply, however for large conferences many cities will provide some incentive funding to encourage the influx of visitors. Many convention centres provide staff as part of the package, who take care of logistical matters, ensure that the IT is running smoothly, and make sure participants can find their way around. This is not cheap, but there is nothing more frustrating than flying to the other side of the world to attend a poorly-run conference where speakers do not show up on time, PowerPoint presentations are not working smoothly, and it is difficult to find out where or when the talks that you want to see are being held.Provision of morning and afternoon teas and lunches by professional caterers is also not cheap, but it helps the conference to run efficiently, keeping participants together through most of the day, minimising time wasted, and maximising opportunities for discussion between sessions. Early in my career, I tried to save money when running workshops by catering for tea, coffee and snacks myself — it seemed ridiculous to pay $20 per person per day for refreshments that cost less than a dollar per person at the grocery store. I very quickly realised that a professional service is well worth the money as not only did it give the workshop a more professional appearance and better service, but it also freed me to do my job of paying attention to the participants and the progress of the workshop itself.At mid-sized and larger conference, paying for professional software to help session chairs and editors handle review of submissions and organisation of sessions and to provide conference participants with up-to-date access to the conference schedule, seminar titles and abstracts also results in a much better experience for attendees.Most conferences also include at least one conference dinner and one or more catered poster sessions. This is not cheap and the range of venues that can cater to large conferences is limited (thus limiting competition), but again, it makes for a much more convivial conference atmosphere, enhancing networking opportunities, increasing attendance and interaction at poster sessions, and also making the conference more fun. It is something that most conference participants expect.If the conference wants to attract leading keynote and plenary speakers, it must usually pay for their international travel and accommodation costs. For a large conference, this cost may be trivial, but for a small conference to do the same, it adds up.

Audiences for medical writers are as diverse as the documents that they write. Following are some types of medical writing.1. MEDICAL EDUCATION: For physicians and other healthcare professionals, medical writers are generally involved in writing booklets, preparing online study modules, Continued Medical Education (CME) programs etc.For patients, medical writers are mainly involved in developing education material.2. MEDICAL MARKETING OF HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS: It involves developing promotional and advertising material, product monographs, training manuals, web content etc3.PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS: It involves writing abstracts, posters, manuscripts and reviews and presentations for presenting research results at conferences, seminars and other meetings is very common for medical writers.4.REGULATORY WRITING: Regulatory medical writers write documents needed for regulatory submissions for marketing approval of new drugs or for approval to conduct new clinical trials. Such documents involve clinical trial protocols, informed consent forms, investigators brochures, clinical study reports, package inserts of drugs, subject narratives, Common Technical Document (CTD), safety update reports, annual reports.