Welcome to The Alliance for CME

•	Call for Nominations Nominations Requested for Directors To Serve on Alliance Board Deadline July 11, 2008
•	CME: The Basics Institute June 19-20, 2008 Embassy Suites Chicago - O'Hare/Rosemont Rosemont (Chicago), IL Registration Now Open!
•	CME Congress 2008 May 29 – 31, 2008 The Hyatt Regency Vancouver Registration Now Open!

2009 Awards Brochure
Application Deadline July 1, 2008
Recipients to be Acknowledged at the 2009 Annual Conference

•	Distinguished Member and Fellowship Awards Brochure Now Available Deadline for Application October 3, 2008
•	Member Sections Great Idea Awards Deadline for Application September 5, 2008

•	AMA’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs Report
•	Alliance Responds to Institute of Medicine (IOM) Request for Input on Study of Conflict of Interest In Medical Research, Education, and Practice
•	Past Advocacy Activities

•	SFC on Medical Specialty Societies Visit Sen. Grassley’s 1.24.08 Press Release and view Senate Finance Committee letters to medical specialty societies regarding the Committee's investigation of industry funding by the pharmaceutical industry. The Alliance does not believe that this investigation is directly targeting CME activities at this time.
•	News about CME and Maintenance of Certification Free download hosted by Audio-Digest Foundation featuring conversations with Dr. Murray Kopelow, Dr. Steven Miller, and Dr. Carol Havens on MOC and CME regulatory changes and their impact on the practicing physician.
•	Senate Finance Committee News Releases Regarding Report on Drug Company Grants for Medical Education
•	Senate Finance Committee Report Regarding Drug Company Grants for Medical Education
•	Pharmaceuticals Grants Point-of-Contact List This tool has been provided for CME Professionals interested in obtaining a list of point-of-contacts regarding industry funding.
•	Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare Report Brief for the last of three Institute of Medicine Reports on accelerating the pace of quality improvement through a Pay for Performance program.

34th (2009) Annual
Conference Information

All Participants

•	Call for Educational Abstracts

Wed-Sat, January 28-31, 2009
San Francisco Marriott
San Francisco, CA

33rd (2008) Annual
Conference Information

Sat-Tue, January, 19-22, 2008
JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes, Orlando, Florida

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Presenters

•	Handout Reimbursement Form – Submit by Mail or Fax

Previous Annual
Conference Abstracts
2000-2008

•	2008 Alliance Awards Recipients Photos of Recipients Being Honored and Highlighted Articles
•	2008 Annual Conference Mentors List of those who served as Mentors to new CME professional attendees
•	2008 Alliance Awards Recipients List of 2008 Awards Recipients
•	Alliance Contributor Benefits & Levels Description of Benefits Received at Each Financial Level