6th Compliance Workshop, 4th December 2026

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6th Compliance Workshop

Park Plaza Riverbank, London Friday 4th December 2026

The Compliance Workshop concept?

This informal gathering of industry colleagues dives into the evolving detail behind the code and its application to meetings and events. Speakers, moderators and panellists work with attendees to understand how the code is changing and how meetings and events are adapting to this reality, applying the data to the pre, peri and post operational delivery of any healthcare meeting. This workshop is all about the devil in the detail that is not generally available at any other meeting focused on the healthcare sector.

This workshop is supported by the team at Park Plaza Hotels.

Objective:

Foster peer-to-peer problem-solving, networking, and the sharing of efficiency solutions with the wider meetings and events community. Focus for this workshop is the development of a meeting compliance checklist, that can be shared publicly, improving the correct application of industry codes of practice and company policies to meetings in the sector.

Participants:

This workshop’s content is intended for meeting professionals and organisations involved in planning healthcare sector meetings, subject to codes of practice. Corporate organisations, agencies, DMC’s, venues, destinations, operational teams implementing compliance into operational processes, corporate meeting professionals, medical society meeting professionals, professional conference organisers, medical communications professionals with an interest in meeting planning.

Location:

The meeting will take place at the Park Plaza Riverbank, London. Located on the south bank of the River Thames within 3 minutes walk of Vauxhall tube station part of the Victoria line. This superb conference hotel has 537 sleeping rooms and 24 meeting rooms in 3 separated areas. We will use the City Suite located on the ground floor for both meeting and lunch.

Park Plaza Riverbank, London, 18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ. Nearest tube station – Vauxhall, Victoria Line (3-5mins walk) Healthcare-Venues.com information page Hotel Website

Agenda

10:00 – Welcome & Introduction

Topic: Setting the tone for a collaborative and practical day.
We’ll introduce the workshop objectives, outline the flow of the day, and highlight the shared
challenges and opportunities in healthcare meeting compliance.
Outcomes:

- - Clear understanding of the day’s structure and goals
  - Context for how each session connects to real-world challenges
  - A shared baseline for open and constructive discussion

10:15 – Global Compliance Update

Topic: The evolving compliance landscape across markets.
A focused update on key global and local developments, emerging risks, and where
organisations continue to face exposure.
Outcomes:

- - Awareness of recent changes across major compliance frameworks
  - Understanding of emerging risk areas (hybrid, patient involvement, ToV, third parties)
  - Context to apply during the war games

10:45 – Compliance War Game 1

The Meeting That Shouldn’t Happen (But Is Already Booked)
Topic: Managing compliance risk under delivery pressure.
A cross-border advisory board is already contracted and nearing delivery when multiple red
flags emerge across attendee eligibility, hospitality, third-party influence, and venue-related
exposure.
Outcomes:

- - Ability to prioritise and respond to risk in real time
  - Improved judgement across multi-country compliance conflicts
  - Confidence in escalation vs adaptation decisions
  - Understanding how early decisions create downstream exposure

12:00 – Lunch

13:00 – Quick Fire Table Quiz

The Audit You Didn’t See Coming
Topic: Understanding exposure through forensic review.
A completed international meeting is under audit scrutiny, with inconsistencies across
transfers of value, documentation, hospitality decisions, and stakeholder accountability.
Outcomes:

- - Ability to reconstruct and analyse compliance failures
  - Stronger understanding of audit expectations and documentation standards
  - Clarity on shared responsibility across planner, agency, and venue
  - Practical approaches to mitigation and future prevention

13:30 – 15.00 Compliance War Game 2

- - Ability to reconstruct and analyse compliance failures
  - Stronger understanding of audit expectations and documentation standards
  - Clarity on shared responsibility across planner, agency, and venue
  - Practical approaches to mitigation and future prevention

15:00 – SMM & Compliance

The Evolving SMM Model: What’s Changed and Why It Matters for Compliance
Topic: Understanding the updated SMM framework and its compliance impact.

With the introduction of the revised SMM wheel, this session explores the core factors
underpinning effective Strategic Meetings Management and highlights the new or elevated
elements that shape how compliance is managed in practice. Participants will examine how
these changes influence visibility, control, and decision-making across the meeting lifecycle
and where organisations need to adapt.

- - Clear understanding of the core components of the updated SMM model
  - Insight into new and evolving elements impacting compliance (e.g. data visibility,
    cross-stakeholder alignment, lifecycle control).
  - Identification of where current approaches may no longer align with best practice.
  - Practical considerations for integrating the updated SMM framework into existing
    processes.
  - Understanding how SMM can evolve from process management → proactive
    compliance enabler.

15:45 – Wrap-Up & Key Takeaways

Topic: Converting ideas into action.
A plenary discussion to share group findings, highlight common themes, and commit to next
steps.
Outcomes:

- - Consolidated list of actionable insights from the day
  - Peer benchmarking against your organisation’s current approach
  - Clear direction for continued compliance improvement

16:00 – Workshop Ends

Download Agenda Here

Participant Cost

We do not believe that something free has the same value as something which requires an investment. In this case we apply a cost for attendance to the workshop to contribute to some meeting costs including; speakers and panellists and support the creation of relevant post workshop content.

£85 / €98 per person

*participant accommodation and travel costs are not included.

360 Healthcare Consulting Participant Cost Big

Workshop Report

To support attendees in cascading the insights into their organisation and networks, we will create a meeting report.

Registration

Click the Register Here link to access our registration form. Your request will be verified before a confirmation of a place is provided. We want all participants to gain the most from the workshop so will work with you to ensure that the format and your contribution are the perfect fit.