Learn best practices used by top professional meeting managers to ensure the success of each meeting or event you plan. As part of an audio-conference Lunch and Learn series, the Professional Development and Training Office is offering Successful Event Planning: Techniques of Today’s Top Professionals. This program focuses on techniques for planning successful meetings and events, on-site meeting management tools, and essential practices to keep your event within budget. To register for this brown-bag lunch session, visit ulearn.miami.edu and follow the instructions to log on. For more information, call 305-284-5110 or 305-243-3090.

Coral Gables campus: Tuesday, June 22 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.

Miller School of Medicine campus: Tuesday, June 29 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.

G. Patricia Cantwell, professor of clinical pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, will present “Mission Update: Pediatric Palliative Care” on Tuesday, June 22 at 8 a.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. For more information, please contact Javier Salazar at 305-585-6042 or [email protected].

Jeffrey J. Goldberger, professor of medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and director of clinical electrophysiology research at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, will present “New Paradigms for Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death” on Tuesday, June 22 from 12 to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, South Building, first-floor Seminar Center A and B. For more information, call Yanay Tabraue at 305-243-1998 or e-mail [email protected].