Web design for specialized search engine

CME Portal is an online medium to facilitate the business interaction between a continuing medical education (CME) provider and participants. The foundation for CME Portal will be an effective and user friendly searchable database of currently available CME activities (conferences). The first step will be launching the searchable database with more functionality to be added later.

CME Portal, http://www.cmeportal.net

We need a hompage design and layout. 

On the homepage, we will need the search to be centrally focused with the following criteria:
- specialty-dropdown menu,
- date-range with popup javascript calendar
- location, duration, credit hours, location type - all dropdown menu
- Keyword search-text boxIn addition to the search, there should be an area for preferred or highlighted conferences.

We will be adding additional navigation tools and content in the future to the website, so while we need area to add this functionality, we do not want the website to look empty or ugly.

Please use our logo in the website.  The logo can be found at http://www.cmeportal.net. You can use the colors of the logo for the website but feel free to use additional complementary colors.

You can also use stock photos or designs as you feel would benefit the design as long as it is not copyrighted or too common.

Definite potential for add on work for winning designer to assist with subpages or future website additions.

- Simple, easy to navigate site
- Fresh, clean design and lines
- Surprise us.  We don't have any set image of how the website should be but will try to give timely feedback to submissions with potential.

- Overly convoluted or complicated design or schemes