by
Sean Ruck, Contributing Editor | April 06, 2010
The reverse tradeshow
is coming up April 12-14
Vendors looking to connect with the industry's high-level hospital pharmacy directors will be popping into the 2010 Spring Hospital Conference, a reverse tradeshow and conference being held April 12 - 14 at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina in California.
At this Health Connect Partners' event, up to 200 directors and GPO executives from across the country and around the world will be converging for a series of educational sessions and networking events aimed to establish opportunities and fortify existing business relationships. This year's speaker roundtable will feature Jim Cathcart, author, business leader and one of the nation's top public speakers. Attendees will also have the chance to acquire educational credits to further their careers.
"Always at any of our conferences our primary objective is for the providers of imaging services and the hospital imaging directors to get great education and learn about new technologies and products. For the suppliers, I think the main agenda is to build those key relationships with the hospitals and imaging centers," said Nelson Hendry, president of Health Connect Partners.
The reverse tradeshow concept means hospital directors are at the booth and suppliers move about the hall. It is an innovative way to get radiology departments and image centers face-to-face with their vendors, and for those suppliers to get access to targeted facilities, all under one roof. After four years, Health Connect Partners events are still going strong.
"Economic times really couldn't be a whole lot worse and we are going to have our biggest conference ever," said Hendry.
One of the highlights of this meeting is a two-hour session on hospital joint ventures exploring how imaging centers may be able to benefit from partnering with hospitals by incorporating their centers or by running hospital imaging departments.
The next Health Connect Partners event, the 2011 Radiology & Imaging Conference, will be held May 4 - 6 at the San Antonio Hyatt Regency in San Antonio, Texas.