Tips To Promote Yourself at Trade Shows

Participating in medical trade shows can produce immediate results in the form of “at-the-show” sales, or generate low-cost, high-quality sales inquiries. In addition, businesses get the opportunity to showcase and demonstrate their latest products, assess the activities of rivals and examine recent trends and opportunities. However, successfully participating at a trade show and deriving all the benefits requires a well-planned approach, or else the participant's cost might turn out to be higher than any benefits. Read on to know the essential tips for make your participation at trade shows a success.

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Economic Crisis – Seniors Badly Hit

The ongoing recession is forcing many senior Americans to cut down spending on their retirement accounts and other areas such as entertainment and restaurant meals.

The finding were made known through an AARP survey released on Tuesday. The study found that those over 45 years of age faced savings and investment losses, were finding it exceedingly hard to pay for necessities such as pharmaceutical drugs, food, gas in addition to making plans to postpone retirement.

According to the survey:

• 83% say the government should help people who have lost their jobs keep their health insurance or purchase affordable health insurance.

• Nearly 7 in 10 said that the government should help people who are facing foreclosure so that they can stay in their homes.

• Of those adults ages 45+ who lost money in their investments over the past year and are currently working or looking for work, more than half (57%) expect to delay retirement and work longer as a result of their investment losses.

• One in four (25%) retirees who are not currently working or looking for work say that, within the past 12 months, they have either looked for a job because they needed more income but have been unable to find one (8%) or thought about returning to work because they needed more income (17%).

Following are a few of the key initiatives that AARP is working toward in the 111th Congress:

Reducing Health Care Costs & Improving Quality: Advance health information technology, evidence-based practices, chronic care coordination, and disease management and prevention; and provide greater consumer access to information on health care quality and costs.

Expanding Health Care Coverage: Extend quality, affordable, health care coverage through Medicaid, private insurance reform, new incentives to expand coverage to the 50-64 age group and expansion of children's coverage through the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Training for 21st Century Jobs: Provide training and job search resources so that workers age 50+ who are losing their jobs can re-enter the workforce.

Making Saving Simple: Promote a universal payroll deduction mechanism that allows employees to automatically contribute a portion of their wages to retirement savings accounts, such as through automatic IRAs.
Helping Homeowners: Enact legislation that would allow bankruptcy judges the discretion to modify primary mortgage debt so more Americans facing foreclosure can stay in their homes.

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HealthEvent: PHARMATEX 2008

PHARMATEX is Ireland's largest pharmaceutical industry conference and exhibition. Although still in its second year, the trade event serves as a multi-disciplined event offering insights into the future of business and technology of both the pharmaceutical as well as the bio-pharmaceutical industry.

Ireland being a knowledge-based economy is slated to remain a major contributor to the Pharmaceutical and (bio) pharmaceutical sectors which thrive on education innovation and technology transfer.

To take a stock of Ireland's leadership position. Consider the following facts:

• At present 13 of the top 15 companies in the world have significant operations in Ireland.
• There are 83 facilities employing more than 17,000 people in Ireland.
• 12 out of 25 of the world’s top selling drugs are produced in Ireland.

The Exhibition

The companies present at the exhibition include those supplying technologies, services or equipment to both pipeline and existing manufacturing facilities. The event is a perfect venue to meet with new and existing customers. If you're interested in building or expanding your Irish and European customer base then this is the event to make it happen.

The Conference

The conference is an informative and and insightful event delving into and contemplating about the future of innovation, technology and corporate strategy of the bio-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical industries. For this it banks upon the opinions and experiences of international as well as local business leaders and advisors to chart a decade's roadmap.

This year's three day program has been divided into eight tracks including Training and Re-Skilling Workshop, the Heads of Industry Day on Operational Excellence, Disposables in Bio Manufacturing, Industrial Communications, Lean, MES, Manufacturing and ISA S95:The Next Step in Automation.

Profile of attendees at Pharmatex 2007

• International Pharmaceutical industry leaders
• Directors and managers from Irish based facilities
• State and Government representatives
• Representatives from the key academic institutions
• Directors and senior managers from the engineering consultancies
• Representatives from the supplier and industry support base

The Show's Key Details are:

Exhibition Name: PHARMATEX 2008

Dates: September 16 – 18, 2008

Tuesday: September 16 (09.00 – 18.00)
Wednesday: September 17 (09.00 – 18.00)
Thursday: September 18 (09.00 – 18.00)

Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel, Ditchley House, Little Island, Cork, Ireland

Official Website: Pharmatex

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HealthEvent: WA Safety Show 2008

The WA Safety Show 2008 is a new kid on the block featuring most products and services under the sun that you can associate with workplace safety.

The event is to be held in mid August once every two years in Perth, Australia. An insightful conference too is to be organized alongside the trade event, which entails presentations from more than 40 industry experts on Occupational health and safety (OHS). The show is organized by the Australian Exhibitions & Conferences, which is also known for holding similar popular shows around the country, viz. “The Safety Show Sydney.”

Who's likely to benefit from the show?

Ensuring workplace safety and health is a critical component of all industries, however for some it's an absolute must. Some sectors which are more prone to occupational safety issues include manufacturing, mining, building/construction, transport/freight, etc.

About, 150 leading companies from the industry are expected to showcase 1000s of products to help organizations find solutions to ensure occupational health and safety, and statuary compliance. And according to estimates more than 3000 visitors would come to explore the latest innovations and insights in occupational health and safety.

So just about anyone from health care consultants to corporates looking forward to such interactions and insightful events would find it worthwhile. You could be a Health & Safety Manager, Owner, a CEO, Director, a Purchasing Officer, Site Manager, etc.

What's on Display?

Well, there are products, services and even consultants are on display! Just to give you an idea, few of the products pertain to Cold Storage, Communication Devices, Cranes & Hoists, etc. Similarly services entail: Finance & Insurance, OHS Training & Compliance, Health & Safety Consultants.

The Key Details Follow:

Show Name: WA Safety Show 2008

Organizer: Australian Exhibitions & Conferences Pty Ltd.

Venue: Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Road, Perth

Dates:

• Tuesday 12 August 2008 10am - 5pm

• Wednesday 13 August 2008 9am - 5pm

• Thursday 14 August 2008 9am - 4pm

Trade Show Website: WA Safety Show 2008

As industrialization gains pace in Western Australia (WA), a greater need is being felt for products and services that would help organizations to ensure safety and health of their workforce. The WA Safety Show 2008 seems to have come just at the right time to address the needs.

If you'd like more information on health care shows and trade exhibitions around the world, here's a good resource that's replete with information on such events almost everywhere, except Antarctica!

Health Trade Show: Hospital, St Petersberg 2008

The exhibition “HOSPITAL” is the largest trade exhibition in the Northwest, Russia. The exhibition encourages the growth of co-operation and the establishment of relationships in the field of medicine between the Russia and the world.

The details of this year's exhibition are as follows:

Exhibition Name: Hospital
Date: 30 September - 2 October 2008
Venue: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Exhibition Centre Lenexpo
(V.O., Bolshoy pr., 103, metro Primorskaya)

The 2007 exhibition featured around 200 companies, and the participant countries included Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Germany, Austria, USA, Belgium, Slovakia, Finland, Lithuania, South Korea, India and China.

This year’s event is supposed to feature conferences and discussions for clinicians, latest developments in technology, and professional contests. Leading experts from around the world would also participate.