There are times when every healthcare exhibitor has to face some tough questions.

• "Am I exhibiting in the right medical conventions?"
• "Are there ways my exhibit marketing program and personnel could be more effective?"
• "How can I improve my overall medical convention marketing ROI?”
• “Where is the industry going?”

It is that common desire to be effective at each healthcare convention or exhibition marketing opportunity that brings together companies big and small representing all facets of the healthcare industry, including: pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech, biomedical and healthcare product and service companies.

HCEA is a trade association whose Regular Members are organizations like yours that are actively involved as exhibitors at healthcare conventions and exhibitions. HCEA membership also includes Associate Members (healthcare associations) and supporting members (companies that provide products and services to  the healthcare convention and exhibition industry).

By joining HCEA, you and your organization will:

• Increase the quality of your healthcare exhibit marketing strategies
• Network with others in the healthcare convention and exhibition industry
• Receive information to help justify your participation at healthcare meetings
• Gain access to state-of-the-industry market trend research
• Learn solutions to industry-wide problems
• Increase your effectiveness, your expertise and your skills as an exhibit professional
• Save money by being updated on the latest developments and issues in the healthcare convention and exhibition industry
• Have healthcare specific representation on industry-wide councils
• Earn a professional designation sanctioned by the industry

HCEA membership also provides many tangible benefits that are an invaluable return on investment:

• HCEA's Directory of Healthcare Meetings and Conventions -- a tremendous resource for planning future event strategies, the Directory contains information on approximately 2,000 medical meetings.
• The HCEA online directory at HealthcareMeetings.com – the web companion of the printed Directory containing information past, present and future on over 30,000 medical meetings and conventions.
• HCEA 100 Index research reports.
• HCEA State-of-the-Industry marketing trend reports.
• Global healthcare convention trend research reports.
• Discounts on attending industry events, like the HCEA Annual Meeting and the HCEA Convention Marketing Summit.
• HCEA Edge, a monthly e-newsletter keeping HCEA members abreast of critical industry news, trends and research.  
• Guidelines for U.S. Healthcare Conventions

HCEA membership can help you hit your target of healthcare exhibition marketing success. Corporate membership includes many benefits worth more than the low $595 annual membership fee. A one time $200 initiation fee will be added to all new memberships.

If you feel you've been missing the target, discover what your competition already knows. It doesn't cost to belong to HCEA - it pays!

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Who's A Regular Member?

HCEA's Regular member companies are a who's who of the industry's leading healthcare companies including pharmaceuticals, medical device, biotech, medical equipment, information systems and other healthcare product related companies.

Abbott	Horizon Radiology and Affiliates
Accuray, Inc.	Hospira Worldwide, Inc.
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.	HRA Research
Aesculap, Inc.	ImClone Systems Incorporated
Affymetrix, Inc.	InnerWireless
Agfa Healthcare	Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.	Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Services L.L.C.
American Medical Systems, Inc.	King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Amgen, Inc.	Laerdal Medical Corp.
Arthrex Inc.	Mead Johnson Nutritionals
AtriCure, Inc.	MEDA Pharmaceuticals
B. Braun Medical, Inc.	Medela, Inc.
Bard Access Systems	Medical Communications Media
Bard Medical Division	Medical Doctor Associates
Bard Peripheral Vascular	Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation
Basilea Pharmaceuticals	MEDRAD, INC.
Baxter BioScience	Medtronic, Inc.
Baxter BioSurgery	Merck
Baxter Healthcare Corporation Medication Delivery	Midmark Corporation
Bayer HealthCare	Millennium Pharmaceuticals
BD	Mission Pharmacal Company
Bioniche Pharma	Nestle Healthcare Nutrition
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Novartis Consumer Health
Boston Scientific	Novo Nordisk, Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb	Olympus Surgical America
Cardinal Health	Optos Inc.
Carestream Health, Inc.	Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceutical Services
Celgene Corporation	Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc.
Centocor Ortho Biotech Services, LLC	Pfizer Inc.
Cephalon, Inc.	Philips Medical Systems
Cerner Corporation	ProAssurance
Chart, Ind.	Procter & Gamble
CHG Healthcare Services	Purdue Pharma L.P.
Coapt Systems	Quidel Corporation
Codman/DePuy Spine, Johnson & Johnson Companies	Reed Medical
CommGeniX	Respironics
Community Health Systems (CHS)	Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp.
ConvaTec Inc.	Roche
Covidien	Salient Surgical Technologies
Covidien - Imaging Solutions	Sanofi Aventis
CPE Communications a member of The MJM Signature Group	Sanofi Pasteur
CSL Behring	Santarus
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.	SAS Shoemakers
Davol Inc.	Scanlan International, Inc.
DeRoyal	Smith & Nephew - Endoscopy Division
DesignWrite	Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics
Dey, L.P.	Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Duke Clinical Research Institute	St. Jude Medical
EKOS Corporation	STERIS Corporation
Eli Lilly and Company	Stryker
Elsevier Inc. - Saunders- Mosby	Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America
Endo Pharmaceuticals	The Joint Commission
Epic Systems Corporation	The Medicines Company
Ethicon Endo-Surgery	Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.
Forest Laboratories, Inc.	UCB Pharma
Galderma Laboratories, LP	Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.
GE Healthcare	Varian Medical Systems
Gen-Probe	W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. - Medical Division
Genzyme Biosurgery	Welch Allyn Inc.
Genzyme Corporation	Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	Zila Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline	Zimmer Spine
Hill-Rom	Zoll Medical Corporation
Hollister Incorporated
Hologic

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