FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2008

CONTACT: Jennifer Palcher-Silliman Frank Skinner (404) 252-3663

ATLANTA — The Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association (HCEA) has published the 108th edition of its Directory of Healthcare Meetings and Conventions, the longest-published and most comprehensive source of medical convention information in the world.

The Directory is widely used by healthcare convention marketers to schedule their exhibit programs, glean valuable data about exhibiting costs and find vendors who supply products and services to the industry. Pharmaceutical and medical device exhibit marketers, healthcare association exhibition managers and exhibit designers and builders use the Directory, which contains information on over 2,000 meetings from around the world.

The meeting information includes attendee and exhibitor profiles, websites, membership numbers, exhibit booth prices, projected attendance, CME contacts and historical meeting information. The Directory also includes useful chronological, geographical, keyword and acronym indexes; complete contact information for HCEA’s member organizations; and the Directory of Services for the latest products and services for the industry.

HCEA member organizations receive the Directory free with membership (extra copies for members are $69), and the price for non-members is $345. For more information about the 108th edition of the HCEA Directory or about HCEA, visit the HCEA website at www.hcea.org, or contact HCEA Headquarters at 404-252-3663 or e-mail: hcea@kellencompany.com.

HCEA is the only association solely dedicated to improving the effectiveness of all conventions, meetings and exhibitions for the healthcare industry. HCEA represents organizations involved in healthcare exhibitions and conventions.