FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 31, 2010

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

ATLANTA — The Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association (HCEA), which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, has published the 110th 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 plan their exhibit programs, collect 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 more than 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 helpful chronological, geographical, keyword and acronym indexes; complete contact information for HCEA's member organizations; and a Directory of Services for the latest products and services in healthcare convention marketing. Additionally, this year's Directory features the HCEA Top 50 Largest U.S. Healthcare Conventions of 2009.

The Directory is only available to HCEA member organizations, who receive a free copy with membership (extra copies for members are $69). For more information about the 110th 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 convention marketing and exhibitions.