Incredibly Important Questions

1. What critical industry trends do healthcare associations, medical societies and congresses need to know about?
   If you had access throughout the year to the latest industry research to benchmark professional and total attendance trends, exhibitor purchasing trends, location and cost trends and insights on the impacts of globalization to healthcare conventions, would it be worth joining HCEA?
2. Are you building relationships with all the potential exhibitors and sponsors you can?
   If you became part of a personal community comprising the industry's leading pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare product exhibitors, would it be beneficial for your medical meetings and exhibits?
3. Are there new and innovative ways to run conventions, exhibits and related show activities?
   If networking with other leading healthcare convention organizers and exhibit hall managers who share the same challenges as you and who share the same need to exchange ideas and get feedback can benefit your efforts, would it be worth it?

It is the common desire to be effective and continually improve the industry of healthcare conventions and exhibits that brings together the unique members of HCEA.

HCEA has created a unique home for healthcare associations and show organizers by providing a forum for interchange of information with other healthcare associations as well as healthcare exhibitors (Regular HCEA members) and industry suppliers (Supporting members.)

HCEA's new "one-contact" Associate Membership is more affordable! Join HCEA for the low price of $299 and enjoy all the great benefits of membership! While other associations are raising their membership dues, HCEA has created a new "one-contact" membership to make it easier than ever for your Association to get to know the only Association solely dedicated to improving the effectiveness of all conventions, meetings and exhibitions for the healthcare industry.

By joining HCEA, you and your organization will:

• Increase the quality of your healthcare convention and exhibition
• Network with industry colleagues, experts and leaders in the healthcare convention industry
• Increase the exposure of your convention and exhibition to decision makers in healthcare exhibiting organizations
• Learn solutions to industry-wide problems
• Increase your effectiveness, your expertise and your skills as a convention and exhibition professional
• Save money by being updated on the latest developments and issues in the healthcare convention and exhibition industry
• Be given a voice in industry policies through HCEA's representation in the Convention Liaison Council and other industry organizations.

HCEA membership also provides many valuable tangible benefits:

Visibility for Your Meetings

• 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, market research and more.
• Your membership includes a highlighted listing in HCEA's Directory of Healthcare Meetings and Conventions, the leading healthcare industry reference for meetings information, plus a copy of each edition. Your listing ensures that your Association's meeting information is seen by the right audience such as corporate exhibit managers, advertising agencies, exhibit houses and others who need current and accurate healthcare meeting information.
• Your Association can have its upcoming meetings featured on the HCEA website.

Access to Industry Market Research

• HCEA's State-of-the-Industry market trend report.
• Healthcare meetings globalization report.
• HCEA 100 Index bellwether events report.
• Access to expert market research conducted by HCEA members who present their findings at HCEA's annual events.

Informative Publications

• Guidelines for U.S. Healthcare Conventions
• HCEA's monthly e-newsletter HCEA Edge will keep you informed about the latest news impacting healthcare conventions and exhibitions such as FDA news, PhRMA Code and more. Also, an entire section is devoted to Associate Members' upcoming meetings, giving your meeting much needed exposure.

Event Benefits

• Discounts on attending industry events, like the HCEA Annual Meeting and the HCEA Convention Marketing Summit.
• Annual Meeting features extensive educational sessions, many that are association-specific, as well as a 150-booth exhibition. The roundtables and seminars provide association representatives the opportunity to address important issues and concerns in healthcare exhibiting. The Annual Meeting is an excellent opportunity to network with exhibitors, potential exhibitors, suppliers and association colleagues while at the same time experiencing personal and professional growth. Members receive a substantial discount to the Annual Meeting.

Membership in HCEA benefits you, your organization and the entire healthcare convention and exhibition industry. Membership includes many benefits that are worth more than the annual membership fee.

Discover what your competition already knows. It doesn't cost to belong to HCEA - it pays! Full Associate Membership: $595 Associate Membership (single): $299. A one time $200 initiation fee will be added to all new memberships.

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