EXHIBITIONS FORECAST

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American Society of Hematology 21,163

17

Digestive Disease Week 20,609

18

Institute of FoodTech- nologists 20,000

19

American College of Cardiology 19,467

20

American Society of Health System

Pharmacists 17,892

21

American Diabetes

Association 17,180

22

American Urological

Association 17,168

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Number ofMeetings andParticipants perContinent,2009

Number of % of Total Number of % of Total Meetings Meetings Participants Participants

Europe

Asia & Middle East North America Latin America Africa

Oceania TOTAL

4,921 1,737 995 913 283 271

9,120 10.9%

54% 2,615,433 19% 1,017,473 869,655

10% 520,667 3.1%

161,432

3% 187,128 100% 5,371,787

49% 19% 16% 10% 3% 3%

100% c SOURCE: International Congress

and Convention Association (www.iccaworld.com)

VenuesUsedfor InternationalMeetings

Meeting Facilities in Hotels

2,236 43.1% Conference/ Exhibition Centers 1,367 26.3% TOTAL:5,192 Universities 21.1%

Other Venues 1,098

491 b

9.5% SOURCE: International Congress

and Convention Association (www.iccaworld.com)

DE-CENTERED Over the last decade, the use of hotel meeting facilities has been increasing—in 2000, 34.9 percent of meetings met in hotels vs. 43 percent in 2010—while use of con- ference/exhibition centers has been decreasing: 37.4 per- cent at the start of the decade vs. 26.3 percent last year.

Organized by international associations, which take place on a regular basis and rotate between at least three countries. pcmaconvene November 2011 www.pcma.org