American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting & Exposition (ASCO)
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 5/28/2007
Where: McCormick Place, Chicago (rotates)
When: June 1–5 (annual)
Show manager: J. Spargo & Associates
Show owner: American Society of Clinical Oncology
Service contractor: Brede Exposition Services
Who exhibits: Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and makers of other products and services relevant to oncology
Who attends: Practicing clinical oncologists with a good representation by physicians in related fields and nurses
2006 show statistics: 241,400 net sq. ft.; 465 exhibitors; 22,534 professional attendees
Position on the 2006 TSW 200: 101
First year of show: 1981
New this year: Hard to say yet. Every year, the city ASCO visits is the dateline for several breaking news stories detailing advances in cancer research.
The bottom line: ASCO attendance took a slight dip last year — down about 500 from the previous year's 23,000 — but it's likely to rebound in 2007. According to a study by the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Assn., attendance at oncology meetings and tradeshows has grown faster than any other health care specialty over the last 10 years (79.6 percent). The reason? See "New this year" above: It's where all the groundbreaking medical advances in recent years have taken place.
Sources: 2007 TSW Data Book; 2007 TSW 200; American Society of Clinical Oncology
