Have you been to one of these meetings in the past? The Wikipedia web site claims the conference gets 20,000 attendees, but there are only 15,000 ASH members. It would appear that one of these numbers must be incorrect.
I'm not sure even the American Chemical Society, which has over 160,000 members, has 20,000 attendees at a national meeting (though they have two meetings per year, as there isn't a convention site large enough for everyone to meet just once per year). Diana * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Diana R. Tomchick Associate Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Biochemistry 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214B Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A. Email: diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu 214-645-6383 (phone) 214-645-6353 (fax) On Nov 30, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Allan B. Cobb wrote: > I'm attending the American Society of Hematology conference this weekend in > Orlando, Florida. The conference is three and a half days. Members register > for $450 and nonmembers pay $850. The conference has over 20,000 attendees > from more than 80 countries. I'm sure the logistics are a nightmare. They > usually have a dozen or so shuttle bus routes to hotels with 3 or 4 buses > running each route from 6AM to 10PM. > > I really don't want to hear any complaints about the cost of TCR. > > Allan > > Sent from my iPhone > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
