EXHIBITOR PROSPECTUS FOR:
2007 Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops

November 15 - 18, 2007
Boca Raton Resort and Spa
Boca Raton, Florida

ASRA Mission Statement - Top
The mission of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine is to associate physicians and scientists who are engaged in regional anesthesia for surgery, obstetrics and pain medicine; to encourage education and research in these areas for the benefits of physicians and the public; and to publish the highest quality scientific information on these subjects.

Welcome to the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine - Top
The ASRA has an international membership of more than 7,400 physicians including many leaders in Pain Management. More than 2,400 physicians now have the added qualification in Pain Medicine, and most belong to ASRA. This is your chance to meet practicing anesthesiologists, pharmacologists, research scientists, and other allied healthcare professionals from around the world who gather to review new techniques and developments in the field of anesthesiology and pain medicine. We look forward to you joining us in Boca Raton for what promises to be an exciting program.

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What Are Your Competitors Saying About the ASRA Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops?
95% of exhibitors surveyed answered “Yes” when asked if the attendees at this meeting were a qualified audience, as pertaining to the products and/or services they marketed. Other comments made by exhibitors included:

• “The faculty and presentations were highly regarded by physicians.”
• “There was high-traffic volume during exhibit hours.”
• “We had good attendance of interested customers.”
• “Excellent amount of leads generated – smaller meeting = better chance our booth will be visited.”

Now it's your turn to join these companies in reaping the benefits of exhibiting at the first-class meeting!

Pain Medicine Experts Will Be Traveling to Boca Raton to View Your Products and Services.
ASRA members will be coming in large numbers to meet you and your sales representatives
to learn how your products and services can help them to practice pain medicine more safely, more efficiently and more economically. These highly-qualified professionals exert a broader influence on buying decisions than typical medical convention attendees. The ASRA Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops — devoted exclusively to the educational needs of practitioners of pain medicine — provides you with an excellent opportunity to meet more bona fide prospects in just a few short days than you would meet in weeks using more expensive conventional sales techniques.

It’s all in the numbers…

• There were over 600 attendees at the 2006 Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops.
• 94% of those attendees were physicians.
• 77% of the attendees provide input in the purchasing of products and services.

The following were some of the medical disciplines represented at the 2006 Annual
Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops:

• Anesthesiology
• Pediatric Anesthesiology
• Pain Management
• Pain Medicine
• Neurology
• Orthopedic Surgeon
• Regional Anesthesia
• OB Anesthesia

ASRA members will be attending…

• To learn about state-of-the-art advances in pain medicine.
• To hear about the newest research in this dynamic field.
• To view your products and services.
• To evaluate and compare products.

Join These Leading Companies By Making the ASRA Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops a Regular Part of Your Marketing Effort:

An Information-Packed Educational Program Will Present a Curriculum with Take Home Value.
The 2007 ASRA Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops is recognized for its thought provoking program, presenting information on new techniques and ideas that participants can take home and immediately put to use in their practices. The CME-approved educational program will draw the type of valuable prospects you want to meet in your display.

Here is a sample of program topics presented at past programs.
If your products or services relate to any of these topics, then you should plan now to exhibit.

• Advances in Interventional Techniques for Pain
• Bone Pain from Cancer
• Cox-2 Inhibitors – What is the Value Proposition?
  
• Understanding Outcomes in Pain Medicine
  
• Techniques and Limitations of Physical Therapy
  
• Inpatient Pain Rehabilitation Programs
  
• Coding, Billing and Compliance
  
• Negotiating with Managed Care Organizations
  
• Marketing Your Practice
  
• End of Life Care
  
• Post Laminectomy Pain
  
• Using Fluoro and CT
  
• Pain and Multiple Sclerosis
  
• Neck/Cervical Spine Pain
  
• Spinal and Neurostimulation for Chronic Pain
  
• Advanced Neurostimulation Techniques
  
• Pain and the Elderly
  
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  
• Spinal Cord Stimulation

THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS ARE TRADITIONALLY ON DISPLAY AT THE ASRA PAIN MEDICINE MEETING AND WORKSHOPS. IF YOU MARKET ANY OF THESE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, YOU SHOULD PLAN TO EXHIBIT AT THIS UNIQUE EVENT!

New Opportunity for All Exhibitors!
Does your company have a vested interest in a specific topic being presented at this meeting?
If so, you have the opportunity to financially support one or more program sessions at the 2007 ASRA Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops, which will be held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the meeting. Various significant topics in the field of chronic pain medicine and management will be presented and discussed. If your company has an interest in providing an educational grant to help offset the expenses associated with the presentation of any of these topics, please contact Tricia Petersen at (712) 643-1343 or at tpetersen@sasyes.com for more information.

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Be More Visible…Be A Sponsor! - Top

Wine Tasting Reception with Hors D’oeuvres
This is a great, affordable way to draw more attendees to your booth during the Exhibitor Reception on Friday evening. Select a wine from our fabulous list and we’ll provide you with fi ve bottles of that wine to pour directly from your booth. We’ll also provide you with everything
you need to conduct the tasting. ASRA will not be serving wine from the bar in the exhibit hall during the reception. You may also choose from a list of hor d’oeuvres to serve from your booth. Please contact Tricia Petersen at tpetersen@sasyes.com for information regarding wine and
hors d’oeuvres selection. Sponsorships start at $500 for 5 bottles of wine and at $600 for hors d’oeuvres.

Program Guide
This handy resource will be distributed to attendees and will contain useful information about the meeting and its events. This exclusive opportunity will allow the sponsoring company to place a full page, 4/color advertisement on the back cover of the Program Guide. $10,000

Cyber Café
Your company name will be at everyone’s fingertips when you sponsor the Cyber Café, which is made available to all attendees during the meeting. There will be several stations located in the lobby area of the meeting. Also ask about sponsoring free wireless Internet access for attendees too! $7,500

Meeting Lanyards
Placed conveniently in the registration area, attendees will pick up this easy-to-wear lanyard to hang their badge around their neck – with your company’s name and/or logo (1-color) prominently printed along the length of the lanyard. $4,000

Meeting Bags
This sturdy bag will feature the ASRA logo and the sponsoring company’s name/logo. It will be distributed to ASRA attendees as they go through registration. The bag will be 2-colors. An additional charge will apply for a 4-color bag. $10,000

Notepads
These handy notepads will be given out to attendees at registration so they may take notes throughout the Meeting. The sponsoring company’s name/ logo will be printed on each page of the notepads in the lower right hand corner. The name/logo will be printed in 2-color. An additional charge will apply for 4-color logos. $6,000

Clipboards
This useful item will be handed out to attendees at registration, providing them with a handy tool for note-taking during the meeting and after. The sponsoring company’s logo (1-color) will be printed on the clip and on the board. Additional charges apply for additional colors. $8,500

Sponsor Benefits

• Acknowledgment printed on materials handed out at registration.
  
• On-site signage in heavy traffic areas.
• Recognition from the podium at the start of eachday’s program
• “Sponsor” sign placed in your exhibit space.
  

All sponsors must exhibit at the 2007 ASRA Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops.

Exhibition Rules and Regulations - Top

1. ASRA
The acronym “ASRA” means the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine acting through its respective officers, directors, members, committees, and agents acting for it
in the management of the exhibition.

2. Exhibition Dates and Hours
The exhibition hall will be open to attendees as follows:
Friday, November 16
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Exhibitor Reception
Saturday, November 17
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
No exhibitor, nor any employee, agent or servant of an exhibitor, shall be permitted to enter the exhibit hall until 90 minutes before the official opening hour, nor allowed to remain later than 90 minutes after the official closing hour, except on the last day of the exhibition.

3. Exhibition Standards
Exhibits and promotional materials should be dignified and truthful, and designed to provide useful and reliable information. The exhibition of a product or service at the ASRA meeting
does not constitute an ASRA endorsement of the product or service, or of the claims made. Drugs or devices which require pre-market approval from the FDA or which must comply with
established product standards will not be eligible to exhibit unless FDA approval has been obtained or the appropriate product standard is met. ASRA reserves the right not to sell space for the exhibition of any product or service that is at issue or in litigation with a government agency.

4. Permissible Exhibits/Product and Material Distribution
All business activities of the exhibitor must be within the exhibitor’s allotted exhibit space. In connection with distribution of product samples in the exhibitor’s booth(s), these samples must
be distributed at least two feet inside the booth. The servicing or consumption of alcohol is prohibited, without prior consent of ASRA. The use of propane, butane or other combustible bottled gas is prohibited. Helium balloons are not permitted. Participating firms will be limited to those which have regional anesthesia and pain medicine directed products, equipment or services. At the request of ASRA, made at any time or times before or during the exhibition, exhibitor must promptly furnish ASRA with sample products, packages, labels, advertising and promotional literature that would be or is being distributed before exhibitor will be eligible to participate or continue in the exhibition. ASRA reserves the sole and absolute right to determine which firms and products are appropriate in its judgment for inclusion in the exhibition and to refuse, cancel or restrict any applicant or exhibit that ASRA considers undesirable for any reasons. This provision applies to exhibitor’s conduct, articles, printed matter, samples, questionnaires or anything that ASRA deems objectionable. If ASRA decides that any of these do not meet its standards or are not suitable, the exhibitor must at once comply with ASRA demands or can withdraw and, if appropriate, receive a refund of the rental fee paid, prorated for the unused time.

5. Mandatory Carpet
To improve the appearance of the exhibit hall, carpet is required in all exhibit spaces and is to be provided at the exhibitor’s expense. In some cases, the exhibit hall is already carpeted in
a multi-colored pattern. In those cases, additional carpet is not required, but is suggested, for additional comfort and aesthetic appeal. It is suggested that the carpet be compatible with the
exhibit hall colors, which will be outlined in the Exhibitor Kit.

6. Facility
Boca Raton Resort and Spa
501 East Camino Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
Phone: (888) 491-BOCA

7. Industrial Symposia
Applications for sponsoring a symposium should be submitted by July, 20, 2007. All food/beverage and A/V costs associated with the symposium are in addition to the unrestricted educational grant monies paid by the supporter to sponsor the symposium, and are a responsibility of the supporter and/or its constituents. All symposium sponsors must also exhibit at the 2007 ASRA Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops. Exhibit space expenses are in addition to expenses related to the symposium and are a responsibility of the supporter and/or its constituents.

The following times are available:
Thursday, November 15, 2007 – Dinner
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday, November 16, 2007 – Breakfast
6:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.
Saturday, November 17, 2007 – Breakfast
6:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.

8. ASRA’s Purpose
ASRA’s purpose in conducting this meeting is to advance knowledge within the areas of its goals and constitution through its educational programs, its communication and resource information. The Society, in keeping with its stated purpose, encourages exhibitors to be educational, communicative and resource informative in their exhibit displays. All exhibits and products/services displayed must be pertinent to the practice of anesthesiology and pain medicine, and in the professional interests of the registrants.
Please review the entire Prospectus, including any additional exhibit information posted at www.asra.com (Click on Exhibitor Information). It includes important information about your company’s participation in and contribution to the meeting. The rules and regulations noted in this Prospectus are part of the application for space.
The ASRA reserves the right to refuse space to any company whose products or services, in the judgment of the Society, do not meet the educational, scientific or practice needs of our members and meeting registrants.

9. Exhibit Space Fees
Before or on July, 20, 2007 .................................$1,950
After July 20, 2007 ..............................................$2,300
The price of the exhibit space includes, in addition to the space itself:

• An identification sign showing the company name
• General cleaning of aisles
• 5 complimentary exhibitor registrations per 10’ x 10’ booth, if pre-registered
• 2 guest badges and one copy per booth of the Meeting Syllabus

10. Deposits and Payments
A 50% deposit must accompany the application. Applications will not be processed until the appropriate deposit is received. All payments must be made by check, payable to Strategic
Alliance Services or by credit card. Completed applications with deposits should be sent to:

Tricia Petersen
Strategic Alliance Services
202 North 12th Street
Dunlap, IA 51529
Phone: (712) 643-1343
Fax: (712) 643-2207
Email: tpetersen@sasyes.com

11. Full Payment
The balance of the booth fee is due on or before July 20, 2007. If the balance is not received by the due date, the booth space may be cancelled and reassigned without notification or refund of deposit. No company may exhibit unless full payment for booth space has been received. Final payment should be sent to the address listed previously.

12. Cancellation or Reduction of Space
All cancellations or reductions in space must be sent in writing on company letterhead to Tricia Petersen (tpetersen@sasyes.com) at the address listed previously. If written cancellation or booth reduction is received at the Society office by:
June 22, 2007: Full refund less $200
June 23, 2007 – July 20, 2007: Forfeit entire deposit (50% of booth cost)
After July 20, 2007: No refunds

13. Exhibitor Personnel
A company may register five individuals per 10’ x 10’ booth at no charge during advance registration only. A $100 per person fee will be charged for all representatives registered over this number.
The exhibitor’s badge allows admittance to the exhibit hall and on a space available basis, to the general sessions. The exhibitor’s badge does not allow attendance to any ticketed sessions, i.e. workshops, master classes, PBLD’s, etc.

14. Badge Distribution
All badges for representatives who are registered in advance will be distributed on-site at the Exhibitor Registration Desk. A preregistered representative of the company may sign for any or all badges for that company.

15. Guest Badges
Every effort will be made to assure that only properly identified and authorized registrants enter the exhibit hall. Technical exhibitors’ guest badges are designed to allow access to the exhibit floor to individuals whom an exhibitor has a legitimate need to have present. These individuals may be:

• VIP’s for parent company
• advertising agency representatives
  
• exhibit designers or builders
  
• exhibitor appointed contractors
  
• consultants
  
• industry analysts
  
• an exhibitor’s original equipment manufacturer

Guest badges must not be issued to physicians or allied health individuals who should be registered through the Society’s registration process for educational sessions and exhibit viewing. Badges should not be used as a form of registration for personnel working the booth. The exhibiting company is responsible for the actions of their guest. Misuse of the exhibitor guest badge system may result in the expulsion of the exhibitor and guest
from the exhibit hall.

16. Vendor Badges
Individuals who want to view the exhibit floor but are not affiliated with an exhibiting company may register for one day at $100.

17. Contests, Drawings, and Booth Giveaways
Contests and prize contests, drawings, raffles, or lotteries of any description, held at any time or place during the 2007 ASRA Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops, must be approved by ASRA. All booth giveaways must also be approved by ASRA in advance. Contact Tricia Petersen at (712) 643-1343 or via e-mail at tpetersen@sasyes.com.

18. Hotel Accommodations
See the ASRA Hotel Reservation Form for rates and details.

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