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ASH Annual Meeting Edition
Roll Out the Red Carpet!
And keep rolling. … This year, meeting organizers estimate that
the San Diego Convention Center’s floors will be covered by
85,563 square
yards of carpet.
That’s enough to cover two-thirds of the Petco Park baseball stadium –
also the site of this year’s reimagined Trainee Day: ASH-a-Palooza.
Go Team, Go! All Hands on Deck
A look at the lineups for this year’s Education and Scientific Programs reveals a deep roster of talented
hematologist/oncologists. How does the ASH Annual Meeting team transform an
empty convention center into a hematology wonderland?
Across the more than 70 scheduled sessions, symposia, and awards presentations, Simple: Before the thousands of hematologists,
industry professionals, reporters, and other attendees
land in San Diego,
approximately 160 invited
speakers are set to take
the stage.
That’s enough for 3 football teams – and a small, but enthusiastic, cheerleading squad! What should we call
them – The Vein-Kings? The Stem Cell Steelers? The Blood Letters? The CAR T Cowboys?
190 TRUCKS
deliver 1,867,400
pounds of freight.
Then, workers spend
34,922
labor-hours
setting up
88,628 sq. ft.
of graphics
and other decorations.
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ASH Clinical News
December 2018