1986 annual meeting capsule
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2009
- Weight
- 911 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0899-1073
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β¦ Synopsis
The society's eighth annual conference, held October 22-25 in Washington, DC, broke its own records on several counts. The highest number of participants in ASHRM's history-approximately 700-attended the conference; the highest number of vendors-38exhibited services and products at the trade show; and six concurrent sessions were held each of three days, for a total of 18-the largest number of presentations ever featured at an ASHRM conference.
Workshops sponsored by interested exhibitors were held on two days. A White House briefing on the professional liability crisis was held Thursday evening; it drew hundreds more applicants than the 200 permitted to attend. from last year, included the instructional video festival, the special-interest sessions, and the workshop on risk management fundamentals.
This special annual meeting capsule summarizes several of the concurrent sessions and keynote addresses presented during this most successful annual conference. If you missed this year's program, begin planning now to attend next year's, to be held October 6-9 in New Orleans. This important society event is an educational and social opportunity you can't afford to miss! w There were also some firsts.
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The following article was written by Susan King, R.N., risk manager,
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