
Manufacturers Seminar
May 29-31, 2012
Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
Chicago, IL





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Schedule at-a-Glance
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
| 5:00 p.m. |
Distribution 101: Understanding the Healthcare Supply Chain, Distribution Landscape, and the Value of Distribution
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| 6:30 p.m. |
Registration & Welcome Reception |
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Welcome, Introductions, Objectives |
| 8:15 a.m. |
Distributor Executive Presentations
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Distributor Executive Presentations
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| 11:00 a.m. |
HIDA Healthcare Reform and Advocacy Update |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Impact of Healthcare Reform on Distributors and Providers
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| 12:30 p.m. |
Networking Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Impact of Customer Consolidation on the Distribution Channel
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Break
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Key Markets: Issues and Opportunities (breakouts by market)
• Hospital Market
• Extended Care Market
• Physician Market |
| 4:10 p.m. |
Group Discussion Report Out |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Networking Reception and Dinner
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
| 7:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Key Issues from Day One |
| 8:10 a.m. |
Building Sales through Distributors: Challenges in a Quickly Evolving Market |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Manufacturer-Distributor Roundtables (breakouts by product category)
• Equipment (Non-lab)
• Laboratoty and Diagnostics
• Consumables
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Closing |
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