Executive Business Exchange

Pre-Scheduled Team-To-Team Meetings
The Executive Business Exchange (EBE) provides an excellent setting for pre-scheduled private business meetings. These targeted meetings allow your team to meet live with current and prospective partners to discuss opportunities, set business goals, and plan strategies for growth. Our appointment-setting software schedules meetings based on mutual interest. Participants receive a schedule of back-to-back 20-minute meetings – brief but effective. 

Executive Business Exchange

How It Works

Register
Between May and July, you can opt in to participate in the EBE in the conference registration process. Be sure to check the EBE box to get signed up. Manufacturers and other suppliers have to be current HIDA Associate Members to be able to participate.”

Rank
In August, you will receive an email explaining how to select your preferred meeting partners.

View
In early September, you will receive your final schedule and meeting times.

Prep
Contact your meeting partners directly to set meeting agendas.

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Onsite
a series of one-on-one appointments based on your final EBE schedule. Buyers (distributors, GPOs and IDNs) are seated; suppliers move around every 20 minutes.

FAQ For EBE Participants

1. Importance of issues you wish to discuss with particular companies
2. The lack of opportunity you might have to connect with companies during the year
3. Opportunity to meet with new companies and/or to learn about new product lines
4. Consider a balance in meetings between large and small companies

Q: Will I Get Appointments With Everyone On My List?
A: The software assigns meetings according to mutual selection as a first priority. Please understand that your schedule will not include all of your top choices, and will include some companies you did not select, but selected you.

Q: Why Are There Companies On My List That I Didn’t Select?
A: The EBE concept only works if every participating organization is willing to take some meetings with companies you didn’t request. In return, you’ll get some companies on your schedule that you really want to meet with that didn’t include you in their own rankings.

Register