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2009 ARCS Congress Defies the Economic Trend!
In these harsh economic times when many businesses and activities are seeing a downturn, the ARCS 18th Annual Scientific Congress defied the odds by attracting 1,168 delegates – a 5% increase on last year’s figures.
Run from the 1 – 3 June 2009 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, delegates were again treated to an extensive range of scientific sessions – 44 in total (10% increase on 2008) - focused on the latest information and facts on what’s happening in the therapeutic development arena.
To coincide with the theme “Education into Practice”, the 2009 Congress introduced daily brainstorming sessions whereby delegates came together to share what they had learned that day and identify three elements they would implement back in the workplace. This concept was well received as it helped reinforce, in both the delegates and their managers, the value of attending the Congress.
With the large range of sessions, this year, we were able to attract a vast array of attendees, with the delegation consisting of Team Leaders & Managers (32%), Associates (30%), Senior Associates (15%) and CEO/GM/Director/Senior Management (14%) who were predominately employed in Clinical Research (31%), Regulatory Affairs (30%), Medical Information (8%), Health Economics (6%), and Pharmacovigilance (6%) within the industries of Prescription (52%), CRO (9%), Biotech (8%), Government & Academia (5%), OTC & Complementary (3%) and Devices (2%).
So far feedback from delegates has been extremely positive:
“Just wanted to write and let you know how much I enjoyed the ASC this year. The topics were relevant, and the sessions were well organised and informative. That's a great effort as I know how much work goes into the organisation of each session. Congratulations to you and the organising committee!”
“A quick note to thank you and the team for an excellent meeting. All the presentations I attended on days 1& 2 were interesting, informative and well delivered - and the opening session on QUM was just terrific! I liked the innovation of getting us to put our key learnings and actions down on paper - focused the mind pretty well!”
Although the 2009 Congress has only just finished, planning for 2010 has already begun! Be sure you put your budget requests in now so you too can be one of the 1,000 expected to attend next year!
Presentations
Presentations are available to download for all delegates at https://arcs.eventsinteractive.com/cm.esp?id=6&start=eiscript&cd=44759&pageid=LOGIN. Please use the password contained within your confirmation email. If you have misplaced it, click the "Forgot Password" link on the login page and it will be emailed to you.
Photos
To see photos of Congress and the Gala Dinner visit http://www.arcs.com.au/defaultImageLibrary.aspx?FolderID=18&PageID=393.