By John Wallace
The 2024 MD Expo Las Vegas eclipsed expectations with 800+ healthcare technology management professionals in attendance for top-flight educational sessions, a packed exhibit hall, entertaining networking events, invitation-only leadership summit, motivational keynote address and the inaugural Tech Choice Awards presentation.
MD Publishing is the parent company of TechNation magazine and MD Expo.
MD Publishing Founder and President John Krieg was blown away by the continued support of the conference for HTM professionals.
“We are beyond humbled and want to express our sincere gratitude to the TechNation community for making the 2024 MD Expo Las Vegas a huge success!” Krieg shared. “When we launched our first MD Expo over 20 years ago, we had no idea it would grow and turn into the industry-leading event for biomeds and HTM professionals it is today. With over 800+ total attendance, and nearly 500 attendees alone, the MD Expo continues to be THE go-to event for networking, education and fun! There’s no celebration of our incredible HTM community like an MD Expo!”
“Our mission has always been and will always continue to be simple: To provide stellar education, with world class speakers, and the latest tools and resources, free of charge, so that everyone, from student to seasoned veteran, can grow and prosper personally and professionally,” Krieg added.
Registration tipped off the first full day of MD Expo at 7 a.m. as attendees and exhibitors checked in to receive their name badge, show bag and show guide. Exhibitors rushed to set up their booths as attendees prepared for the first round of educational sessions that began at 10 a.m.
The special Eclipse Eats networking event came next as everyone grabbed a pair of special eclipse viewing glasses sponsored by CURE Biomedical. The weather was perfect for the outdoor event as everyone took in the eclipse before returning to the classrooms for the second round of sessions.
The Tech Choice Awards presentation was next followed by the keynote address sponsored by Zopec Medical. The exhibit hall grand opening sponsored by HTM Jobs kept the busy day rolling. Young professionals were treated to a special YP at MD event sponsored by Adepto Medical, Pio Bio and Prescott’s Inc.
The second full day also kicked off at the registration desk followed by packed 8 a.m. classes. It was the first of three consecutive sessions on Day 2. The exhibit hall lunch was next as Elvis made his way around the exhibit hall pausing often to meet fans and pose for photos with exhibitors and attendees.
The exhibit hall closed to attendees at 2:30 p.m. with two afternoon educational sessions available. MD Expo Las Vegas concluded with the Live at AMP’d Finale Party sponsored by AIV.
Attendees and exhibitors praised MD Expo Las Vegas.
Lexicon MedParts CEO/President Scott Kinkade has attended several MD Expos. He said that the traffic in the exhibit hall exceeded his expectations.
He was just one of several exhibitors to comment on the volume and quality of attendees at MD Expo Las Vegas.
Attendees also praised the conference.
“It is a great experience with a lot of great lessons, great speakers,” first-time attendee Jack Fang from Stanford Healthcare said. “There are some great ideas I can implement in my department. We will go back and let our leadership know. I am just excited about the lessons here.”
Intermountain Health Healthcare Technology Management’s Mike Busdicker, MBA, CHTM, AAMIF, FACHE, said three words he would use to describe MD Expo are “relevant, educational and experience.”
“MD Expo stands out to me because the classroom size for the educational sessions are smaller. They are very relevant to today’s issues going on and building a great HTM program in a more intimate setting. You have an opportunity to network a little bit more in the expo as well as in the classes,” he added.
“MD Expo has helped me with connections that I have made whether it be professional development or with my own HTM department back at my organization,” Busdicker said.
Duke University Hospital’s Allison Woolford also praised MD Expo.
“It’s just a blast to be here,” Woolford said about MD Expo Las Vegas.
“The benefit of being here over the other conferences that I have been to is that you have a broader sense of people who come,” she said. “You have people from all over the United States who come here and you are able to gain knowledge from them besides those within just the littler conferences that I have been to where you are speaking to people from just within that same state. You get different ideas and different viewpoints by attending the MD Expos compared to attending the smaller ones.”
“Personally, I am able to take away things from the actual classes that just help me to become a better biomed. It gives me a sense of what I can do to provide support to my hospital,” she added.
Woolford is also an educator at a local college and said she is able to connect with exhibitors at MD Expo. She invites them to demo their products to students. She said the demos are great because they expose her students to a variety of equipment and devices and not just the brands used at the school or at a facility where they may intern.
The next MD Expo is set for October as the leaves change colors in New England. Check out MDExpoShow.com for more information about the upcoming conference set for the luxurious Mohegan Sun in Connecticut.
