Behind the Scenes at the Annual Meeting

The American Geriatrics Society's 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting was hopping - to an extent you may not have realized. Did you know that…

• more than 125,000 pounds of papers, brochures, books, AV equipment, exhibition displays, and other supplies were shipped to Seattle in preparation for the meeting
  
  
• the night before the event, 5,116 yards of carpet were laid, and 3,425 yards of drapery were hung in the Exhibit Hall alone
  
  
• more than 2,600 participants registered for the meeting, and logged more than 5,000 hotel room nights
  
  
• in excess of 10,000 push pins secured the research presented during the poster and paper sessions
  
  
• more than 5,600 cups of coffee-a high-voltage 350 gallons - were served
  
  
• over 100 computers were networked into the Speaker Ready Room - allowing for over 180 hours of presentations.