Another Fall Wound Care Conference?
So the word is out; there is going to be a fall SAWC in addition to the traditional spring SAWC held last week. But why? Aren’t there too many wound care conferences already?
The second half of the year includes the annual WOCN conference held in June, the New Cardiovascular Horizons and Management of the Diabetic Foot & Wound Healing held in July, the Wild On Wounds Conference held in September, the Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care held in October, and now the new Fall SAWC.
In fact, the 13th Wound Care Congress to be held in November was canceled do to lack of funding and support.
Clinicians at the SAWC last week expressed reservations about the new conference given their already-full fall schedule. Exhibitors claimed that the justification for the new conference was to offer clinicians more convenience because not everyone can travel, thus having two symposiums on opposite coasts. There are already eight annual wound care shows not including the new SAWC or the canceled Wound Care Congress.
So what gives? For a relatively small field like wound care to have more annual conferences in the second half of the year than the Diabetes field seems bizarre. Has wound care really gotten that big that we need a second SAWC or are our corporate partners getting ahead of themselves?
We welcome your thoughts.
It is ridiculous. I went to Orlando but will not be back to SAWC. They are just trying to choke out Lippincott Clinical Symposium in Nashville. Considering the floods my $ will be going to Nashville! I only hope someone does one in Vegas next year.
Isn't it obvious? They are trying to choke out the 25th Annual Lippincott Advances in Skin and Wound Care Meeting in Nashville the week after. I for one think it is pretty underhanded and totally unnecessary!!
I was happy to see the SAWC in the fall too. Sometimes I can't go every year and sometimes the spring is not good. I like having the choices.
When is the fall conference? I went last year to Washington (2009)and would like to go there again. Fred
Fred - the 2010 SAWC Fall Conference is September 22-24th in Anaheim, CA. Hope to see you there.
It is correct that we have too many conferences; what is needed is not necessarily a "new" wound care conference, but a BETTER one.
SAWC continues to be the premier wound care conference in the United States. There is SAWC, WOCN, and then every other show. If they can bring that same quality SAWC show to the fall, it is good for all of us. And if it causes some other shows sub-par shows in the fall to shut down, that that is even better.
tHIS WILL BE MY FIRST ATTENDANCE. I HEARD SO MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT THAT IM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AFTER THIS YEAR DISSAPOINTING EXPERIENCE WITH THE WOCN CONFERENCE IN ST LOUIS IM HOPING THIS ONE WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT.
This is wonderful news. I could not attend the meeting in Dallas because my partner attended. This will allow me to attend this conference as I think SAWC is the PREMIER wound care conference in the world.
East coast is heavily populated. Makes sense to put the bait near the fish that don't (or can't this year) travel far.
I love the SAWC conference and say go for it!