48th ASH™ Annual Meeting and Exposition
December 9-12, 2006

Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Florida

Attendee Services

ASH Job Bank

The ASH Job Bank is the only employment resource designed specifically for hematologists. Through the Job Bank, you can review the latest job openings in the field of hematology and discover a new exciting opportunity that is just right for you.

Available on the ASH Web site year-round, the Job Bank is always open to job seekers at no charge. At the annual meeting, several computer stations will be featuring the ASH Job Bank; take a minute to review the multitude of open employment opportunities.

Need to fill a position? Don’t miss out on the increased Web traffic during the annual meeting. For more information on posting a job, please visit the ASH Job Bank.

Fellows Lounge

Fellows are invited to visit the ASH Fellows Lounge located in the Orange County Convention Center (exact room location to be provided in the on-site materials). The lounge provides a relaxing space for trainees to meet with colleagues, access the Internet, and recharge with complimentary light refreshments. The lounge will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Tuesday.

Please note that the Fellows Lounge is open only to ASH Associate members and non-members in training wearing trainee meeting badges.

Child Care

For safety reasons, children under the age of 12 (including infants in carriers and strollers, or hand-carried infants and toddlers) are not permitted in the exhibit hall and poster sessions. Additionally, ASH discourages children and infants in the sessions, as they may distract the speakers and other attendees.

ASH has made arrangements with KiddieCorp to provide subsidized child-care services at the meeting. KiddieCorp has been caring for children at conventions for 20 years and offers a wide range of activities to keep children entertained while you attend the ASH sessions. KiddieCorp staff come prepared with age-appropriate games, souvenir arts-and-craft projects, toys, and entertainment. KiddieCorp staff members are bonded and trained child-care specialists. Additionally, KiddieCorp utilizes a photo identification system to check your child in and out of the room.

The cost for child-care service is subsidized by ASH. The cost to parents is $5 per hour, per child with a two-hour minimum required per child, per day. Snacks, light meals, and beverages will be provided each day. Pre-registration is recommended to ensure participation. This service will be available from Friday, December 8, through Tuesday, December 12. Space is limited, so pleaseregister your child by November 6.

For additional program information and registration material, please contact KiddieCorp’s ASH Program Manager by phone at 858-455-1718, by fax at 858-455-5841, by e-mail at ashkids@kiddiecorp.com, or via its Web site.

The child-care room will be located in the West Building of the Orange County Convention Center and will be open during the following hours:

Abstracts Online/Program Planner

Check the ASH Web site in early November for the full text of the annual meeting abstracts. The online program will allow you to search the annual meeting presentations and generate your own personal annual meeting schedule. Your personalized itinerary can be saved so that you can access it from any computer with an Internet connection, including computer stations that will be available on site for this purpose. You can also print out a hard copy or download the information to your PDA.

Webcast

A webcast of several of this year’s annual meeting sessions will be available on the ASH Web site during and after the meeting. Users will be able to hear audio recordings of the presentations while viewing associated color slides. Sessions that will be captured for the webcast are listed below.

• Presidential Symposium
• Ham-Wasserman Lecture
• E. Donnall Thomas Lecture
• Policy Forum
• ASH/ASCO Joint Symposium
• Special Symposium on Bleeding Disorders in Women’s Health