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EXHIBITIONREVIEW
IDEM is a good platform to
matchmake manufacturers with
dealers/distributors in this region.
A glance at the show floor and it
would not be difficult to notice
manufacturers putting up signs to
look for dealers/distributors. This
was more apparent in the case of
first time exhibitors
• Delayed Excerpts of Scientific Program
Many visitors who thronged the showfloor might not be there for
Scientific Program that was going on next door. The IDEM
Scientific Program is internationally recognized as being one of
the best around. Many of the sessions at IDEM were sold out,
leaving other would-be delegates outside the door.
The organizer and Singapore Dental Association (SDA) could
explore the possibility of having excerpts of some top-notch
sessions being broadcast on big screens on the showfloor for
2010. This could make the floor livelier and also stir up the
interests of visitors towards the Scientific Program.
• Matchmaking Agency
Well, if you are thinking of a matchmaking agency for available
singles at IDEM, please have your focus realigned. What I am
painting here is about manufacturers and distributors.
IDEM is a good platform to matchmake manufacturers with
dealers/distributors in this region. A glance at the show floor and
it would not be difficult to notice manufacturers putting up signs to
look for dealers/distributors. This was more apparent in the case
of first time exhibitors.
And who’s in a better position to offer such a value-added
service? The organizer, of course! I am sure the exhibitors, local
dealers or visiting distributors would be very grateful to the IDEM,
if it could provide such service on top of its usual agenda.
If, some, if not all, of the items in my above wish list could be
materialized, I am confident that IDEM 2010 would have scaled
another level. And the day we get to see product premieres at the
exhibition, it would be the day IDEM has truly arrived.
IDEM 2010 will be held from 16-18 April 2010. DA
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